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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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Strictly Speaking: Week 6
A dark curse has been placed upon this series of Strictly – by a very powerful witch, or possibly a disgruntled ex-pro. How else to explain…THE INVASION OF THE DANCE-SNATCHING DAD-DANCERS. For not only did David “Vacant” James outlast genuine … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, catherine tyldesley, celebrity, cha cha, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, eliminated, foxtrot, halloween, johannes radebe, judges, kelvin fletcher, latin, michelle visage, mike bushell, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv, week 6
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Strictly Come Dancing Week 6: Who danced it best?
With a couple of spook-tacular exceptions, Strictly’s Halloween show missed the mark this year. Scarily bad music choices hampered the dancers, while the judges’ frightening scores – once again, over-rewarding improvement in the weaker dancers – skewed the leaderboard. Read … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, catherine tyldesley, celebrity, cha cha, dance, dance off, dancing, eliminated, foxtrot, halloween, johannes radebe, judges, kelvin fletcher, latin, michelle visage, mike bushell, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, technique, telegraph, tv, week 6
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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 6
Oh Strictly Halloween. Every year I forget how grim your Fright Night will be, and every year I am gripped anew with its frightfulness. Read my full Dancing Times blog here
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