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If you were a strictly contestant which songs would you like to dance to? My choices would be...
Cha-cha-cha - Dancing in the Moonlight (Toploader)
Waltz - If we were words we would rhyme (Gruff Rhys)
Salsa - La Bomba (Ricky Martin)
Jive - Crazy little thing called love (Queen)
Charleston - Bear Necessities (from The Jungle Book)
Tango - Little drop of poison (Tom Waits)
Quickstep - The rhythm of life (Sammy Davis Jr.)
Argetine Tango - Whatever lola wants (Gotan project version)
Foxtrot - It might as well be spring (from State Fair, lots of people have sung it)
Rumba - While my guitar gently weeps (George Harrison - but one of the slowed down versions)
My imaginary showdance would be a waltz/jive fusion type of thing to 'It's oh so quiet' by Bjork.
Not sure about samba, american smooth, paso doble or viennese waltz.
Cha-cha-cha - Dancing in the Moonlight (Toploader)
Waltz - If we were words we would rhyme (Gruff Rhys)
Salsa - La Bomba (Ricky Martin)
Jive - Crazy little thing called love (Queen)
Charleston - Bear Necessities (from The Jungle Book)
Tango - Little drop of poison (Tom Waits)
Quickstep - The rhythm of life (Sammy Davis Jr.)
Argetine Tango - Whatever lola wants (Gotan project version)
Foxtrot - It might as well be spring (from State Fair, lots of people have sung it)
Rumba - While my guitar gently weeps (George Harrison - but one of the slowed down versions)
My imaginary showdance would be a waltz/jive fusion type of thing to 'It's oh so quiet' by Bjork.
Not sure about samba, american smooth, paso doble or viennese waltz.
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Week 1 - Waltz
Aljaz - Coles Corner (Richard Hawley)
It's so romantic the national birth rate goes up 50% nine months after my performance. The rehearsals go well except Aljaz keeps stopping to propose to me. It's embarrassing! We've only just met.
Week 2 - Cha Cha Cha
Iveta - La Bamba - (Ritchie Valens)
Gosh, Iveta and I are practically body doubles! We each wear dresses that weigh 50lbs but it doesn't matter because we're fabulous. It's all going well until someone in the canteen asks if he can have a selfie with The Cheeky Girls. Iveta is from Lithuania, she doesn't understand why I'm crying.
Week 3 - Foxtrot
Brendan - The Very Thought of You (Ella Fitzgerald)
Brendan gets his mojo back and we're like Fred and Ginge! Aljaz can't cope with me dancing with another man. There are fisticuffs. The Daily Mail reports of 'backstage tensions' don't even cover half of it.
Week 4 - Jive
Pasha - Dreaming (Blondie)
We're Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol at CBGBs and we're soooo cool! The comedy VT involves Pasha in a Warhol-esque film called The Dance Factory. He's so happy he cries.
Week 5 - Tango
Aliona - This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us (Sparks)
God, Aliona seems sooooo scary but it turns out she's just really, really method and, in fact, I'm the only person she's ever liked in her life. We become BFF, and by that I mean Mean Girls.
Week 6 - Samba
Ian - Going Back to My Roots (Odyssey)
It's so incredible the viewers feel like they've worn a polyester jumpsuit but been let into Studio 54 anyway. Ian wears those red trousers. He decides he's also my BFF and we're going to do everything together and go everywhere together and never leave each other's side.
Week 7 - Rumba
Vincent - Help Me Make It Through the Night (Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson)
It's so sensual teenagers can't bear to watch with their parents. The Daily Star's front page asks if two Strictly stars 'did it' on live television. We did.
Blackpool Week - American Smooth
Anton - Everything's Coming Up Roses (Ethel Merman)
The entire tower is turned into a giant helter-skelter. Anton and I slide down from the top and land in the ballroom. We do the entire routine while simultaneously keeping 100 plates spinning on poles and never break a single one. It's so camp from henceforth Anton and I are asked to front every single Eurovision Song Contest ever.
Week 9 - Charleston
Aliona - The Charleston (Mack and Johnson)
We're literally possessed by the spirit of Josephine Baker. There is a slight wardrobe malfunction with a black widow infestation in our banana costumes but Aliona just kills them with her bare hands and carries on. Aliona rocks!
