[Nicky91]

Ellie will do Spice Girls for Icons week

Lewis will do Johnny Cash

Alex will do Dolly Parton

La Voix will do Cher

Karen Carney will do Celine Dion

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey will do Usher

Stefan Dennis will do Jon Bon Jovi

George Clarke will do Harry Styles

Vicky Pattison will do Cheryl Cole (and Kai as Anton Du Beke )

[Nicky91]

i kinda hope Vicky has Fight For This Love then, i mean the outfit in that video is so stunning anyway


am curious what song Lewis has then for quickstep, only fast song i know is Ring of Fire



Livin On a Prayer is a fab Paso tune, i hope Stefan will do well with it



Harry has the argentine tango, Karen's first time in 13 years

[Nicky91]

also i feel JoJo has very strong chances of his first win this year, if only he can bring some of Alex's confidence into the ballrooms as well


but Alex is quite a Latin Queen honestly, how easy her samba and now her rumba looked


and all credit goes to JoJo for doing the right things with her, as well as clever choreographies



popularity wise i reckon she might be a decent match up against George (tbh i really hope George won't win but fanbase i still have to see how popular George really is, when he is more near the bottom of leaderboard, considering Joe Sugg was also a claimed winner with his millions of followers, or Daniel O'Donnell's so called millions of fans )


George just bores me, and Alexis i hope is let go back to the US next year, she adds nothing with her DWTS choreo's

[Nicky91]

so a what if scenario

reinstate Chris and Nadiya, they are likely due a ballroom, after two latins back to back (Paso Doble and Salsa)


also not like he was eliminated chancelessly on unanimous judge votes, no, basically because of Craig's deciding vote on a 2-2 (and plenty of viewers still think he should be there anyway)


BBC can just learn a thing or two from RTL, i very much prefer Lets Dance over Strictly these days, in terms of much more competitive of the two versions, also Lets Dance is more about dancing than Strictly (where its more about entertainment these days it seems)


RTL haven't had a ''sympathy vote'' winner yet, we did have plenty of contestants with disabilities on the show, but those also don't want sympathy votes

[Nicky91]

next week is Halloween Week yes, so basically an entire weekend of that cuz of strictly


October 31st is on friday this year, but strictly's halloween shows on November 1st and November 2nd

[Kate!]

Harry was crap. Extremely overscored.

[Kate!]

That was quite good but not winner material

[Kate!]

Lovely Jimmy and Lauren

[Kate!]

Cmon La Voix

[Shaun]

I guess Ellie is going to be over-marked all series because the judges are scared to say anything negative.

I find the whole thing uncomfortable with how much they patronise her and treat her like a child. I'm sure she's lovely (don't really get much of a personality either way really) but this completely ruined the last series: people just voting en masse for Chris despite 7 or 8 dancers being better. It helped that he was funny and likeable, and his disability was much more of an obstacle than most have been, but it made the series boring and predictable for me.

[Kate!]

Harry for the chop please voters

[joeysteele]

George was undermarked in my view.
I liked that routine.

Again though, Amber and Lewis shone for me.

Very good show tonight, Shirley was over critical.

[Shaun]

guessing it'll be a Karen and Balvinder bottom two

[Vanessa]

I love johnny cash and i was dancing along that FABULOUS quickstep

[Mystic Mock]

George and Harry had strange routines tonight.

Vicky had her best dance imo.

Lewis and Amber were good, but I like the pros in those partnerships more than the Celebrities themselves. Especially Katya.

Karen and Jimmy didn't have their best night imo, but I've still voted to save both of them as I do just like them.

And I'm sick to death of Ellie and Alex already.

That's my assessment of the night anyway.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Shaun

I guess Ellie is going to be over-marked all series because the judges are scared to say anything negative.

I find the whole thing uncomfortable with how much they patronise her and treat her like a child. I'm sure she's lovely (don't really get much of a personality either way really) but this completely ruined the last series: people just voting en masse for Chris despite 7 or 8 dancers being better. It helped that he was funny and likeable, and his disability was much more of an obstacle than most have been, but it made the series boring and predictable for me.

I agree with 99.99% of this.

I didn't personally find him funny.

