[Jase.]

I didn't know Ashley's dad killed himself? How awful

[Twosugars]

didn't know that

[Nicky91]

never asked for more sympathy for Lauren than now, rightful reason too

she had 3 major improvements the last couple of weeks

Paso (character improvement) Jive (first high energy dance from her) and Viennese waltz (which was by far her best dance to date technically and performing wise beautiful)

i feel like producers screwed her over big time this week, everyone else has a showy dance with backing dancers, and she gets the argentine tango which you know won't cover the entire floor unlike everyone else who has a good dance for that huge ballroom floor

i want to give a middle finger at those producers at screwing AJ over yet again, like last year when he wanted AT for the semi final and he got the dreadful samba instead cause producers knew Mollie's weak spots was with the party latins

Good Luck Lauren, do your best and you are right ''no guts no glory'' is the right mentality just try your best at this dance, that's all you can do

[Nicky91]

Faye doesn't need to complain, she has the simple Paso Doble or Ashley with another showstopper Jive

it's a fix

now Lauren is the producers victim, up next they will try to get rid of Stacey i think as she's also a huge threat to Faye and Ashley, and in the semi final they will try to ditch Joe as his fanbase is a dangerous threat as well

[Vanessa]

I think Joe has a good fanbase. They will most likely get him to the final. Will he win? Im not sure. But its possible.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

never asked for more sympathy for Lauren than now, rightful reason too

she had 3 major improvements the last couple of weeks

Paso (character improvement) Jive (first high energy dance from her) and Viennese waltz (which was by far her best dance to date technically and performing wise beautiful)

i feel like producers screwed her over big time this week, everyone else has a showy dance with backing dancers, and she gets the argentine tango which you know won't cover the entire floor unlike everyone else who has a good dance for that huge ballroom floor

i want to give a middle finger at those producers at screwing AJ over yet again, like last year when he wanted AT for the semi final and he got the dreadful samba instead cause producers knew Mollie's weak spots was with the party latins

Good Luck Lauren, do your best and you are right ''no guts no glory'' is the right mentality just try your best at this dance, that's all you can do

I'm sure she'll do great.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I'm sure she'll do great.

her training looked awful, you could definitely see it was an early training day

maybe others have backing dancers and she doesn't, could be an advantage if she can pull off a good intimate argentine tango


last year dance off was debbie vs jonnie both who had showy dances, backing dancers

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jase.

I didn't know Ashley's dad killed himself? How awful

Very sad. However, I do hope she's not going to continue to milk that cow this week. It felt a bit like the XFactor... "I'm singing this song for me gran who died recently and this was her favourite song..."

Professional dancer, brilliant dance. She would have got the judges marks either way, but the public love a sad story.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

her training looked awful, you could definitely see it was an early training day

maybe others have backing dancers and she doesn't, could be an advantage if she can pull off a good intimate argentine tango


last year dance off was debbie vs jonnie both who had showy dances, backing dancers

The AT is very hard for a beginner. But she's an athlete, so surely it won't be bad? I remember i really liked Claudia AT.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Livia

Very sad. However, I do hope she's not going to continue to milk that cow this week. It felt a bit like the XFactor... "I'm singing this song for me gran who died recently and this was her favourite song..."

Professional dancer, brilliant dance. She would have got the judges marks either way, but the public love a sad story.

it is very sad yes, also her dad was drummer of the mama's and papa's which would seem very cool for ashley having grown up with that music in her childhood, could be nice for a possible final showdance, maybe California dreaming

i followed my heart choosing my favourite this year with Lauren Steadman, but my head had said Ashley Roberts bc she's similar to a Mollie King, Pixie Lott type of girl i would normally root for

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Livia

Very sad. However, I do hope she's not going to continue to milk that cow this week. It felt a bit like the XFactor... "I'm singing this song for me gran who died recently and this was her favourite song..."

Professional dancer, brilliant dance. She would have got the judges marks either way, but the public love a sad story.

I agree. I loved that dance, but i don't Iike sob stories.

[Vanessa]

I can't vote for Ashley. She has way too much dancing experience. Not fair on the others, especially the beginners.

[Vanessa]

Joe quickstep training looks so good on Diane Instagram. It has a jazzfeel to it. Im so excited now! Hoping to see Joe in tails. He would look so good!

