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Strictly Speaking: Week 6
A dark curse has been placed upon this series of Strictly – by a very powerful witch, or possibly a disgruntled ex-pro. How else to explain…THE INVASION OF THE DANCE-SNATCHING DAD-DANCERS. For not only did David “Vacant” James outlast genuine … Continue reading
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Strictly Come Dancing Week 6: Who danced it best?
With a couple of spook-tacular exceptions, Strictly’s Halloween show missed the mark this year. Scarily bad music choices hampered the dancers, while the judges’ frightening scores – once again, over-rewarding improvement in the weaker dancers – skewed the leaderboard. Read … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, catherine tyldesley, celebrity, cha cha, dance, dance off, dancing, eliminated, foxtrot, halloween, johannes radebe, judges, kelvin fletcher, latin, michelle visage, mike bushell, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, technique, telegraph, tv, week 6
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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
Madness. What were the judges thinking with those insane scores? What were the producers thinking with those insane music choices? And why, off the back of Movie Week, inflict this level of dance-obliterating am-dram intensity upon an unsuspecting public? MADNESS. … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, cha cha, dance, dance off, dancing, dev griffin, dianne buswell, eliminated, elimination, emma weymouth, jive, judges, karim zeroual, kelvin fletcher, latin, leaderboard, recap, review, rumba, shock, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv, vote, week 4
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Strictly Speaking: Week 12
Semi-final week saw the usual quality drop-off with two dances – although in some cases such technical lack was rebranded as “authenticity” by the ever-erratic judges. We also had the dance and music lottery either boosting or limiting celebs, depending … Continue reading
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Tagged american smooth, argentine tango, ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, craig revel-horwood, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, eliminated, faye tozer, final, joe sugg, latin, lauren steadman, recap, review, semi final, shirley ballas, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv
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Strictly Speaking: Week 9
Ah, Blackpool – home of ballroom. Or, in Strictly’s case, home of prop dancers, inflated (in most cases) scores, and alarming combos like fire, feathers and copious amounts of hairspray. At its best, it provides history, spectacle and a thrilling … Continue reading
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Tagged american smooth, ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, blackpool, blog, celebrity, couples choice, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, eliminated, gloria estefan, graeme swann, jive, judges, kate silverton, latin, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, theatre, tv, week 9
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