[Livia]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

The performance was beautiful to watch.

Well yes, no one would expect to pay to watch someone in the West End who can't dance. She has all the confidence of a professional, she was picking out the cameras to smile into while she was dancing... She's a good dancer but I want to watch someone who improves week by week. This was week 2.

We're never going to agree on this, I know that.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Livia

Well yes, no one would expect to pay to watch someone in the West End who can't dance. She has all the confidence of a professional, she was picking out the cameras to smile into while she was dancing... She's a good dancer but I want to watch someone who improves week by week. This was week 2.

We're never going to agree on this, I know that.

I like the mix tbh.

Contestants like Amber and Lewis help get the Show off the ground, whilst the Show is waiting to see who gets better out of the novices in the competition.

For example I think that George made a big stride with his last performance, but I might be being biased tbf as I love the Paso.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I like the mix tbh.

Contestants like Amber and Lewis help get the Show off the ground, whilst the Show is waiting to see who gets better out of the novices in the competition.

For example I think that George made a big stride with his last performance, but I might be being biased tbf as I love the Paso.

…I’m not generally a Strictly watcher so much but I know that there is often discussions/conflict-ions/controversy etc over any celebrities who have a more substantial dance experience background…I’m interested in what you say in terms of liking the mix because …(…I would imagine…)…that having those more experienced dancers helps to give an aspiration for others to improve week on week and that’s no bad thing either in competition…but obviously if the more experienced dance background celebrities do that…/…help raise the goal bar…?…I guess it’s then, ahhhhhhh but should they win over one of the ‘most improved’….tricky, isn’t it…

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I’m not generally a Strictly watcher so much but I know that there is often discussions/conflict-ions/controversy etc over any celebrities who have a more substantial dance experience background…I’m interested in what you say in terms of liking the mix because …(…I would imagine…)…that having those more experienced dancers helps to give an aspiration for others to improve week on week and that’s no bad thing either in competition…but obviously if the more experienced dance background celebrities do that…/…help raise the goal bar…?…I guess it’s then, ahhhhhhh but should they win or one of the ‘most improved’….tricky, isn’t it…

I agree with your assessment on it helping inspire the other contestants to aim to improve each week.

And you're also right that is a tricky debate on who should win out of the ringers or the novices.

Personally I just go with who I just naturally like the best, Strictly is probably the one Show where I don't try to overthink it too much.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I like the mix tbh.

Contestants like Amber and Lewis help get the Show off the ground, whilst the Show is waiting to see who gets better out of the novices in the competition.

For example I think that George made a big stride with his last performance, but I might be being biased tbf as I love the Paso.

Ooo yeah I love the paso too. It's up there with the Argentine Tango.

I think the fact that every year they put in people who are dance trained, and I know they're not ballroom dance trained (except Angela bloody Ripon) but they do have the basics and the public try to vote them off, they go into the dance off and the judges save them right up to the end. But the public don't want them to win, so they don't. It's typical BBC for me, the majority of the public speaks, the BBC sticks its fingers in its ears.

Just my take... I like the fear in notices faces and the joy when it starts to come together, not a confident pro dancer doing the wink-and-the-gun at the camera as they dance past.

I will stop banging on about it now, thanks for listening lol....

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Livia

Ooo yeah I love the paso too. It's up there with the Argentine Tango.

I think the fact that every year they put in people who are dance trained, and I know they're not ballroom dance trained (except Angela bloody Ripon) but they do have the basics and the public try to vote them off, they go into the dance off and the judges save them right up to the end. But the public don't want them to win, so they don't. It's typical BBC for me, the majority of the public speaks, the BBC sticks its fingers in its ears.

Just my take... I like the fear in notices faces and the joy when it starts to come together, not a confident pro dancer doing the wink-and-the-gun at the camera as they dance past.

I will stop banging on about it now, thanks for listening lol....

I love the Argentine Tango too.

And I do agree with you that the ringers are poor for competitive voting, because most of them tend to not really be liked by the public.

And I also do agree that novices that do improve from their first dance can be really exciting to watch.

It's why I did like Seann Walsh in his year, despite his scandal.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I love the Argentine Tango too.

And I do agree with you that the ringers are poor for competitive voting, because most of them tend to not really be liked by the public.

And I also do agree that novices that do improve from their first dance can be really exciting to watch.

It's why I did like Seann Walsh in his year, despite his scandal.

I liked Seann too, Katya is a great dancer and really exciting choreographer. I particularly remember their Movie Week dance to The Matrix.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Livia

I liked Seann too, Katya is a great dancer and really exciting choreographer. I particularly remember their Movie Week dance to The Matrix.

That's my favourite performance of theirs too.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I like the mix tbh.

Contestants like Amber and Lewis help get the Show off the ground, whilst the Show is waiting to see who gets better out of the novices in the competition.

For example I think that George made a big stride with his last performance, but I might be being biased tbf as I love the Paso.

George's Paso lacked spanish lines



honestly Amber is the first one i'm as hyped for like i was for Pixie Lott, and she does have a good point regarding defending herself against the haters, that she like everyone else has to learn latin and ballroom as a beginner to these styles, and honestly those with west end experience tend to come across theatrical, but i'm thankful Amber isn't anywhere as ''robotic'' like Danny John-Jules was or Karim Zeroual, she also has more natural movement than Layton, also much more likeable than Layton, that was a good VT for her this week, showing the little town in Wales where she grew up, lovely how many in that town know her so well

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

George's Paso lacked spanish lines



honestly Amber is the first one i'm as hyped for like i was for Pixie Lott, and she does have a good point regarding defending herself against the haters, that she like everyone else has to learn latin and ballroom as a beginner to these styles, and honestly those with west end experience tend to come across theatrical, but i'm thankful Amber isn't anywhere as ''robotic'' like Danny John-Jules was or Karim Zeroual, she also has more natural movement than Layton, also much more likeable than Layton, that was a good VT for her this week, showing the little town in Wales where she grew up, lovely how many in that town know her so well

What I want to know is how does Wales have so many beautiful women in a population of 3.1 million people?

- Amber from this year's Strictly

- Lucie Jones

- Katherine Jenkins

- Imogen BB7

- That Elen woman that went really early on the last season of The Traitors

- Rachel Rice

And that's just off the top of my head.

And fair enough about George's Paso. I personally thought that it was decent for a week 2 effort at the dance.