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Is Ola at fault for that disaster?
fefster
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It seemed to me as if Steve was pushed too hard in terms of the lift difficulty and that they must have spent far too much time on those lifts and not enough time on the routine. Surely she should have spotted that they were too hard and pared it back a bit earlier in the week?
Poor Steve was completely overwhelmed which seems an epic fail on the part of his dance teacher.
Poor Steve was completely overwhelmed which seems an epic fail on the part of his dance teacher.
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STUFF happens................some people always love to find someone to blame.
She just gets on with it.
But she mustn't give him stuff he is unsure about
Well said and I agree
I have to say I that I don't think Steve's Charleston was that great but overall I prefer Charlestons that are a bit scrappy and zany to ones that are too clean and precise. I also prefer it when the pairings take risks to when they are consistently safe, polite and forgettable.
Edit: I would like Steve to stay though. He has more to give (now I sound like Cheryl bleeding Cole/Tweey/Ferdinazesezex-whoever?)
True, but she did seem to enjoying watching herself in her skull make up on the monitor 'upstairs':)
I personally think it would have been awful even without the errors, but it wasn't a disaster either, just not a very good dance. *shrug*
l do think Ola saw Jake and Karen's lift in their salsa and basically thought I'm having some of that and has copied rather unsuccessfully.
I tell you what I did also notice!.......... memories of the Chris Hollins routine when they were on the floor!....... it looked like she had delved into the past to resurrect moves!......
Bet getting it sorted out again hurt.
Is that what the Dalmatians were distracted by
The lifts in Steve and Ola's dance were tricky, and while I'm quite certain he was more than capable of carrying them out in a practice/rehearsal situation, when it comes to an actual performance, it can be a different matter, especially as he is not and never has been any kind of performer. One really tricky lift and 2 simple ones would have left him more time to concentrate on the actual dance, without having to worry about what would happen to Ola's face if he dropped her!
Trouble is as well, if a novice dancer makes a mistake at the beginning of a routine, he/she lacks the experience to put it right, and panic can set in.
I hope Steve goes through and gets another chance next week to show us what he can really do.
I reckon that did them a double disservice. The make up rendered them so anonymous it was almost as if they had no presence there tonight. Sounds a bit odd perhaps, but their 'absence' struck me quite forcibly. Perhaps I'd drunk too much pinot.
Ola hasn't copied anything, the pros don't choreograph the Charlestons, or the salsas for that matter (except perhaps Janette as she is actually a salsa specialist).
I felt that too. That is a general problem with Halloween but more so where the make up is extreme.
One of the lifts was a bit messy, I agreed with Craig there. He very nearly dropped Ola on her head and I breathed a sigh of relief when he managed to keep hold of her.
That lift at the end was insane. Well done to them for the risk and I hope Steve stays. I know this dance went badly but he does have potential.
What nonsense. He himself said that he performed the dance correctly repeatedly in the last couple of days. He simply screwed it up on the day, as it sometimes happens.