[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

That's right Vanessa and we look for different things.
I haven't seen a progression from Dan as to much.

He's stayed much the same.

All the others have pushed to stronger things and sadly peaked too early maybe.
As the judges still see a possible progression from Dan.
Whereas the others have got their heights.

I mean as to Rose too, she can ONLY go down, they've had her to the top heights already.
Same really with AJ and John.

Plus to Nicky's point re John and Johannes.
One of the points the judges are looking for in the same sex couples,
As they were expecting too with the female couple last year.
Is the judges are looking at how they switch roles in the routines.
IF, they didn't attempt switching roles, then they'd be marked down by the judges.

That's one of the other expected elements the judges are looking for only from the same sex couples.
So they have to switch roles or lose marks.

Nicolas & Vadim didn't get marked down for their strategy and that worked

but then again Nicolas was Vadim's second same-sex partnership, and no Vadim isn't gay, he has a girlfriend but he enjoys the added challenge this same-sex dancing brings with that


so the BBC also choosing the only gay pro dancer for this first male same-sex couple, i would've paired John up with Graziano or with Kai considering he danced with Brian Dowling before

the flaws here are beginner mistakes from Johannes