[Nicky91]

Katya does better with making something out of nothing


basically Bushell's whole journey in a nutshell

[Nicky91]

QUEEN Amber

[Nicky91]

Youtube video

her latest podcast interview, with the legendary Brian Conley

[Nicky91]

also her dance experience, isn't a lot, her only advantage really is selling a routine


but every latin and ballroom technique she has shown to be great at, she learned on this show


the early weeks in this show, before hitting the dance off, she mainly focussed on technique


but after the dance off, she now is having a lot more fun as well, and her chemistry with Nikita is also more visible as such a excellent partnership


i also love how Lewis hugged her when she got her first 10s for the Salsa, and i think post strictly, Amber can put in a good word with some west end producers for Lewis if he wants to, i really see potential for a west end comeback for Lewis, the great performer/showman that he is, he should do something now with those even more improved dance skills



Amber would deserve to win for the down to earth such lovable graceful charismatic woman she is, but anyway i want her to survive this weeks Blackpool special, and then hopefully next week her couples choice, which would make people warm even more to her, basically such a humble background she comes from, her parents who work as plumbers, how hard Amber had to work to get where she is at West End

[Nicky91]

we all know Reach works great for a quickstep

Youtube video

and this was in a regular week at elstree


i really hope the quickstep to this song, on that more bouncy blackpool tower floor can provide that extra wow factor, and another happy dance luckily, because she has the most beautiful smile EVER footwork needs to be synchronized, but i'm sure Nikita knows that

also a charleston bit in this, will be excited to see the going out of hold and back in hold transitions

[Nicky91]

Youtube video

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and Amber's advantage now with the non-elimination week


she still has many crowdpleasing dances left to do, like Jive, Charleston, Couples Choice, while having had quite some of the difficult technique wise dances behind her



pretty sure her couples choice might be at Musicals Week, maybe the Jive next week then


and then in case she goes as far the semi final, she still has the charleston as a possible secret weapon left, with maybe a foxtrot as second dance but that is me looking ahead



so yes this non-elimination week comes in quite handy (as i also felt quite nervous this week otherwise, not saying she isn't good at the more technically difficult dances but she can really shine in the crowdpleasing ones, for both judges and viewers and audience)

[Nicky91]

with Balvinder on Jive this week, i think they won't have the Jive then, but you never know, we had two same dances in one week before


maybe a Tango, and i wonder what their chosen instant dance enveloppe is, i kinda hope for the Samba, as she did great at that one, with lots of basic content

[Nicky91]

superb jive to proud mary



now musicals week, guys and dolls charleston, not used before (a huge plus) and a older musical, another huge plus


another perfect 40 this week, maybe this is her comfort zone so

[Nicky91]

she kinda gives me Lili Paul-Roncalli vibes, especially how perfect she executes those leg tricks

yes her chances of making the final have increased now i feel, with a bit of a breakthrough moment this week with that jive


also how annoyed Nikita must be with her talking that much to Claudia considering he loves to be the one who talks the most lmao


i actually agree with Amber, never her having expected to be able to do this show, because of such a busy west end career, like as of next year she is extremely busy with Legally Blonde for the next 2 years


hence why she isn't doing the strictly tour, neither is George tbh, also because of his own comedy theatre tour

[Adamw92]

She’s gonna be in the dance off tonight and she doesn’t deserve to be

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Adamw92

She’s gonna be in the dance off tonight and she doesn’t deserve to be

Unfortunately for Amber she's in the role that Tasha was in last year.

Amber could literally do the Bolero and she still wouldn't get the vote.

She'll get more credit from the public once the Show is over I reckon.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Merry Mockmas

Unfortunately for Amber she's in the role that Tasha was in last year.

Amber could literally do the Bolero and she still wouldn't get the vote.

She'll get more credit from the public once the Show is over I reckon.

the public better, i mean they have every right to be proud of Britain's most insanely talented west end performer! and how humble she is too, i mean she is soooo warm and welcoming when interviewing her west end colleagues, also every other contestant here on the show loves her too

i loved it what she said about George ''i even got George to really love musicals''

[Nicky91]

and honestly


that leg split, amazing how some people can do that, i can't so i can show my respect for such talent


also this was her first time with a real charleston with more basic content, while in Great Gatsby musical that is more a theatrefied charleston without swivels

and those swivels looked so clean, precise, you can tell she worked hard on those this week, despite light back injury issues after that back bend in her Jive the week before, she had went to the physio for that


i absolutely agree with Amber, what she said about performing on that floor with backing dancers, about the ''oomph'' it also looks so much better than any regular week, you also see the oomph in most performances even of other contestants, how much those backing dancers add to the routines




btw her boyfriend Ben Joyce is also a very prominent west end star, he will play Phillip in Greatest Showman next year (that character in the film was played by Zac Efron), and she and Ben got to know each other through back to the future musical, where she was Lorraine Baines and he was Marty McFly




and yes i myself also love musicals



back about greatest showman production next year, my nation's musical star Vajen van den Bosch playing Jenny in that yes Vajen is one of my nation's talented musical queens basically (from Dirty Dancing, Gloria Estefan musical, Grease productions, and also Frozen)

[Livia]

Amber is not likeable. People have not warmed to her because she's gushy and fake. Yes, she's a good dancer. She should be, it's her job! She's irritating, she picks out the cameras while she's dancing and winks and points, she's like the dancing equivalent of Ron Burgundy

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Livia

Amber is not likeable. People have not warmed to her because she's gushy and fake. Yes, she's a good dancer. She should be, it's her job! She's irritating, she picks out the cameras while she's dancing and winks and points, she's like the dancing equivalent of Ron Burgundy

hun

this is a fanclub, you know for positive posts?


of course she works the camera, that is called owning a performance with your personality


her personality this week lifted that charleston to a whole new level, with her quirky facial expressions also those school kids where she went to school wishing her best of luck

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Livia

Amber is not likeable. People have not warmed to her because she's gushy and fake. Yes, she's a good dancer. She should be, it's her job! She's irritating, she picks out the cameras while she's dancing and winks and points, she's like the dancing equivalent of Ron Burgundy

I don't get the hate for Amber, her and Lewis seem to be very similar people imo.

[Nicky91]

she wasn't even meant to be in this years line up, so all of this journey of hers is just very magical and a bonus


second choice replacement (Lewis Cope was first choice, filled in for Hodor, she stepped in for Dani, and tbh Dani would've also gotten ringer backlash i think)



i mean Amber wouldn't have the time for the show, in 2026 or also in 2027, too busy with Legally Blonde tour


and Amber always has been honest about her background from day 1, i just LOVE her complete nerdiness in studying the dance they're doing each week very thoroughly



my favourite performances so far from her and Nikita are

that red riding hood viennese waltz

the Salsa

the Paso Doble

the Charleston

oh yes the Little Mermaid-esque blackpool quickstep too was fantastic


and their week 1 waltz was a piece of magic simply because they had come up with that in less than 36 hours