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Strictly Come Dancing 2022 first live show: Will Mellor and Hamza Yassin top the week 1 leaderboard
The actor and wildlife presenter led the pack, while former footballer Tony Adams scored an own goal with his terrible tango. Read my full Telegraph article here
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, dance, ellie taylor, first show, hamza yassin, helen skelton, leaderboard, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tony adams, tv, week 1, will mellor
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Strictly Speaking: Week 1
We’re off! This opener had everything we love about Strictly: dance, drama and dance-drama; a bewildering costume lottery; Tess patronising people to within an inch of their lives; scoring that began sane and then descended into utter chaos; and, most important, … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, dancing times, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tv, week 1
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Strictly Come Dancing 2021, week 1: AJ Odudu, Adam Peaty and the first all-male couple top the leaderboard
My talking points for the first show – from a surprise jive to a history-making tango. Read my full Telegraph article here
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Tagged adam peaty, aj odudu, blog, john whaite, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, talking points, telegraph, tv, week 1
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Strictly Speaking: Week 1
This first proper competitive show gave us a chance to assess the ‘new normal’ on Strictly – and, for the most part, it worked absolutely fine. Yes, the performances felt a little muted without a raucous studio audience, but that … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, bill bailey, blog, celebrity, cha cha, dance, dancing, dancing times, hrvy, jive, maisie smith, nicola adams, quickstep, recap, review, samba, same sex ballroom, same sex dance, strictly, strictly come dancing, tv, week 1
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Strictly Come Dancing: From a firecracker samba to a belly-dancing Santa
Just like last year, Strictly Come Dancing began with a firecracker of a samba. In 2019, super sub Kelvin Fletcher got viewers hot and bothered; last night, Maisie Smith proved she’s no slouch in the shimmy department. Read my full Telegraph article here
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, bill bailey, blog, cha cha cha, dance, dancing, hrvy, jive, latin, maisie smith, nicola adams, quickstep, recap, review, samba, strictly, strictly 2020, strictly come dancing, technique, telegraph, tv, watch, week 1
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Strictly Speaking: Week 1
And we’re off! Strictly Come Dancing Series 17 began its competition proper with a surprisingly buoyant show, overcoming both a marked lack of enthusiasm about this year’s casting and (for the most part) the usual first dance jitters. Instead, numerous … Continue reading
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Tagged anneka rice, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, cha cha cha, claudia winkleman, dance, dancing, dev griffin, dianne buswell, foxtrot, judges, karim zeroual, kelvin fletcher, latin, michelle visage, motsi mabuse, oti mabuse, recap, review, samba, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tess daly, tv, week 1
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Strictly Come Dancing, episode one: The technicalities of the dances
Strictly Series 17 opened with a show surprisingly light on first dance nerves – if anything, some celebrities were too exuberant – and plenty of exciting potential. Read the first in my new series for the Telegraph here!
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, competition, dance, dancing, episode 1, judge, kelvin fletcher, latin, recap, review, samba, strictly, strictly come dancing, technicalities, technique, telegraph, tv, week 1
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Strictly Speaking: Week 1
Hello, new young people viewers to Strictly Come Dancing! Snapchat this on your Tide Pod slime, amiright? Yes, in Joe Sugg’s honour, the BBC has – I’m sorry to say – decided it must be totally hip to the kids … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, bodyguard, celebrity, cha cha, claudia winkleman, competition, dance, dancer, dancing, dancing times, danny john-jules, dr ranj singh, faye tozer, graeme swann, jive, joe sugg, kate silverton, latin, lauren steadman, lee ryan, quickstep, recap, review, seann walsh, shirley ballas, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, susannah constantine, tango, tess daly, tv, waltz, week 1
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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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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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