Jade and Ian
Ali and Brian
Ricky W and Natalie
Ricky G and Erin
Phil and Katya
Natalie and Vincent
Chris and Ola
Laila and Anton

I havent seen all of ITT yet........in the training footage did Ricky W say the Jive was 'fast' 'rapid' 'quick' ???

Yes Jan, how did you guess :yawn:

But the jive is quick! Give the guy a break will you, you all pick on him for the slightest thing!

Problem is though according to Ricky W so everything else! The VW, the salsa, the rumba, the foxtrot, the walk off stage at the end of his dance, the results announcement...

And what exactly is wrong with saying his dances are quick? Im curious to know seeing as its no different from Natalie saying every week that each new dance is her favourite, which I find more annoying.

Ps. He hasnt done a foxtrot, so he wouldnt have said that was quick, we have that yet to come. Pedantic, but true. And an example of how exaggeration is used a plenty at his expense.

I dont know why but that made me laugh out loud .I have heard of so many ways to hide a pregnancy but never with question cards !!!!! LOL , but I do know what you mean , the cards were placed there .

See , Natalies favourite annoys you , Rickys fastness annoys us , same thing so you should understand

Difference is, I dont bang on about it on a forum in order to poke fun at her and what she says. Ive posted it twice and Ive said I also feel bad for letting it annoy me earlier on tonight because it shouldnt matter if she keeps saying that and it doesnt to me. It annoys me but Im big enough to get past it without making a bloody hoohaa of it every time her VT comes around.

I think the bigger problem here is that Natalie Lowe is of the opinion that everything needs to be danced at the speed of light. There's a lot to be said for subtlety.

I remember not enjoying their Rumba at all because it was rather quick, especially for a dance that is usually very slow. It seemed rather aggressive and not really romantic.

True, but the same thing could be said of Mr V Simone. I usually love his choreography but I think that QS was a but too much for Natalie, it looked messy because of it.

I was concerned regarding Ricky W's tango with it being so fast, but I actually liked it. If he'd not made those 3 minor mistakes, I think it would have been appreciated more for what a great tango it was. But I dont think it was the speed as such as the lack of training time for the tango. His QS however, was out of this world and I loved the speed of it.

I got all excited when I heard that Ian and Jade were doing the tango and seeing the training footage has just made me more hyper. It looks great.

I think Ricky W says all the dances are quick because Natalie seems to dance in a frenzy. I'm not a huge fan of his but I thought his tango last week would have been much better (and maybe had less mistakes) if she had slowed it down a notch. I could hardly see what they were doing it was that quick.

I love the foxtrot so looking forward to seeing what Natalie and Vincent do.

I am a bit scared to see Chris's paso face and his hands are irritating me.

Jade's tango looks IMMENSE. I literally cannot Waite (geddit...)!!!

Chris's paso - Im trying to be optimistic but failing a tad.

Vincent normally choreographs a beautful foxtrot, Im hoping Natalie's top line can really improve this week.

I think Ricky G's VW looks dull.

And Im dreaded poor Laila's rumba.

I dont see a hooha or anyone banging on about it ,I see a bit of banter and bit of a laugh and a joke .

I know what you mean but Vincent doesn't always do it that fast. He's been accused of being too slow at times with Rachel. Vincent varies the tempo and sometimes goes to extremes - Natalie is ALWAYS fast (so far).

I beg to differ.

I don't think there will be many great dances this week.

None of the Latins fill me with excitement:
- Chris looked the best of a bad lot
- Ricky's feet will more than likely spoil his Jive for me
- I hope Ali can pull off a decent Cha Cha Cha but I'm not very optimistic
- I can't even bear to think about Laila's Rumba. I hope it won't be as bad as I'm expecting.

Of the ballrooms I think Jade and Ian will be great. I hope they can emulate Zoe's Tango with Ian which will always be one of my favourite SCD dances. A lot depends on the music so I hope Ian chose well.

I like the Foxtrot and I hope Natalie can do well. I find her head position a little odd in the ballroom dances.

Ricky G looked alright but the shoulders will still be a problem. Plus, I don't think VW is a dance he can sell to the audience.

Phil looked okay to me. I like him doing ballroom so I hope he can do a nice AS.

My leaderboard would be:

Jade & Ian
Phil & Katya
Chris & Ola
Ali & Brian
Ricky W & Natalie
Natalie & Vincent
Ricky G & Erin
Laila & Anton

But I know nothing and some of the positions are based on my bias.

Yeah, I know. I always have a lot of respect for Vincent's choreography, I think he is spectacular but I do think he's gone wrong a few times with Natalie.

I dont think Ricky's waltz was too fast, nor the VW although Ricky did say it was - it must seem fast when you go round and round in circles. I have so much respect for them doing the VW because it makes me feel nauseous. I dont think their salsa or samba were too fast either.

That's really interesting. My leaderboard would be:

Jade and Ian
Ali and Brian
Ricky and Natalie
Chris and Ola
Natalie and Vincent
Phil and Katya
Laila and Anton
Ricky G and Erin.

I think its Ricky G's time to leave to be honest, he's done well but if he cant control his shoulders by this stage, I dont think he ever will!

I had some time on my hands today and I watched some of Rachel's dances from last year. They really were beautiful in terms of choreography and performance.

I agree that Natalie's QS was a little too fast. I think Vincent thought so too on Friday.

I wonder why she does that
Is it in fact to hide as many mistakes as possible?

If she would just realise that more people would warm to them if they were shown in all their flawed (as in human) glory.

I agree. I would like him to go this week - unless of course he does a spectacular VW.

Well Erin is Mrs Ballroom so Im sure the choreography will be good but I still think it th'end of t'road with Ricky G.