Week 10 - Quickstep
Natalie - Lust for Life (Iggy Pop)
Our legs are so long and elegant we're like a pair of Sapphic gazelles leaping across the plains. It's all going well until she keeps stopping to propose to me in rehearsals. Oh god, not the women too!
Quarter Finals - Salsa and Argentine Tango
Flavia (Salsa) - Bamboleo (Celia Cruz)
It's so authentic viewers write to Raul Castro to demand he invades the UK. The US Ambassador leaves the country in protest. Aljaz begins to style himself as Che Guevara in an attempt to impress me. It's kind of hot.
Vincent (Argentine Tango) - Theme from Bullitt (Lalo Schifrin)
Vincent arrives on a Vespa he's ridden from the West End. It's a cool, jazzy interpretation. Viewers tuning in halfway through wonder why primetime Saturday evening BBC1 is showing a Fellini film. Others complain the dry ice means they can't see our footwork. That's not dry ice, it's the smoke our legs are generating.
Semi Finals - Paso Doble and Viennese Waltz
Tristan (Paso Doble) - Prince Charming (Adam and the Ants)
I'm originally partnered with Kristina but we catfight over who gets to be Diana Dors. I'm jealous that she actually looks like her and demand she is replaced by Tristan who is just so rock 'n' roll. When Pasha see Tristan's costume he silently weeps in a corner.
Aljaz (Viennese Waltz) - Mad About the Boy (Dinah Washington)
I'm a mature Joan Crawford, he's a young Montgomery Clift, he steps from a silvery-screen and we dance. As we whirl around the dance-floor he whispers from a folio of poetry he has written about me entitled 'Your Milky-White Thighs'. I wonder about getting the police involved.
The Final - Showdance
Aljaz - Jump (Van Halen)
After reprising my quickstep, rumba and waltz I perform my showdance. The original Van Halen reforms just for this moment and they've used a time machine so they're not all old and wrinkly. I arrive atop a motorcycle pyramid, comprising Austin Healey, Colin Jackson, Ramps, Michael Vaughn and Mark Benton, and leap through a firey hoop. Halfway through the routine we pause as a newly-ordained Ian performs a marriage ceremony for Aljaz and I. It's a move that blasts the classic 'dead nan' out of the water. Unfortunately I have entered Strictly in the same year as Jonny Wilkinson who is good-looking and a bloke and a sportsman and, surprisingly, half-decent at dancing and I am merely runner-up. DS Spy will debate this moment for the next decade.
I think I have thought about this way too much.
Waltz. The last Waltz. Englebert Humperdink
Viennese Waltz. The blue Danube. Johann Strauss
Quickstep. Pjanoo. Eric Pridz
Foxtrot. When you touch me. Freemasons ft Katherine Ellis
Tango. 5am. Katy B
Latin
Cha Cha Cha. Enough is Enough (No more tears). Donna Summer. Barbra Streisand
Rumba. Madness. Muse
Samba. Samba de Janeiro. Bellini
Jive. Ain't nothing wrong with that. Robert Randolph and the family band
Paso. Doble. Discombobulate. Hanz Zimmer
Other
Salsa. Who the Hell are you. Madison Avenue
Charleston. When I'm cleaning windows. George Formby
American Smooth (Tango/Foxtrot). Money. Pink Floyd
Argentine Tango. Heart upon my Sleeve. Avicii
Fusion (Foxtrot/Argentine Tango). Sexy Back. Justin Timberlake
Freestyle (Irish Dance/Quickstep/Paso Doble). Riverdance. Bill Whelan
Loving these. Especially Discombobulate by Hans Zimmer. I love that Sherlock Holmes score of his.
Never in my life have I loved a post as much as I love this one. Never.
Waltz - Rave Generator - Toxic 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml2NsTHZG0U
Salsa - Rhythmic State - Soap On A Rope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ24922rr0I
Jive - New Emotion by TTF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_66dho7tkU
Charleston - Such A Feeling - Bizzare Inc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjdVvdjslVQ
Tango - Get Ready For This - 2 Unlimited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1if06rKUok
Quickstep - Prisoner - DJ Switchback https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4NQhc3V9e4
Argetine Tango - Zorbas Dance (LCD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKoU58ItTOs
Foxtrot - 2 in a Tent -When Im Cleaning Windows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0E7IFM3GJc
Rumba - Summer Night City - Abba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5dPYHi17k
Don't give them any ide... oh wait.
