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Strictly Speaking: Week 10
Can you believe it’s nearly the quarter-finals already? Dan Walker is still here, so I certainly can’t. Read my full Dancing Times blog here
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Tagged bbc, blog, dan walker, dance, dancing, dancing times, john whaite, judges, recap, review, rhys stephenson, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tilly ramsay, tv, week 10
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Strictly Come Dancing 2021, week 10
Tilly Ramsay is scuppered by the samba, plunging from the top to the bottom of the leaderboard. Read my Telegraph talking points for the main show and the results show
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, dan walker, dance, john whaite, judges, recap, review, rhys stephenson, strictly, strictly come dancing, tilly ramsay, tv, week 10
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The Strictly ‘trained dancer’ controversy is absurd – without them, the show would die
It’s been a very different series of Strictly Come Dancing, thanks to Covid, but some things remain the same: Tess Daly’s startling wardrobe choices, at least one rumour of a “showmance”, and the age-old debate over whether trained dancers should … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, competition, dance, dancing, judges, maisie smith, ringer, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, trained dancer
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Strictly Speaking: Week 6
A rather mediocre performance week, with some improvement in scoring, and alas still some glaring biases. However, poor Clara Amfo really doomed herself with an error-strewn jive that was actually marked quite kindly, yet cemented her place in the dance-off. … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, bill bailey, blog, celebrity, clara amfo, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, eliminated, hrvy, jamie laing, jive, judges, latin, maisie smith, quickstep, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv, week 6
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Maisie Smith’s footwork was this week’s real Strictly triumph
This week saw Clara Amfo try to shake her tail feather in a redemptive Tina Turner jive. But she hit the (Nutbush City) limits of her recovery skills when an early mistake tripped her up – and a deluge of errors … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, bill bailey, blog, celebrity, clara amfo, dance, dance off, dancing, eliminated, hrvy, jamie laing, jive, judges, latin, maisie smith, quickstep, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, telegraph, tv
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Strictly’s Movie Week: don’t bet against sharpshooter Bill Bailey being the last celebrity standing
Strictly’s messy Movie Week saw dances engulfed by themes – none more so than Jason Bell’s Death Star of a paso doble. In space, no one can hear you “Olé!”. Read my full Telegraph article here
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, bill bailey, celebrity, competition, dance, dancing, dreamgirls, film, grease, jason bell, judges, latin, movie, movie week, nicola adams, ranvir singh, recap, review, scd, scoring, star wars, strictly, strictly come dancing, technique, telegraph, the good the bad and the ugly, tv
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Socially Distanced Strictly
This year’s show looks very different with Covid regulations, but the spirit remains the same. Read the full Dancing Times article here
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Tagged audience, bbc, bill bailey, celebrity, coronavirus, covid, dance, dancing, dancing times, judges, masks, nicola adams, regulations, safety measures, same sex dance, scd, social distancing, socially distanced, strictly, strictly come dancing, tv
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