...Clara was absolutely sensational...:lovedup:..

Max was probably my least favourite this week

Finally my favourites are smashing it :cheer2:

I don't think Harvey deserved a 10 for that performance either

So boring and the same outfit every week...hope she goes home

Clara was amazing

Bill was brilliant

Jamie and Karen screeching is doing my head in.
I understand they're happy with the scores, but it's way over the top for me D:

ok, first of all Anton is fabulous as a judge, bit of good humour, i kinda saw him channeling Len too :love: i do know he has gotten quite some advice from him

now the performances


HRVY & Janette: lifts were phenomenal, hips were hot however hips are not really important in salsa, i loved one important factor, loads of good rhythm and on point with the music all the time, amazing

Ranvir & Giovanni: i feel for Ranvir, that she couldn't get technique right, cause the music is perfect, i prefer traditional music for cha cha over pop songs

Max & Dianne: kinda middle of the road, i did enjoy his efforts of showmanship, swing and sway and i agreed with Anton, that arm placement was wow for a novice

JJ & Amy: harshly undermarked, shame on Craig and Shirley not recognizing a oldschool Jive, this is the actual Jive as it was danced in the world war 2 times, i liked this a lot, JJ can dance, and Amy gave him the correct choreography, steps nothing too difficult, good job Amy :love:

Maisie & Gorka: must say i didn't like the robot like theme, also i agree with my dad, top half is amazing, but lower half she has like those weird legs, i do am warming up to her personality and chemistry with Gorka though

Bill & Oti: Funkaliciousness, darling :clap1: it had me standing on my feet, also loved the VT, with some of his past footage, i love Bill the musician more than Bill the comedian although his humour is sooo my cup of tea :clap2:

Caroline & Johannes: Princess Caroline looked elegant, charming, beauty of a choreo by Johannes, the feet maybe not perfect but it can become perfect with other ballroom dances to come

Jamie & Karen: surprise of the evening for me, very great technical efforts for a novice, also i love gipsy kings so damn much my bias maybe, and i am warming to Jamie's personality too, Karen is not too annoying either

Clara & Aljaz: i feel sad there is nothing negative i can talk about, this was perfect, easily deserving of those scores, @Morgan you got taste having supported her since launch show, i'd say she might be in it to win it, no ringerness, the journey contestant vibes oozes her loads, yeah i'd say she is a frontrunner

What a Show, there was 3 or 4 performances that I really enjoyed.

Considering the circumstances with Covid, Strictly is holding up a lot better than expected.

My rankings for week 4.

1. Bill & Oti - Street - He is definitely having the best collection of dances so far imo. They've all been enjoyable so far.
2. Jamie & Karen - Samba - Definitely his strongest dance so far imo. The dance really suited him in my view.
3. Clara & Aljaz - Charleston - I've always defended Clara and last night thankfully proved my point.:laugh: A fantastic performance.
4. HRVY & Janette - Salsa
5. Maisie & Gorka - Cha Cha Cha
6. Max & Dianne - American Smooth
7. Caroline & Johannes - Waltz
8. JJ & Amy - Jive - Four dances in and JJ has not excited me once so far. I'll take a guess that the public will love him, but his dances haven't done a thing for me personally and that Jive last night was very minimal in Jive content imo.
9. Ranvir & Giovanni - Cha Cha Cha - Again 4 dances in and she just seems to get more and more beige as it's going along, and last night her dance was overscored in my view, her dancing was way below her usual standard and certainly shouldn't have been scoring higher than JJ and similar to Max and Caroline imo.

JJ had loads of real jive content, this is what a real jive is, rather than all those fake modernized jive with kicks/flicks, this is a real jive from world war 2 era, and it also was traditional jive song so, great choreo from Amy :love:

There was none of that 50's/60's Rock n Roll Greaser vibe that I'm used to seeing in a Jive.

Jive isn't from 50's, 60's though :conf:


it's from the 40's, that song is from world war 2, to be accurate 1941, by andrews sisters

I'm saying that most Jives that I've seen take the Rock n Roll path with a bit more of a kick to it, rather than JJ's approach which felt more like a Jazz and Charleston fusion.

there can be two sorts of Jives then


and i already knew JJ would not do well with the faster rock&roll jives, so i am glad Amy came up with a routine which made him for me personally shine, also loved how he danced in his marine uniform, had a tear in my eye :love:

Fair enough, after all the beauty of shows like SCD is that we all see things differently.

And after all I'm grateful to all of the contestants that have decided to take part this year because I reckon that Strictly struggled to get volunteers to take part in the competition so I'm grateful that people like JJ have helped the show be made this year.

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Maisie is going to be the Ashley/Alexandra type who outshines the cast and does brilliant every week but the public won't vote for her because there's someone they think is fit or someone mediocre who gets voted for despite being shockingly bad.

Bangerrrr

Also no way should Queen Maisie be there

First Vamp song I've liked in years

Not watching but what did they sing? Their new album is surprisingly amazing

Married in Vegas

Oh yeah that’s one slaps

Better woz robbed

Shirley hates Maisie so I expect her ti be totally underscored from her in future