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Reality Check series 11: Week 5
TheAuburnEnigma
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Welcome everyone to the 5th live show of Reality Check! Last time, we saw Charlie & Aliona eliminated after all of Queenie's couples were up for elimination.
This week, the couples were divided into groups of 3, and would have an advantage going into the vote depending on how well their group did. They also had to have a story progression for one of their routines.
As Danny was the only mentor to send me anything, his couples will be immune for this week and all of Queenie's and Jess' couples will be in the public vote. I still asked the judges to mark what Danny had sent me so he'd know how well he did, and so this is posted below
This week, the couples were divided into groups of 3, and would have an advantage going into the vote depending on how well their group did. They also had to have a story progression for one of their routines.
As Danny was the only mentor to send me anything, his couples will be immune for this week and all of Queenie's and Jess' couples will be in the public vote. I still asked the judges to mark what Danny had sent me so he'd know how well he did, and so this is posted below
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Waltz - "Taikatalvi (Instrumental)" by Nightwish
Ross - 6
Amy - 7
Andrew - 8
Jamie - 9
Making a total of 30/40.
Comment: Amy - Whilst I thought the song choice was beautiful, for me, I think it might be more suitable for a Viennese Waltz. That’s what I was imagining as I listened, rather than a Waltz; therefore I couldn’t really give you a top score.
Rumba - "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran
Story progression: The story of this dance is of a couple who are seeing each other again for the first time after a long time apart. It begins with the the couple coming together in the mist (dry ice) during acapella section of the dance. They initially examine each other, as if they haven't seen each other in a long time, and are stunned by the other's reappearance. As the music begins, they go into the dance. The fire that is described in the song will be used metaphorically to describe the passion of the couple, with the flame growing behind them on the screen, and the lighting intensifying as their love grows. The two of them start dancing closer and closer to each other, with their steps becoming a lot tighter and sharper to keep them in close proximity to one another, before eventually, the dance reaches its conclusion and it ends with a passionate kiss.
Ross - 7
Amy - 7
Andrew - 9
Jamie - 7
Making a total of 30/40, and a final total of 60/80.
Comment: Jamie - I loved the song choice - it had the perfect vibe for the Rumba and made the routine feel sensual yet family-friendly, if you get what I mean.
Tango - "Tango Tanssimaan" by King Chronic
Story progression: This Tango will be set in a more club scene, but with the couple taking on a more traditional appearance in the middle of the more modern scene. Both costumes will be covered in dust and fake cobwebs, as if the couple had been frozen in a moment, and then reawakened. Around the couple will be various backing dancers in the middle of a club rave, and modern features, such as a vodka bar and various modern party trinkets. In the centre of this scene will be the couple, who brush off the dust from the costumes, and go into Tango hold. Throughout the routine, the react sharply and aggressively when their movement around the floor brings them into contact with other dancers, who seem to initially view them disdainfully and questioning what they're doing. However, after a series of quick pivots and sharp Tango dips, the backing dancers begin to support the couple, and cheer them on. By the end of the routine, all the backing dancers join the couple in Tango hold, and they match the movement that the couple are doing. As this happens, the modern scenery and atmosphere transforms from a suave vodka bar into an Argentinian cafe, with old wooden tables and chairs, as if the couple have arrived back in their correct era.
Ross - 8
Amy - 7
Andrew - 7
Jamie - 8
Making a total of 30/40.
Comment: Jamie - While I did think the song choice would be better suited to an Argentine Tango, there's no denying how well it worked for a normal Tango. The storyline was very creative, and, despite being a little chaotic in general, worked brilliantly with the song and the mood you created with that, so well done.
Samba - "Wings of a Dove" by Madness
Ross - 6
Amy - 5
Andrew - 6
Jamie - 5
Making a total of 22/40, and a final total of 52/80.
Comment: Amy - I can see where you were going with the song choice, but I’m afraid that it didn’t work for me. It was a bit too quick and so the dance looked a little frantic and that meant the performance suffered.
American Smooth - "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin
Ross - 4
Amy - 6
Andrew - 7
Jamie - 6
Making a total of 23/40.
Comment: Ross - This crossed the border of cheese long ago. Not one of your finest sadly as it was the one I was looking forward to the most from you.
Cha Cha Cha - "Come Alive" by Chromeo
Story progression: The couple begin the dance as mannequins on plinths, dressed to the nines in party attire. During the first verse of the song, they slowly come to life, dancing solo as they "come alive". By the time of the chorus, the couple are on the floor, impressed by the others moves, and they come together to cha cha.
As the dance progresses, the couple become more romantically interested in one another, and their moves became more raunchy and designed to both impress and interact with one another. At the end of the dance, rather than return to their separate plinths, they go to one large plinth at the opposite end of the dance floor, and strike a finishing pose on that one, together.