[millyrose]

I'm liking Alex and Vicky

[Nicky91]

Icons Week my thoughts and scores

Lewis & Katya: that was a awesome quickstep, undermarked i thought by Shirley and Anton because i thought i saw not much gapping and the footwork was in sync where it needed to be, i also thought it had the right amount of icon portrayal as well as proper dance content 9

Karen & Carlos: i always knew she was gonna struggle especially with a dance like rumba, because of her weak core frame, but tbh she can't help her posture problems, despite that core frame, i also thought the whole routine was dull and uninspiring, and if dance content is lacking, at least have character to compensate but she didn't portray Celine well enough 4

Ellie & Vito: could've had more hip rotation for sure yes, but all in all, this was a spice girls worthy routine!!!!!!! YASSSSSSS in terms of entertainment vibes8

Alex & Johannes: our Latin Queen has an improvement in the ballroom area, but it still needs polishing out on the tiniest details but if she can do that, we have a contender here i think 8

George & Alexis: i agreed with my dad actually, he said this isn't much of a real jive, it was way too flatfooted, stilted in places, also a little bit too kiddy themed in terms of the choreography concept, also picking Alexis from the audience is soooooooo overused in DWTS 3

Vicky & Kai: for someone who never danced, never performed before, doing that full on same choreography from the music video that well, is sooooo impressive, OI Vickster i am damn proud of you lassie 10

Balvinder & Julian: idk what the routine was actually, i was distracted the whole thing with the weird singing by Tommy with those high ooohs, but she looked great anyway 7

Harry & Karen: umm i get what the judges are talking about, but it isn't like he was stitched up with something weird with an AT, because that version of Caught Up they came up with, had a solid AT beat, and tbh for an AT you also need a form of arrogance/confidence, some qualities Usher also has a performer, with that slickness, some places of the routine looked good, but he was more showing Karen off, while standing still, it lacked gancho's for me 5

Amber & Nikita: legs should've been more straightened, i also saw no cuban breaks whatsoever, and it also lacked hip rotation, and there was a illegal lift, the way she came down from the prop, she should've used the stairs rather than Nikita lifting her down from it, and indeed like what craig said, it was too ballet like 1

Jimmy & Lauren: i actually like Lauren's idea this week, taking a step back to take two steps forward, and i thought they were undermarked, and Purple Rain isn't the type of song where you can drive more across the floor, and it had the right amount of american smooth dance content for my liking, and his portrayal of Prince was simply wow 9

La Voix & Aljaz: as a salsa it is a huge no, but for entertainment quality, this was brilliant, but sorry not sorry La Voix just ain't a dancer 6

[Nicky91]

what i'm hoping for next week halloween special


Lewis a tango hopefully, to Sanctuary by Darling Violetta (Angel theme) he'd be perfect to play Angel i feel



so fingers crossed

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

what i'm hoping for next week halloween special


Lewis a tango hopefully, to Sanctuary by Darling Violetta (Angel theme) he'd be perfect to play Angel i feel



so fingers crossed

Lewis is due a speciality dance. Im hoping for a salsa

[Vanessa]

Dances i enjoyed :
Lewis and Vicky

[Vanessa]

When is ellie going to do the slower dances? Shes pnlt foijg the fast ones.
Im bored, her dances all look the same. No refinement whatsoever

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

When is ellie going to do the slower dances? Shes pnlt foijg the fast ones.
Im bored, her dances all look the same. No refinement whatsoever

pretty sure this is all Ellie can do, i doubt she'll make the final or come even near the final


if she's lucky maybe a Blackpool exit



same goes for La Voix, also limited dance capabilities there





but the real contenders are out of

Lewis, Amber, Jimmy, Alex, with the latter two having potential of possibly becoming solid allrounders, Lauren and JoJo are respectively doing the right things with their partners tbh

[joeysteele]

Good grief.
Amber in the bottom 2.

I put all my votes this week to save George as he was last on the judges board.
I usually give Amber some votes..
I was sure she'd be safe!!!

Really pleased the judges saved Amber and Nikita.
Phew.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Good grief.
Amber in the bottom 2.

I put all my votes this week to save George as he was last on the judges board.
I usually give Amber some votes..
I was sure she'd be safe!!!

Really pleased the judges saved Amber and Nikita.
Phew.

Yes people voted to save George, assuming Amber was safe. But nobody is safe.
Thats why i vote for my favourite every week.