Obviously I'd dance with Anton....
Waltz
"Beauty and the Beast" - Angela Lansbury
Viennese Waltz
"Once Upon A December" - From "Anastasia"
Foxtrot
"Starlight" -Muse
Tango
"This Is Halloween" - from "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
Argentine Tango
"The Majestic Tale (Of A Madman In A Box)" - Murray Gold
Quickstep
"Everything's Magic" - Angels and Airwaves
American Smooth
"Lets Start Tomorrow Tonight" - from "Smash"
Jive
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen
Rhumba
"It Will Rain" - Bruno Mars
Paso Doble
"Kill The Dj" - Green Day
Salsa
"Big Girl You Are Beautiful" - Mika
Charleston
"Seaside Rendezvous" - Queen
Cha Cha Cha
"Let Me Go" - Gary Barlow
Showdance
"Love is an Open Door" - from "Frozen"
Waltz: strange and beautiful - aqualung
jive: I'm still standing - elton john
quickstep: thriftshop - postmodern jukebox
samba: bailando - enrique iglesias
foxtrot: moondance - michael buble
rumba: wicked game - chris isaak
tango: what you waiting for - gwen stefani
viennese waltz: iris - goo goo dolls
paso doble: don't let me be misunderstood - santa esmerelda
charleston: call me maybe - postmodern jukebox
Argentine tango: libertango - bond
american smooth: beyond the sea - bobby darin
showdance: I've had (the time of my life) - dirty dancing soundtrack
Tried to make a list without using latin/ballroom remix versions of songs. Oh and obviously during the showdance we would do "the lift."
That freestyle. I've had this idea too and coming from an Irish dancer I think it would be amazing to reel around the sun by bill whelan (river dance). I've had so many ideas since I thought of this idea - opening slow part danced as a contemporary piece. Then the middle section paso. And last part paso/Irish dance.
Literally The Best Post Ever.
Viennese Waltz with Pasha - Avril Lavigne, I'm with you.
Cha Cha with Matthew Cutler - The Emotions, Best of my love
Foxtrot with Brendan - Harry Connick Jnr, It had to be you
Waltz with Aliaz - Norah Jones, Come away with me
Ditto ! !
Were you responsible for THE POST after KFG Paso last year too ??
Salsa-Move-Little Mix
Charleston-The Bare necessities-jungle book
Samba-D'ya think I'm sexy- Rod Stewart
Paso-living On a Prayer-Bonjovi
Jive-Wake Me Up Before You Go Go-Wham
Rumba-You Got It All-Union J
Argentine Tango-Eleanor Rigby- The Beatles
Waltz-Pure Imagination-Willy Wonka
Foxtrot- Ain't that a Kick in the head-dean Martin
Quickstep-puttin on the ritz-Robbie Williams
American Smooth-All You Need Is love-The Beatles
Tango-Love Love-Take That
V Waltz-Kiss From a Rose-Seal
Your waltz choice is inspired! Beautiful song x
V Waltz –Sous le Ciel de Paris (Edith Piaf) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOXzGtlLGgw
Waltz- Fascination by Jane Morgan. -Slow waltz from Love in the Afternoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX-NN443ODk but I'd bring the lyrics in sooner.
Tango- Common People by Pulp
You beat me to it- I was going to put exactly the same thing.
Celebration belle of the ball
Show dance Ravels bolero
Competition with the right partner whatever's being played
I seem to recall that was Ochio Throw. Also on here...
That's ironic because I was just thinking today that nobody has ever bettered (for me) your KFMFG Paso post. That was epic!
Or at least as far as I could get in 90 secs plus the wee bit walking back to Tess while she told me everyone else was on their feet clapping
Almost impossible to choose my favourite bit, but right at this moment- this is.
And not only damn funny, but a trip through my own favourite choons too.
Inspired.
Tango to "Argentino" - Zoe and Ian just made it look like the default Tango song