Which of the "no longer competing" Pros do you miss the most?
21stCenturyBoy
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They've come and they've gone... there's no two ways about it: Strictly has had a hell of a lot of professionals. From one series wonders like Hayley Holt and Jared Murillo to much missed mainstays Flavia, Vincent, Ian and Matthew, we've watched (sometimes through our fingers) the teaching and choreography efforts of over 40(!!) professional dancers.
My question to you is- which of the dearly departed professional dancers do you miss most? Who would you like to see make a glittering return in the next series?
Vincent & Flavia will always remain one of my favourite pairings, Vincent because he did "personality pro" so much better than any of the other gents and Flavia because she was an astounding choreographer.
Special mentions to Brian (who we were only beginning to scratch the surface of, I think), Ian (still no idea why he was axed) and Katya (who really deserves one more chance with a "natural")
My question to you is- which of the dearly departed professional dancers do you miss most? Who would you like to see make a glittering return in the next series?
Vincent & Flavia will always remain one of my favourite pairings, Vincent because he did "personality pro" so much better than any of the other gents and Flavia because she was an astounding choreographer.
Special mentions to Brian (who we were only beginning to scratch the surface of, I think), Ian (still no idea why he was axed) and Katya (who really deserves one more chance with a "natural")
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Darren, Lillia, Matt and Ian from the show - they will always be faves, but like all things - things move on and a change is regrettably needed - I was always of the opinion Matt and Ian left and were not axed - I maybe wrong
on the other side do feel that some have been there too long with Anton being obvioius and feel Brendan is near the end too
I liked Matthew a lot as well, and he was part of my fave partnership with Alesha.
(Of those who are no longer there in body as well as in spirit I would say Ian for the men and Erin for the women).
Lilia Kopylova
Darren Bennett
Anya
Vincent
Ian and his troos
Honourable mention for Ärtem because I don't think I'd have ever 'found' SCD if it hadn't been for a nekkid picture of him and Robin concealed only by a hanky-sized bit of chiffon, and then he turned out to be a very watchable growly beast
In an ideal world she'll return and she and I will cruise to victory in The People's Strictly. I doubt it will ever happen though!
Ian Waite for those ladies with height.
And of course Vincent's charm and tongue-in-cheek humour. Now he was a character (and managed to be sweet and endearing with it).
Her knowledge of dance was simply outstanding the way she was with Russell was perfection (Tim and Natalie MK1). I was glad that she got a mirror ball trophy but I have my gripes with Louis. She was honest, never bitched, always humble and kept her head down and just got on with it,
Matthew
One word ALESHA I normally care about dance averages but in this case I don't because Alesha danced when a 10 was the holy grail, had she competed now she would have got 4 maybe 5 quite possibly 6 and at a push 7 perfect scores Dances Including (Cha Cha TWICE, Tango, Argentine Tango, Freestyle, Viennese Waltz and Waltz) She will always be better than Natalie and that could be because I always favour Matthew's ballroom choreo to Artem's
Ian
Similar reason to Flavia regarding knowledge. I NEVER miss Waite's Wednesday Warmup on ITT and his chemistry with Zoe will NEVER die. THAT Tango with Zoe along with St Jill's Jive were the catalyst of my obsession of all things Strictly including the then unknown to me due to dial-up windows 95/98/00/(XP if you were rich) powered internet (those were the days) DWTS franchise as I never knew Strictly was around the world as it was 9 years ago and there was no Wiki articles on it
Katya
I feel she never reached her full potential similar to Karen Hauer and Janette Manrara (seriously look at their So You Think You Can Dance dances Karen does a mean Hip Hop and Tango and Janette does a brilliant Argentine Tango and sensational Disco routine (Disco for Strictly competitive dance please) today. Her Argentine Tango with Antonio Banderas proves my point. I loved her attitude and her hats of fierce. She was different (that could be because she was the only brunette female pro) in personality. Why she was never given a contender confuses me. Which is why I am happy that Iveta (look at her "When you're good to Mamma" routine on So You Think You Can Dance) has been given Thom because I was worried she would fall into the Katya trap of being one of the better pros and never given someone where a 10 is a possibility
Did miss Darren but I watch the Lebanese strictly where he is a judge, on YouTube occasionally so don't so much anymore.
I was never keen on Vincent bar Argentine Tango showcases, he was unbearable on ITT covering for Karen on Khoreography Korner but his partnerships with Louisa and Rachel especially the later were a thing of wonder (THAT Argentine Tango, THAT Tango
Sorry for the Essay.
and vincent a bit, but mainly cos he goes with her, although he is good for the little short people.
the other person i've never got over is katya.
Coincidentally my current fave is Karen H too.
On the male side, Vincent was the biggest loss for me.
EDIT: And Artem!
Lilia Kopylova
Vincent Simone