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The Aliona Appreciation Society
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Big congratulations to Kara for winning. She is a lovely, elegant dancer and it would take a heart of stone not to be pleased for her.
But this is to say a huge 'Thank you' to Aliona and Matt for sticking with their principles to the very end and making the showdance fast, energetic, and relevant to the 21st century.
Aliona has been a breath of fresh air to the competition. It has been great that Matt has been prepared to completely endorse her choreography, and their American Smooth remains the abiding memory of the whole competition. In fact one of 'the' dances of any SCD series.
If in the end the audience prefers Kara's graceful elegance over Matt's energy and intensity, then so be it. But huge respect to Aliona and Matt for giving the audience the choice. And I will miss that red hair!
But this is to say a huge 'Thank you' to Aliona and Matt for sticking with their principles to the very end and making the showdance fast, energetic, and relevant to the 21st century.
Aliona has been a breath of fresh air to the competition. It has been great that Matt has been prepared to completely endorse her choreography, and their American Smooth remains the abiding memory of the whole competition. In fact one of 'the' dances of any SCD series.
If in the end the audience prefers Kara's graceful elegance over Matt's energy and intensity, then so be it. But huge respect to Aliona and Matt for giving the audience the choice. And I will miss that red hair!
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I have re-watched their show dance a couple of times now and it gets better everytime I watch it.
It felt odd the first time I saw it but that was because it was so different but when you watch it again you can apppreciate how well Matt danced it.
Thought she was fantastic
at least she is trying to do something a bit different with her choreography - and had a partner who could actually move to try it out with
sometimes it doesn't work but that's what happens when you're challenging!
I think the argument that 'matt would have walked it with another partner' is fundamentally flawed
Matt trusted what Aliona was doing, and she pushed him way out of the Mr Nice boundary lines. Everybody respected the work they did together, despite his hectic schedules, and I don't think Matt's going to be too sad about the result. His new presenting job is in the bag and he will become even more of a household name now.
Aliona was - and still is - daring and different, so we need her back next year too.
They didn't make a big thing of being ill this week and Aliona injured her back on Sunday which affected what they could do for 2 days. She is different, fearless, funny and other good things.
From the VT's we have seen, I think she is a good teacher. Matt thinks so.
Her choreography is hit and miss. The AS I loved, apart from the knees bent runaround bit. The Samba, Charleston, Jive all were very entertaining and memorable. Not everything worked, and I hope she has learned from that and will continue to take calculated risks.
She does need to adapt her views of the judges. Three of them are very inconsistent, but they still matter and they get paid more for entertaining than getting the judging right or they would have been sacked long ago.
But not many people have attacked her personally, which is good because she seems like such a sweetie. Slightly mad, in a good way
She is also the most beautiful dancer IMO
Disturbingly, my whole family seems to have a crush on her, especially my Grandad :eek:
I doubt if I would have stuck with it had she gone out early.
I hope she gets a good dancer next year and her choreography lives on!
I don't mean this in any derogatory way about the other contestant but the dances that will stay with me are Matt's AS, Samba and showdance - apart from Kara's Paso I would not want to watch any of the other dances again.
Matt & Aliona stayed true to their spirit of pushing the boundaries - they did not play safe.
I wish there had been a camera on Goodmans face throughout - it would have been hilarious.
The Custard Queen certainly made Strictly memorable for me.
I have loved watching Matt & Aliona Loved their Charlston, AS and VW.
Please come back next year Aliona.
I hope she reads these supportive threads, because I felt sorry for her on a number of occasions when Len was failing to conceal his dislike for her.
I hope he goes, and the contemporary breath of fresh air that is Aliona, stays.
I seriously wouldn't have been surprised if Aliona had used this version:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8dvWiUXr9c
I think it was the contemporary choreography Len disliked, rather than Aliona.
It certainly made this series one to watch, and I hope she comes back. I don't think I will hang around too long next year if we are forced to watch all traditional fare. zzzzz.
I have a sore throat at the moment so struggling to eat much but on the positive side that means I can indulge in soothing foods that I normally restrict because of calorie content - such as ice cream and CUSTARD