My hunch is that it will be Natalie & Vincent and Ricky & Natalie Or Ricky & Erin.
Who will be in the dance off this weekend?
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Hopefully Natalie and Vincent and Ricky and Natalie. Natalie C's dance looks the worst from those we've seen training footage of.
Originally Posted by EmilyIRE:
“Hopefully Natalie and Vincent and Ricky and Natalie. Natalie C's dance looks the worst from those we've seen training footage of.”
“Hopefully Natalie and Vincent and Ricky and Natalie. Natalie C's dance looks the worst from those we've seen training footage of.”
Putting to one side the "hopefullys" as we all have our favourites I'm gonna say Ricky & Erin (sadly) and Natalie and Vincent, I will not add the "h" word "
I think Ricky and Erin might struggle as they have been in the dance off two weeks in a row.......the other couple will depend a lot on the Jade and Laila situation. I am going to go for either Ali and Brian or Ricky and Natalie.
Ricky Whittle should be fine - Natalie L's pro storyline suggests that she'll be praised for her choreography this week after being criticised last week (as with Brian earlier in the series) and it's in her wheelhouse anyway. Given what we've seen of her routines so far she excels at Hollywood glamour style.
I can see Ali going 39 for her foxtrot easy, so she should be fine as well, unless the lower order conspire against her in terms of the order of voting.
Chris seems popular enough to dodge the bottom 2 (although so did Tuffers alledgedly) no matter how badly he dances, which probably leaves by now perennial bottom 2 placer Ricky Groves against one of Natalie, Jade or Laila. If it's the former he'll almost certainly go, but if it's one of the latter 2 (and I think people are over-estimating the likelihood of a second week of public sympathy significantly in both cases) they might drag him out 1 week longer, rather than take a seriously injured dancer into the 2 dance stage, which almost certainly starts next week, and also to even the genders up again.
Of course a lot of that depends on whether Jade dances at all, and if she does whether she rumbas (almost certainly bad) or tangos (probably alright, but probably muted by injury, leading the public to wonder what all the fuss was about).
I can see Ali going 39 for her foxtrot easy, so she should be fine as well, unless the lower order conspire against her in terms of the order of voting.
Chris seems popular enough to dodge the bottom 2 (although so did Tuffers alledgedly) no matter how badly he dances, which probably leaves by now perennial bottom 2 placer Ricky Groves against one of Natalie, Jade or Laila. If it's the former he'll almost certainly go, but if it's one of the latter 2 (and I think people are over-estimating the likelihood of a second week of public sympathy significantly in both cases) they might drag him out 1 week longer, rather than take a seriously injured dancer into the 2 dance stage, which almost certainly starts next week, and also to even the genders up again.
Of course a lot of that depends on whether Jade dances at all, and if she does whether she rumbas (almost certainly bad) or tangos (probably alright, but probably muted by injury, leading the public to wonder what all the fuss was about).
Originally Posted by Jan2555*GG*:
“I think Ricky and Erin might struggle as they have been in the dance off two weeks in a row.......the other couple will depend a lot on the Jade and Laila situation. I am going to go for either Ali and Brian or Ricky and Natalie.”
“I think Ricky and Erin might struggle as they have been in the dance off two weeks in a row.......the other couple will depend a lot on the Jade and Laila situation. I am going to go for either Ali and Brian or Ricky and Natalie.”
I think Laila & Anton have quite a big backing from the public and will avoid the DO again. Jade, if she dances, will also not be there.
It should be Ricky G and Natalie C based on previous performances. They are the weakest so far. I think it will be Ricky G, although the Tango might carry him trhough because he puts so much into the character side of it. Let's face it his Paso was rubbish, but he made up for it in the performance.
Ricky G and Natalie C to the DO.
Ricky G to escape again.
Bad luck on Natalie to be doing the Samba whilst Ricky has a ballroom that suits him.
Ricky G to escape again.
Bad luck on Natalie to be doing the Samba whilst Ricky has a ballroom that suits him.
I do think it's extremely hard to predict.
Natalie - has a tough job with the samba, but if the judges aren't so nice to her, it could see the sympathy vote coming her way.
Ricky G - supposedly doing very well at the Tango. Could end up further up the board and may win a public reprieve due to improvement.
Ricky W - Will likely be great and therefore high up so mostly safe.
Ali - As above.
Chris - If his popularity is as perceived he should be safe but he does have the relatively dull VW and most thought Tuffers was popular too.
Jade - Probably safest of all if she dances!
Laila - Sympathy for her lack of training combined with a likely okay waltz should see her safe.
