Strictly Time Again

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  • Metheven
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    edited December 2017 #32

    Must admit too watching most of it with the sound at a minimum, can't be doing with the screaming, shouting and continuous clapping, and only turning the volume up for the judges comments.

    The Argentine tango is my favourite and not seen enough, we have booked to see 'Tango Moderno' in Hull in February with Vincent Simone and Flavia, should be a good night.

    I even splashed out on the best seats in the house money-mouthsmile

  • brue
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    edited December 2017 #33

    It's fun, I enjoy it more as the finale approaches. smile

  • Kennine
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    edited December 2017 #34

    On last night's showing the couple to leave the show tonight has to be Mollie and AJ.--- They were poor in comparison with the others.

    K smile 

  • brue
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    edited December 2017 #35

    Sad to see them go looks like it will be a good final. smile

  • DSB
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    edited December 2017 #36

    ......and my £1 sweepstake with Alexandra is still safe! 👍👍😀😀

    David 

  • brue
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    edited December 2017 #37

    Well here goes for the finale....smilesmile

  • Kennine
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    edited December 2017 #38

    Obviously there can only be one winner but I hope they all perform to the best of their ability. 

    We are recording the programme to watch later.  Have to avoid news programmes before then. 

    K smile

     

  • mickysf
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    edited December 2017 #39

    Well, the Social Netorking sites are suggesting this was the best year ever as far as dancing is concerned and surely that's what it's about. The winner is now down to the vagaries of the public. I'd bet it returns next year too! 

  • Bakers2
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    edited December 2017 #40

    Really enjoyed tonight's dances. I think it's very tight between 3 couples and there's very little between them. 

  • Bakers2
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    edited December 2017 #41

     Well it was one of my choice. Well done Joe. 

  • brue
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    edited December 2017 #42

    I thought it might be Alexandra but Joe's good too. Enjoyed all the dancers.smile

  • JVB66
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    edited December 2017 #43

    When does it start?surprised

  • Bakers2
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    edited December 2017 #44

    Yes I loved Alexandra too. I thought Debbie was brilliant but she started from a higher level than any of the others, I think she certainly benefited from the experience after the loss of her husband.

    I was kinda jaded at the start but stuck with it and as usual the final was F A B U L O U S

  • briantimber
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    edited December 2017 #45

    Well, another year where the best dancer didn't win, in my humble opinionyell

    Such a shame that the judges couldn't judge. 

    It turns it into a popularity contest and not a dancing contest, throughout the series, two ladies have been the best and I think that the younger one was the best tonight......cool

  • Bakers2
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    edited December 2017 #46

    I have to agree that it's a shame that the judges alone do not decide the winner. But that would mean a loss of revenue 😉, although with online voting that may have diminished anyway.

  • hastghyll
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    edited December 2017 #47

    I thought all the dancing in this year's final was very good. However, for me the show is about taking celebrities who are not dancers and watching them learn and progress. Joe was given a maximum score by the judges for his last dance so fits that criteria perfectly. Gemma also did a lot better in the final than I expected based on previous weeks.

    It was debatable whether the other two fit the not dancers bit.

     

  • mickysf
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    edited December 2017 #48

    Obviously this result system will never please everyone but how about this idea which may just go some way. Why not have different categories such as best overall performance, best overall dancer, most improved, most cringeworthy, most humorous? I'm sure other categories could be considered!

  • Kennine
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    edited December 2017 #49

    last night, all the contestants upped their game. Excellent dancing from each of them. Any one of the four were good enough to win, Joe had come from being a non-dancer at the start of the series, to an entertaining and excellent dancer who won the competition.

    I enjoyed last nights programme, having recorded it, I was able to zap through the boring bits and just watch the dances, the judges comments and the final prize giving. 

    K 

     

  • MrRoute
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    edited December 2017 #50

    We have watched the show from the start and it has ticked all the boxes.

    I love music and can play all the instruments and sing all the songs but

    I can't dance, wish i could though yell

  • bandgirl
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    edited December 2017 #51

    I was pleased that Joe and Katya won.  All the finalists were worthy of their places in the final, and any of them could have won.  I think that  Alexandra was no better than some of the others, and they were under marked and criticised by the judges much more than she was.  Her dances weren't free from mistakes.  Indeed, the Salsa, at the end of which she was heard apologising to Gorka for something (I think she missed a lift at the end) in the semi final, went on to score 40.  It may be that people felt the judges were biased in her favour, and decided not to vote for her.  It's been reported in The Guardian that she's stated people didn't vote for her because of racism. Total rubbish, in my opinion.

  • 63ellsbells
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    edited December 2017 #52

    Agree with you there bandgirl, utter rubbish indeed.

    She became too much of a little miss sob story, always blubbing about something and Gorka developed a bit of an attitude as well - pleased the public didn’t vote for her.

    To me, the finalists didn’t quite have the same appeal as in previous years but Joe was a deserved winner.

    Overall, a good entertaining show again 👏

  • DSB
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    edited December 2017 #53

    ....that's my pound down the swannee!! 

    Still think she ought to have won, irrespective of my pound.

    David 

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