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Week 6 (Rock 'n' Roll)
Christian Cage
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Tonight each couple will be performing a paso doble or a tango. Then at the end of the show they will all participate in a rock 'n' roll dance marathon.
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It seemed a bit flat to me.
Was cheering for Bristol, so happy she got her high score and was the judges favourite performance.
As for the rest, I agree. Disapointing night. The wicked (Halloweeney) side of me enjoyed seeing moany Jen in the bottom 2 though. She has a bad neck, has she mentioned it? We know Jen, don't let Derek pick you up by the neck then!!!
Was really pleased that two of Julianne and Apolo's dances got in, though I'd have put their paso in there too, and I think I'd have put Derek and Nicole's 50s paso at number 1, although Derek's done so many good dance it makes it hard to choose.
Actually my personal top ten would consist of Julianne and Apolo, together with Derek and one of his partners.
Her neck would affect posture and other things. They are forced to talk about something, and a lot of them repeat themselves. The footage is obviously heavily edited too.
I know what Tiddleboo means though, I said something similar when we were watching last night. Some people take part and don't mention the pain they were in until the show is over but I appreciate your point about it being edited and it could be they're choosing to portray her as bravely battling on.
Forgot to mention the top 10, loved it but would have put Derek and Nicole's Tango in there too.
It was a bit razzamatazzy, and probably disapproved of by some Strictly purists, and ill-humoured Sunday school teachers.
The review of the Top Ten made for a late start. But it was interesting. I was struck by how many of those dances featured the Houghs. We miss Julianne. Nice to see that Maks/Mell paso again. I didn't care for the #1 choice, though I suppose that the cowboy theme appealled to a large section of the US audience.
Outstanding dances from the night for me were: Jennifer's paso; it may have been wild, but I liked it. And also Maks and Brandy; it was another Maks dance with attitude.
I feel that Tony is a very weak pro and teacher, when compared with Maks. Maks has the ability, not only to move the girl round very strongly, but also to motivate someone.
I'm sad that Audrina and Tony left the show early as I was really starting to like their partnership. I don't think having no proper bottom two for the last five weeks has helped them at all. I am certain they must of been in the bottom two at one point and if the audience had known they were close to be eliminated then they would have voted more for them. I hope Tony gets a really good partner next season.
I wanted Kurt to go this week as I thought his Paso was a awful.
Also wasn't keen on all the rock music, it was too much, but admit it is all a matter of taste, others probably loved it.
I wasn't that surprised to see Audrina voted out. She has everything going for her to be a dancer - she can move, has fabulous body, but she is just so bland. There is no emotion at all.
Kyle makes me laugh, and he certainly has enthusiasm, I just wish he had been partnered with one of the other pros instead of Lacey, who is doing him no favours with her weird choreography.
Bad week for Jennifer; it was a great routine, but felt the music was too fast and she struggled to keep up (maybe they had practised to a CD which had been slightly slower? That does happen sometimes). I also felt she was looking a bit tired. Still felt she was undermarked when compared to Kyle.
Rick's tango suited the music, but personally I would have liked to see more movement around the floor and more light and shade.
Bristol danced a 'real' tango with few gimmicks - apart from the totally pointless air-guitar bit(???) She was able to concentrate on learning the dance without the need for performance, and looked greatly improved.
Paso is just so not Kurt's dance! A few bits looked really good, but I think he took too much notice of the rock guy who visited him, and not enough notice of Anna's teaching.
Brandy's tango was fast and furious, but totally in control the whole time. She has certainly improved over the last 2 weeks. It was a "real" tango, with no unnecessary gimmicks, and my favourite dance of the night by a huge mile. and I thought slightly undermarked.
I'd agree with this - I was expecting her to get at least one 10 for that, and I thought the judges were a bit stingy.
I also would have liked them to spread the top ten dances out over a few weeks, and I would have put Derek's futuristic paso higher than the 50s one, but that's just personal taste. It was great to see Gilles and Cheryl's AT though, I love that routine.
Yes, I wanted Gilles and Cheryl to win that year.
I agree I FF'd most of the "Top Ten" except for Mel/Maks & Joanna/Derek's paso's; I loved them both. I did watch no 1 to see what the fuss was about, cos I did not watch early seasons (as we could not get them over here then). I was not impressed at all with that chap dancing with Cheryl, he seemed sloppy. Shows how the standards have improved over the years.
The only dance I liked this week was Bristol/Mark's. I never like the dance-offs so that was put on FF too
Surprised Audrina's gone tho, she was n't the worse but it's probably down to a popularity vote at the mo, cos except for the two front-runners they are all quite middling imo. I thought Kurt was the weakest followed by Kyle (but I agree with Kaycee, Lacey is getting on my wick with her choreography not suiting him).
Me too. I was actually really surprised by the on-screen graphic during their dance that said he lost by less than 1%, as I had no idea it had been so close. I thought he was amazing, and Cheryl came up with some fab choreography that season.
I'd also agree that Drew and Cheryl's dance wasn't up to the standard of some of the more recent seasons, but he really did improve a lot over the course of his season, and he was so enthusiastic about the whole show.
Me too, I thought he was great.
Yes, considering there was only a percent between them in the votes, it really did come down to the freestyle.
I was personally delighted Shawn and Mark won, loved them from week one.
I though Gile's Freestyle was overmarked - he barely did anything!
The top 10 bit, pleased to see plenty of Hough action in there and shocked at the no.1, Gille should've got that one.
Although a bit gutted for Derek and his track record, it's nice to see Maks winning the marathon with Brandy.
(Can you tell i watch for the Pros?!