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Nicola Adams’ ruthless Covid axing is the beginning of the end for Strictly 2020
After landing in the dreaded dance-off last week, Nicola Adams confronted the terrible possibility of leaving Strictly Come Dancing. Now, the worst has happened, but for a completely different reason: her professional partner, Katya Jones, has tested positive for Covid-19, taking them … Continue reading
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Tagged american smooth, axed, ballroom, bbc, coronavirus, covid, dance, dancing, eliminated, it takes two, katya jones, latin, leaving, left, nicola adams, out, pandemic, positive test, protocols, quarantine, rylan, same sex, same sex dance, shielding, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tested positive, tv
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Strictly Speaking: The Launch Show
I must begin on an earnest note: what a minor miracle it is to have this sliver of sequinned normality back on our screens. Thank you, thank you to everyone on Team Strictly whose tireless work allowed us to forget … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, bbc, bill bailey, blog, bubble, caroline quention, celebrity, claudia winkleman, coronavirus, covid, dance, dancing, dancing times, katya jones, latin, launch, launch show, nicola adams, oti mabuse, recap, review, same sex dancing, same sex partnership, social distancing, socially distanced, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tess daly, tv
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Strictly Come Dancing 2020: launch show – who impressed on the dance floor? Who was ‘horribly wooden’?
We got our first chance to assess the Series 18 celebrity hopefuls in the launch show’s group dance – and it’s great news. Not only is it a treat to have Strictly back, but this year’s cast is seriously promising. Read my full … Continue reading
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Tagged anton du beke, ballroom, bbc, best, bill bailey, caroline quentin, dance, dancing, favourite, jacqui smith, katya jones, latin, launch, launch show, maisie smith, nicola adams, oti mabuse, recap, review, same sex, same sex dance, same sex dancing, strictly, strictly 2020, strictly come dancing, technique, telegraph, tv, worst
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Is Strictly’s judging going to pot?
In these divisive times, we can count on the BBC’s sequin-fest to get all the generations round the telly on a Saturday night, becoming armchair experts on fleckerls and voltas. In this 16th series, however, the good ship Strictly has hit more icebergs … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandra burke, ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, bruno tonioli, celebrity, charles venn, column, competition, contemporary, couples choice, craig revel-horwood, dance, dance off, dancing, danny john-jules, darcey bussell, ed balls, hip hop, joe sugg, judges, judging, katya jones, kevin clifton, latin, les miserables, musical theatre, opinion, same sex dancing, score, seann walsh, shirley ballas, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tv, unfair
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Strictly Speaking: Week 6
Ah, Halloween Week – the annual dumbing down of Strictly. Why have subtext or delicate concepts when you can instead bumble about dressed in the most thuddingly literal, kids-dressing-up-box interpretations of groaningly repeated and/or entirely insane songs? Read my full Dancing … Continue reading
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Tagged ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, blog, cha cha, charleston, couples choice, curse of strictly, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, eliminated, faye tozer, graeme swann, halloween, jazz, katya jones, latin, michael jackson, recap, review, scandal, seann walsh, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tess daly, theatre, thriller, tv, viennese waltz, week 6
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Strictly Speaking: Week 5
In a firm bid to counter the Sean(n) Scandal of ’18, Strictly gave us lots of new things to gripe about this week – from Couple’s Choice (of which much more anon) to someone channelling the medicated enthusiasm and incoherence of Bruno … Continue reading
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Tagged 10, alfonso ribiera, ballroom, bbc, blog, bruno tonioli, cha cha, charles venn, claudia winkleman, couples choice, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, danny john-jules, eliminated, graziano, jive, judge, katya jones, quickstep, recap, review, seann walsh, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tess daly, tv, vick hope
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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
Everything’s fine, we’re all lovely, why do you ask, oh I’ve always had that twitch, silly really, just keep smiling, did I mention I rescued an orphaned puppy from a fire last week, no reason, that’s just me, and of … Continue reading
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Tagged ashley roberts, backstreet boys, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, charles venn, charleston, claudia winkleman, dance, dancer, dancing, dancing times, foxtrot, jive, judges, katie piper, katya jones, kevin clifton, kiss, latin, magazine, neil jones, recap, review, salsa, scandal, seann walsh, shirley ballas, snog, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly curse, strictly speaking, tango, tess daly, tv, week 4
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Strictly Speaking: Week 3
Ah, Movie Week – two words about as likely to deliver satisfaction as “Southern Rail”, “Theresa May” or “Topshop feminism”. So, it comes as little surprise (though sinking disappointment) to see couples slathered in Minions yellow or trying to jam … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, TV
Tagged affair, an officer and a gentleman, ashley roberts, back to the future, bbc, blog, blue, bruno tonioli, celebrity, cha cha, charles venn, claudia winkleman, dance, dance off, dancer, dancing, dancing times, dirty dancing, faye tozer, foxtrot, grease, katya jones, kiss, lee ryan, movie week, paso doble, quickstep, recap, review, seann walsh, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly curse, strictly speaking, tess daly, the matrix, tv
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Strictly Speaking: The Final
And then we came to the end. All in all, it’s been a cracker of a series, and the final really was the, er, brandy cream on the pudding. We had a great run of dances from all four couples, … Continue reading
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