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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
No theme this week, thank the Strictly gods, unless you count the tidal wave of emotion that saw a nation reaching for more Kleenex. If an overcome Alexandra wishing her late mother could have seen her 10s-scoring jive didn’t get you, how … Continue reading
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Tagged 10, alexandra burke, ballroom, bbc, blog, brendan cole, charlotte hawkins, claudia winkleman, dance, dance off, dancing, davood ghadami, eliminated, jive, latin, morecambe and wise, quickstep, recap, review, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, susan calman, tess daly, tina turner, tv
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Strictly Speaking: Week 2
Oh dear. A few highlights and redemptive dances aside, Strictly seemed to have the Week 2 Blues: an error-strewn performance show with bizarre scoring followed by a sad first exit. I doubt Chizzy would have lasted too long in the … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandra burke, ballroom, bbc, blog, brian conley, cha cha, chizzy Akudolu, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, debbie mcgee, disco, eliminated, foxtrot, jive, jonnie peacock, latin, mollie king, paso doble, recap, review, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv, viennese waltz
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Strictly Speaking: Week 1
And we’re off! Strictly Come Dancing Series 15 began its competitive shows with a marathon episode that gave viewers at home a little competition of their own: posterior versus seat. Still, squeezing all the couples into one programme did mean minimal faff … Continue reading
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Tagged aston merrygold, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, dance, dancing, dancing times, debbie mcgee, foxtrot, jive, joe mcfadden, judge, latin, paso doble, recap, rev richard coles, review, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, susan calman, tv, week 1
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Strictly Speaking: The final
There was something of an elegiac feel to this year’s final, as Len Goodman, Strictly institution, finally hung up his “Seh-ven!” paddle, gave us one last scrambled metaphor and waltzed off to the great golf course in the sky. We … Continue reading
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Tagged american smooth, argentine tango, ballroom, blog, cha cha, champion, dance, dancing, dancing times, danny mac, final, jive, joanne clifton, judge, len goodman, louise redknapp, ore oduba, quickstep, recap, review, samba, scd, showdance, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, winner
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Strictly Speaking: Week 9
Ah, Blackpool Week: forced VTs, drama, sky-high scoring and the odd great performance amidst the hysteria. The best part for dancers is the chance to use that giant sprung floor – or at least it would be, but once again … Continue reading
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Tagged A Chorus Line, blackpool, blog, charleston, claudia fragapane, dance off, dancing times, danny mac, ed balls, greg rutherford, hairspray, jive, quickstep, recap, review, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, week 9
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Strictly Speaking: Week 7
We’ve reached the halfway point, and with the leading pack tighter than Ore’s salsa trousers the “shock” bottom twos keep coming. Well, it was rather a shock that Doomed Daisy somehow survived a dismal slot in the running order and … Continue reading
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Tagged argentine tango, ballroom, bbc, blog, dance, dancing, dancing times, danny mac, jive, laura whitmore, louise redknapp, ore oduba, recap, review, salsa, samba, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tv, week 7
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Strictly Speaking: Week 6
It gives me no pleasure to report that Strictly’s annual Fright Night was even more frightful than usual. Well, some pleasure. An Ed Balls cha cha amount of pleasure. Yes, against all odds, 2016’s fifth-strangest political happening lives on. Meanwhile, … Continue reading
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Tagged anastacia, ballroom, bbc, blog, brendan cole, cha cha, daisy lowe, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, ed balls, eliminated, halloween, jive, laura mvula, paso doble, recap, review, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tv
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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
True to form, there was something of a post-theme comedown in this week’s show – at least until that climatic flurry of 10s. Is Week 4 too soon for such a high score? Was the sudden mano a mano rivalry a … Continue reading
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Tagged anastacia, ballroom ore oduba, bbc, blog, charleston, dance, dancing, dancing times, danny mac, jive, naga munchetty, quickstep, recap, review, rumba, strictly, strictly come dancing, week 4
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Strictly Speaking: Week 1
And we’re off! Another series of ringer debates, capricious scoring and Great British Triers, the latter group represented this year by, well, pretty much just Ed Balls. Is the 2016 crop a bit too good too soon? I did some highly … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, cha cha, claudia fragapane, daisy lowe, dance, dancing, dancing times, danny mac, ed balls, greg rutherford, jive, judge rinder, louise redknapp, olympics, recap, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv, waltz, week 1, will young
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Strictly Speaking: Week 9
Welcome to Blackpool, where, according to Strictly, the beaches are positively balmy in November, time has stood still since Len’s Fifties heyday, and the local scoring exchange rate is approximately 1:1.5 – 9s and 10s for all the vaguely good … Continue reading
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Tagged american smooth, anita rani, antastacia, backing dancers, ballroom, bbc, blackpool, blog, bruno tonioli, celebrity, claudia winkleman, competition, craig revel-horwood, dance, dance off, dance today, dancing, darcey bussell, georgia may foote, jamelia, jive, judges, latin, len goodman, paso doble, peter andre, quickstep, recap, review, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, take that, tess daly, tower ballroom, tv
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