In other words, I really don't know. Although, I wouldn't be surprised to see one of Ricky W and Ali end up in the dance off in an apparent 'shock'. Still this year there seems to be a distinct divide between the excellent dancers and the popular ones.
Natalie - has a tough job with the samba, but if the judges aren't so nice to her, it could see the sympathy vote coming her way.
Ricky G - supposedly doing very well at the Tango. Could end up further up the board and may win a public reprieve due to improvement.
Ricky W - Will likely be great and therefore high up so mostly safe.
Ali - As above.
Chris - If his popularity is as perceived he should be safe but he does have the relatively dull VW and most thought Tuffers was popular too.
Jade - Probably safest of all if she dances!
Laila - Sympathy for her lack of training combined with a likely okay waltz should see her safe.
In other words, I really don't know. Although, I wouldn't be surprised to see one of Ricky W and Ali end up in the dance off in an apparent 'shock'. Still this year there seems to be a distinct divide between the excellent dancers and the popular ones.
Should be the 2 weakest couples which (for me) is Ricky&Erin and Laila&Anton. Though I wouldn't be sad to see Natalie&Vincent there either, especially as I can see the judges overmarking her again!
Originally Posted by uptowngirl:
“Should be the 2 weakest couples which (for me) is Ricky&Erin and Laila&Anton. Though I wouldn't be sad to see Natalie&Vincent there either, especially as I can see the judges overmarking her again!”
“Should be the 2 weakest couples which (for me) is Ricky&Erin and Laila&Anton. Though I wouldn't be sad to see Natalie&Vincent there either, especially as I can see the judges overmarking her again!”
What she said re the couples in the dance off
Originally Posted by uptowngirl:
“Should be the 2 weakest couples which (for me) is Ricky&Erin and Laila&Anton. Though I wouldn't be sad to see Natalie&Vincent there either, especially as I can see the judges overmarking her again!”
“Should be the 2 weakest couples which (for me) is Ricky&Erin and Laila&Anton. Though I wouldn't be sad to see Natalie&Vincent there either, especially as I can see the judges overmarking her again!”
This would be my picks as well for the dance off
Well. I think Ali might be in the dance off, simply because I'm watching it live for a change (as opposed to recorded). I've only watched SCD twice live all series, once when Ali and Brian weren't dancing (second week) and the week when A&B and Z&J were in the dance off. In fact, Im half tempted to record it anyway just in case...
Other than that, I hope either Ricky G or Natalie or both will be in the dance off.
Other than that, I hope either Ricky G or Natalie or both will be in the dance off.
I think Laila and Jade (if she dances) will almost certainly go through on sympathy. Chris and Natalie appear to be very popular with the voters. I though Ricky G's Tango looked alright, so i'm wondering if it will be a Ali and Ricky W dance off
Originally Posted by See:
“I think Laila and Jade (if she dances) will almost certainly go through on sympathy. Chris and Natalie appear to be very popular with the voters. I though Ricky G's Tango looked alright, so i'm wondering if it will be a Ali and Ricky W dance off”
“I think Laila and Jade (if she dances) will almost certainly go through on sympathy. Chris and Natalie appear to be very popular with the voters. I though Ricky G's Tango looked alright, so i'm wondering if it will be a Ali and Ricky W dance off”
I agree, except for the last bit. I think Ricky G is almost sure to end up in the dance-off. Unless he pulls of an absolute blinder of a Tango, I think he's in the bottom 2 since he doesn't seem to be getting the votes. From the training footage, looks like Ricky W's AS will be very good so I can see him topping the scores from judges, so should be relatively safe.
Originally Posted by claire2281:
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In other words, I really don't know. Although, I wouldn't be surprised to see one of Ricky W and Ali end up in the dance off in an apparent 'shock'. Still this year there seems to be a distinct divide between the excellent dancers and the popular ones.”
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In other words, I really don't know. Although, I wouldn't be surprised to see one of Ricky W and Ali end up in the dance off in an apparent 'shock'. Still this year there seems to be a distinct divide between the excellent dancers and the popular ones.”
I think we are about to get Ricky W in the DO as the 'shock' this week. I know DS is only a small sample but he (or the partnership) doesn't seem popular on other sites either. I think Ricky W will end up in the DO sooner or later.
My hunch is a Laila 
versus Ricky dance-off.
Natalie has the most challenging dance, but I think it could be a crowd pleaser and vote winner (I'm hoping anyway!).
versus Ricky dance-off.Natalie has the most challenging dance, but I think it could be a crowd pleaser and vote winner (I'm hoping anyway!).
Its going to be interesting.........I will probably speculate again once we have news of Jade..........I cant decide which way I am going with that..........no tweets from Ian this week....I keep swinging between they are quietly training to they are withdrawing cant make my mind up.
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