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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 3
Ah, Movie Week, AKA Can You Remotely Recognise The Dance Under Ten Layers of Theming Week. This was no exception – I had to keep checking my notes to see which dance was supposedly being represented. Also: Trolls. I’m just … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandra burke, american smooth, aston merrygold, bbc, blog, brendan cole, cha cha, cinema, craig revel-horwood, debbie mcgee, film, flash gordon, judge, movie, movie week, my fair lady, paso doble, quickstep, recap, rev richard coles, review, samba, scd, sheridan smith, shirley ballas, simon rimmer, strictly, strictly come dancing, susan calman, tango, the ten second rule, toy story, trolls, tv, week 3, wonder woman
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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 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: the final
Never question the commitment of boyband voters. A final that zigzagged between possible winners (well, apart from Katie) ended up feeling somewhat redundant as Jay’s fans carried him over the finishing line regardless of his distinctly underwhelming performance. Aliona’s dubious … Continue reading
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Tagged anita rani, ballroom, bbc, blog, bruno tonioli, celebrity, charleston, chicago, claudia winkleman, craig revel-horwood, dance, dancing, darcey bussell, final, georgia may foote, james bond, jay mcguiness, judges, katie derham, kellie bright, latin, len goodman, paso doble, quickstep, recap, review, rumba, scd, showdance, star wars, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, tess daly, the wanted, tv, win, winner
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Strictly Speaking: Week 10
Ah, post-Blackpool Week – Strictly’s annual hangover show. Lower the lights, pass the Berocca, and for god’s sake don’t make too much noise. Not generally a vintage night, and so it proved, with several celebs stuck with styles that didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged american smooth, ballroom, bbc, blog, bruno tonioli, craig revel-horwood, dance, dance off, dance today, dancing, darcey bussell, helen george, jamelia, judges, kellie bright, latin, len goodman, peter andre, quickstep, recap, review, salsa, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, training, tv, viennese waltz
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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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Strictly Speaking: Week 8
We need to talk about music. Strictly precariously straddles the worlds of ballroom and entertainment, so it can’t – and shouldn’t – be wall-to-wall Victor Silvester, but we’ve reached a crisis point. Song and theme choices (as I understand it, … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blackpool, brandon flowers, celebrity, charleston, chicago, claudia winkleman, competition, dance, dance off, dance today, dancing, georgia may foote, jamelia, jeremy vine, latin, quickstep, samba, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tess daly, tv, x factor
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Strictly Speaking: Week 5
Let me start this Strictly recap by stating that whatever pain meds Len “8s for everyone!” Goodman is on, I want some. Perhaps they would have enlivened a rather dreary mid-series outing, in which everyone seemed to be pacing themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged ainsley harriott, ballroom, bruno tonioli, Bryan Adams, busby berkeley, dance, dance off, dancing, elimination, elvis, foxtrot, gleb, halloween, helen george, jamelia, jay mcguiness, jive, judges, katie derham, kellie bright, knee operation, latin, len goodman, natalie lowe, paso doble, peter andre, quickstep, rumba, salsa, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, swearing, watershed, x factor
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