General Chat

Yes sadly I think Maisie came over as a bit cocky at first. I don't think she is, she is just young, It never seems fair when the public take against celebrities but it is always the same. Clara should have been in the dance off. However I think Caroline would not have coped for much longer.

It will start to even out now, it doesn’t really matter the order they go in. The top three to end up in the final will probably be Bill, Ranvir and HRVY. Maybe Maisie should be one of the top three, but she doesn’t stand a chance as the public don’t like her

I think it was the old ruse of putting an average dancer up against a better dancer.

Caroline did not stand much of a chance against Maisie.

You could be right with the final three Linda.

Hey ho, on to next week.

Bill certainly hid his dancing light under a bushel! I used to watch him in various progs including QI and would never have guessed he was so light on his feet and athletic. I agree with all the comments and Clara should have been the one to go.

I thought the standard was particularly high this year right from the start as have been the judges marks. I'm not sure I like all the gymnastics in so many of the dances though. Karen is a very good dancer, but she is a bit OTT for me. I love Johannes and Oti.

I read last night that Bruno will be virtual for the Final of Strictly.

Apparently it would be too risky to fly over here with all the resistrictions in place.

Makes sense. He will give his comments over the link.

Yes makes sense. Maybe they should have had a replacement for him for thIs series

Bring back Anton. :-)

good idea MTG

:-D :-D :-D ;-)

I thought Strictly was good tonight. I think Clara will be in the dance off tomorrow but I don't have any idea who she'll be up against.

Well, they are all stepping up a gear aren't they:-0

I liked HRVY....not only is he good at his dancing, he comes across as such a lovely young man<3

For someone who was a total novice, Ranvir to me is the surprise......each week l look forward to her dance to see how she has progressed :-)

Whether you like Maise or not, her dance was very good :-)

JJ also did well :-)

I thought Jamie had done well with his Tango but then for me the others came along and overtook him :-(

Although I admire Bill his Jive was a bit of a plod in places. :-(

And then that would leave Clara....it just wasn't her night.....sadly far too many mistakes :-(

I agree with Kay that Clara should be in the dance off but with who :-S. I think perhaps Jamie or Bill :-( It should be Clara to go though but then I said that last week, who knows :-D

One thing that I thought was amazing last night were the floor graphics especially in HRVY's dance where you had that 3D effect.....it really did make you think they were on a rooftop of a building:-D

All of them are improving so much this year. I wonder if it is because they are isolated and nothing else is going on in their lives.

I loved Maisie's dance and HRVy's. He is such a lovely person. And I tooo thought the graphics were amazing. I think it should be Clara in the dance off and perhaps Bill but you can't account for the way people vote or don't vote.

Sadly it was not Bill's dance. He seemed to make heavy work of it.

Clara I think too in the dance off, but against who?

We shall see.

I think it will be Clara to go, she hasn’t been good for the last couple of weeks.
Maybe it will be Jamie or JJ in the dance off, but I would like to call it.
The dance didn’t suit Bill this week, but he has a lot of support, so I think he will go through

LondonBelle, I SO agree with you regarding HRVY. He just seems so lovely, and I absolutely loved his dance. I agree with everyone else who said Bills dance wasn't "his thing". Very ploddy and heavy footed.

I was very surprised who was in the dance off with Clara but I won't name names and spoil it for those who haven't watched it yet.

Can't believe it's the semi-finals next week!! It's come round so quickly. Too quickly! :-(

I think Clara's dance was better last night but still in places it didn't flow properly and out of the two I think she was the correct Celeb to go :-(

I did like the choreography of Jamie's dance :-D

So next week is Musical Week.....one of my favourite weeks :-D

Well they are all upping their game :-0

The dances I enjoyed the most were Ranvir and HRVY :-D

Maise was very good but you would expect that from her someone with her previous experience :-)

So for me that leaves Bill, JJ and Jamie who all did dance well but not as good as the others :-)

The problem I have with Jamie is that he doesn't like the dances were he has to hold his partner and lead; I know he did the Tango last week but the only other dance was I think in week1 :-0.

Bill did I think better with the Argentine Tango because he had to lead :-D

Again JJ did well but there were elements that where left out possibly due to his disabilities and I thought it lacked the speed but again possibly due to his disabilities :-
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For me I think it should be Jamie & JJ in the dance off with Jamie to go :-(

Belle I agree with you as to the dance off, although there is always room for surprise. I did like HRVY and Ranvir's dances. In fact she has been a total surprise. Maisie as usual was good but it made me exhausted to watch her :-D

Tess has not been commentating the last couple of weeks, hope she is OK.

I thought that JJ, Bill and Jamie were the weaker ones last night, probably two of them will end up in the dance off, but I don’t know which two.
I think Jamie needs to be given some ballroom dances, he seems to have got away with not doing them just to keep him in.

I have been watching, and enjoying Strictly. I am ok thanks, just caught up doing other things instead of coming on Genes.

In the first weeks of the thread I said that I thought that Clara was very good and I had high(ish) expectations of her. However, i agree that her last two dances were not good at all, I think that one "bad dance" can be forgiven but two in a row is a bit worrying. So although I was sorry to see her go, I know that it was the right decision.

When Caroline went she had done the Ch Cha Cha, not so much danced it as done a skit of it IMHO. She had said that she knew how to do comedy and would teach Johannes. I was surprised at how well it all went donw with the judges. I like the "comedy turn" but didn't rate the dancing.

Bill came as a complete surprise to me, he has shown that he is a very talented man. I've loved watching him and Oti, but I think that the last two weeks he has (sort of) run out of steam. The Argentine Tango was a difficult dance for him, but he did manage to show off Oti's skills very well, giving her good support.

I can't comment on Maisie's dance this week because my tv went off!!! for around 5 mins. i.e. all through Maisie's introduction and dance. I had I press buttons and wait, and wait and wait ... eventually came back on (phew). I checked on my recording but that had turned off too. It recommenced after the dance. I did though hear the applause (which was terrific).

Ranvir was terrific, a moving performance. I hope that she gets through again. On "Takes Two", Friday, ALW said that she would be the one to go!

Jamie, still good to watch, but perhaps more of an interesting performance than a dance. (I am not a dancer at all so can't judge the dance steps, posture etc). Although I enjoy watching him, I wouldn't be sorry to see him go.

JJ and Amy. I think that he has improved an awful lot. He is much better than in the early weeks, in fact much better than I expected him to ever be. In the past I have thought that he might be (slightly) over marked in comparison to the others on the night. This was certainly not the case last night.

HRVY well, he was wonderful!! I did think that I saw him go off balance for a mini moment, but he soon recovered. Perhaps the was the "hat incident" which I seem to have missed. Just hope enough people voted for him to keep him out of the dance off. Hats off to HRVY!