Ross - 7
Amy - 7
Andrew - 8
Jamie - 7
Making a total of 29/40, and a final total of 52/80.
Comment: Andrew - The song choice was a fantastic modern one, and I liked the choreography. Well done.
Alicia & James
David & Camilla
Halle & Aljaz
Winona & Kevin
Nicolas & Anya
Chuck & Karen
THE VOTE IS NOW OPEN, ANYONE CAN VOTE
To vote, please rank the couples from 6-1 in order of preference (6 for your favourite etc), and PM those rankings to me by 8pm tonight
BIB: I've just done the calculations - believe me, my brain is frazzled! But I have got the percentages sorted, and there's only 0.03% between the couples who have done second-worst and third-worst in the votes.
As I only got 2 votes, the bottom 2 will be deemed to be the 2 couples who have done the worst in the votes for the last 4 weeks.
I will be PMing my fellow judges with the result, and we will decide who will be eliminated. However, there will also be another elimination.
Queenie and/or Jess will have to choose from their own couples who to put up for another head-to-head elimination.
If Queenie loses a couple in the initial elimination, then Jess will have to choose 2 of her own couples for a head-to-head elimination. If Jess loses a couple, then they will both have to choose 1 couple each.
So girls, you need to select who you believe to be your WORST couples
The initial results will be on here tomorrow night, with the second elimination to follow on Saturday
The amount of delays that this series has had for one reason or another, I'm starting to think that I might have to put this on hiatus and restart the series at a later date.
WINONA & KEVIN
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ALICIA & JAMES
Andrew voted to save................................
ALICIA & JAMES
Jamie chose to save.....................
WINONA & KEVIN
I chose to save...........................
WINONA & KEVIN
But that's not the last of it - Jess now has to choose 2 of her own couples to put up for a head-to-head elimination. I will PM her shortly, and hopefully I'll be able to announce the second elimination in the next few days
Jess didn't PM me, so I chose the 2 of her couples that had the lowest overall scores to be selected for elimination.
Us judges had the choice of either Halle & Aljaz, or Chuck & Karen, and we had to vote for who to save.
By 3 votes to 0, the couple going through to week 6 is....................
HALLE & ALJAZ
1st -
2nd -
3rd -
4th -
5th -
6th -
7th -
8th - Chuck Lorre & Karen Hauer [mentor: Jess] {eliminated in Judges' Vote}
9th - Alicia Keys & James Jordan [mentor: Queenie] {eliminated in Judges' Vote]
10th - Charlie Sheen & Aliona Vilani [mentor: Queenie] {eliminated in Judges' Vote]
11th - Barry Manilow & Iveta Lukoshiute [mentor: Mitch] {withdrawal of mentor}
12th - Andie McDowall & Matthew Cutler [mentor: Queenie] {eliminated in Judges' Vote}
13th - Bruce Willis & Katya Virshilas [mentor: Mitch] {eliminated after deadlock}
14th - Jodie Foster & Robin Windsor [mentor: Mitch] {automatic elimination}
15th - Jamie Foxx & Ola Jordan [mentor: Danny] {automatic elimination}
16th - Billie Piper & Pasha Kovalev [mentor: Mitch] {automatic elimination}
I have an unfortunate announcement to make on that.
After having thought about it a lot, I think it's best to declare this series 'on hiatus'. There's been so many delays already, and nothing has been sent in for week 6 at all.
I allow for a lot of time to have PMs sent to me, whether it's the song choices and extras from the mentors, or the scores and comments from the judges. I understand that everyone has personal lives. But when practically every week, I get asked for extensions, it starts to become a joke. Normally this game only takes 4-5 weeks to complete, but we're coming up to 8 weeks now and we've only done 5 shows.
So considering that, I don't think I have much choice to make this be on hiatus. I'll leave it for about a month or two and then try and finish it. I've never had to do this before, but hopefully later in the year we can finish it off.
My apologies go to the mentors and the judges, I'm sorry that I've had to do this, but like I said, I really don't think I have much choice.
I've been in touch with the mentors and judges to see if we can get this show back on track, and although I've had some replies, there's a few people who haven't got back to me, and it's been about 2 weeks since I sent the PMs.
Therefore, what I'm going to do is scrap this series, and relaunch it in January with the same cast, and the same twists and themes as this one. So if you want to be part of that (either as a mentor or a judge) then PM me and let me know
Insteaaaaad, I'll be running series 6 of The Strictly Re-runs. Now THIS I don't think will be delayed
*~*Reality Check will be back in January, after series 11 finishes (and is started again lol) then there will only be 4 more series, before I call an end to a game that has run for nearly 3 years now.*~*