Nigel and Katya are on It Takes Two tonight.

well ''shaken not stirred'' or ''license to thrill''


for 007 Harman :love:

On in ten minutes. BBC2.

He's so charming.
I've never seen Katya so happy on the show :laugh:

Add me to the appreciation thread I really Like Nigel always have and now its great seeing him on Strictly. Such a great interview on ITT earlier and him and Katya have a great partnership already. Katya has never been happier look forward to seeing their VW.

The training looked really good. Apart from the thumb, I hope they don't forget that. Craig will be the first to notice..

He doesn't have to top the leaderboard every week.
I just know they will do their very best and that's all I can ask for.

won best drama actor :clap1:

I'll add you Hannah

his training clip looked good, nice extensions of his arms especially in that one bit we saw


Nigel does give me an ''Ingo Rademacher'' kind of vibe (more dance trained maybe longer time ago) but still, same amount of charisma

i stanned Ingo & Kym btw in that year of DWTS, Nigel's paso reminded me of Ingo's take on the Paso either, nothing overdone in terms of the dancing, but just enough content

This is Nigel very first ballroom, so I don't expect it to be perfect.
But he will improve for sure.

So this week Nigel has a jive to the Batman theme.

This is gonna be epic.

What a lovely guy…

Yes he really is. Can I enlist you as a fan?

Nigel has taste, Adam West is the only one OG Batman yup


:flutter: why play any different batman than the OG


Katya as Robin well, tbh Robin can be also a feminine name so clever thinking there



Angela & Kai meanwhile also getting on so lovely, Kai has the right tactic for her too, in the training room more working on technique rather than too much fast paced movement, perfecting the technique first is also very clever, and good not to waste too much energy given her older age, their QS training looking good too


Annabel & Jojo looking fab too with their waltz training, apparently some heel turns Annabel immediately did right on her first attempt and Jojo was so proud of her :flutter:

Please stick to discussing Nigel in this thread, not the other contestants.

Nigel is still favourite to win.
I think he's due a speciality dance.
The American smooth would really suit him or the AT

Salsa for Nigel week 3

Omg what an incredible track for a salsa!
And he gets to work with Jenny Thomas!

fab Salsa music indeed


was also used few years ago on german lets dance, for tv chef Chakall's salsa




traditional salsa music too :D

Hope we see some training footage today. We haven't seen any from anyone.

Nigel has picked up an injury. It would explain why he couldn't go all out last week.
But he seems better and the salsa is shaping up nicely.

Good news. Hoping for better scores this weekend.

didn't notice he had an injury last week :shrug:


i quite liked his Batman Jive :dance: and am looking forward to him Salsaing to Elvis (no not Presley but Crespo, always remains hilarious this for me :laugh2:)

Yes, he injured his leg last Saturday before the show.
Apparently he couldn't even dance. Managed with physio.

Jive is a tough dance for you physically anyway


good thing the show has a good physio team too

Na Na Na Na Na Na Nigel

:laugh2: :laugh2:


last night on ITT, below his name that tagline and Fleur saying that to him

I just hope he can dance tonight.
Hopefully the leg is better.
I love the salsa. It's so much fun!

it had been a good week he said on ITT last night



Tyler having been in awe of him, how he saw in the corridor when they walked to the studio :laugh:

Omg that was absolutely brilliant. I loved it so much!:cheer2:

He is a good dancer imo.

The judges are bizarrely harsh on him.

Definitely deserved all 9s. But I'll take it. It's a great score.

I love his comment that he wanted to come out of his shell. And he certainly did.
Also love his bromance with Giovanni :love:

nah decent scores, nothing too overmarked anyway, public don't like judges pets ;)


let Layton follow the Aston Merrygold overhype route pls, same ''shock exit'' somewhere down the middle too pls, or earlier, the earlier he leaves, the better for me



i see Nigel in with a chance to win maybe

Nigel has the Foxtrot this week.

Song is I just wanna make love to you by Etta James.

He's so gonna smash it!

A gift of a song for an actor.

Nigel and Katya on ITT now

Nigel and Katya are on the one show in a bit.

Foxtrot is the Rolls Royce of the Ballroom Dances, how Lets Dance Germany's Vadim calls this one

the most difficult of the ballrooms too, with the ''Rise & Fall'' element



in foxtrot you can go two ways, a more subtle emotional one, or a swing and sway big band-ish one, as long as you got the rise and fall in it and there is enough quick quick slow basic content


seems like they have the swing and sway one, suits him very well too i think

can Nigel dance to I'm Gonna be (500 Miles) next week, since it is now a horror-ish song


used in Goosebumps recently



think Nigel can make a awesome Harold Biddle


:flutter:



he was once again amazing last night, the mistake well, mistakes make us human tbh