[Crimson Dynamo]

i think both Joe and Lauren will be found out this weekend at Blackpool

both have gone as far as they can now

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I can't vote for Ashley. She has way too much dancing experience. Not fair on the others, especially the beginners.

I feel the same. I do like her, but not on Strictly.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i think both Joe and Lauren will be found out this weekend at Blackpool

both have gone as far as they can now

going out, ooh Jauren or Loe strictly romance blossoming

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

going out, ooh Jauren or Loe strictly romance blossoming

Joe will be fine. I think Lauren might be fine too.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Barry.

Joe will be fine. I think Lauren might be fine too.

hope so, Lauren's training clip you could easily see it was early training day just walking through the routine, and making mistakes in training isn't bad, then you can still work on that for saturday night bc that performance only counts

[Nicky91]

i have faith for Lauren tomorrow night, that training clip shown for Ian wasn't the routine, but just going through some steps (which is important to practice it first a bit, especially with a difficult dance as the argentine tango, so i think he and the at expert were seeing what she can and can't do on that day) they had full at rehearsals from tuesday and onwards


i think a intimate, sexy, romantic passionate AT can be nice for variety between many of the uptempo dances which might look a bit frantic, all over the place

Stacey's salsa training, armography looked messy, it was nice seeing her do a lot, but she did do too much according to Ian, (kevin also said he would throw everything in this performance)

Charles was flat footed, but his hip action looked okay, still if he is flat footed on the night he will get downmarked for that

Graeme looked surprisingly good (for someone who has no theatre experience) but i think the theatre/jazz experts Craig and Bruno will no doubtly wanting to see a great performance without flaws from him, and rightfully so since it's week 9

Joe's quickstep training looked okay-ish, i don't think the gapping should be in a quickstep, the backing dancers do that because it is Dianne's choreography


Faye's Paso training looks good, i hope she will extend her arms the best she can, especially since she has the right posture for this dance

[Vanessa]

What they showed what just the start of Joe routine. Ian said it looked great already.
Im sure there won't be any gapping. Diane is very good at teaching proper technique.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

What they showed what just the start of Joe routine. Ian said it looked great already.
Im sure there won't be any gapping. Diane is very good at teaching proper technique.

ok

[Nicky91]

whatever happens this week, it happens

if Lauren does well i'll cheer for her, if she doesn't (not the end of the world) i know she has a good fanbase, she has been in the bottom regions few times already and public saved her back then, and she thanked them by giving us 3 good week of improvement now, public saved Kate after a bad argentine tango, as this dance is a fan favourite, every strictly fan knows this dance is very tricky, so all Lauren gotta do is try her best, if she does well also with the judges that's an extra present i think


honestly i knew she had to do the argentine tango at some point, and you don't want it next week (with lindy hoppathon) or musicals week (Davood's elimination says hi there with his phantom of the opera messy argentine tango)

if she had ditched the argentine tango, she would've had the samba instead which would be a worse dance for her

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

whatever happens this week, it happens

if Lauren does well i'll cheer for her, if she doesn't (not the end of the world) i know she has a good fanbase, she has been in the bottom regions few times already and public saved her back then, and she thanked them by giving us 3 good week of improvement now, public saved Kate after a bad argentine tango, as this dance is a fan favourite, every strictly fan knows this dance is very tricky, so all Lauren gotta do is try her best, if she does well also with the judges that's an extra present i think


honestly i knew she had to do the argentine tango at some point, and you don't want it next week (with lindy hoppathon) or musicals week (Davood's elimination says hi there with his phantom of the opera messy argentine tango)

if she had ditched the argentine tango, she would've had the samba instead which would be a worse dance for her

The samba is hard, but not impossible. All you need is to work hard at it. Joe and Stacey did some good samba

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

The samba is hard, but not impossible. All you need is to work hard at it. Joe and Stacey did some good samba

yet, we had seen Ranj, Danny getting eliminated on that dance

and AJ got eliminated with Mollie last year with most blame on the samba, while he wanted to do the argentine tango instead

[Nicky91]

and Joe's samba wasn't that good, one of his fans on bbc blogs only gave him a 7 but mostly blamed the song choice as not being really suitable for a samba