http://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/str...and-songs.html

Thanks for that link.

I wonder if that's the order they are dancing in too?

I don't think so, as that'd mean on Saturday there are three waltzes followed by four cha-cha-chas.

Oops - yes, you're right.

Thank you.

Anton's choice smells like a comedy routine :sleep:

Hope you don't mind Izzie, I brought them all across for ease and just in case, I haven't put them in spoiler marks because the thread is marked spoiler

Friday
Denise & James With You I’m Born Again Billy Preston & Syreeta Waltz
Michael & Natalie If You Don’t Know Me By Now Simply Red Waltz
Colin & Kristina I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown Cha Cha
Fern & Artem Signed Sealed Delivered Stevie Wonder Cha Cha
Nicky & Karen I Wonder Why Curtis Stigers Waltz
Victoria & Brendan Spinning Around Kylie Minogue Cha Cha

Saturday

Lisa & Robin Think Aretha Franklin Cha Cha
Dani & Vincent Open Arms Mariah Carey Waltz
Richard & Erin You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Klaus Hallen Orchestra Waltz
Sid & Ola I Won’t Give Up Jason Mraz Waltz
Johnny & Aliona Drive My Car The Beatles Cha Cha
Louis & Flavia Forget You Cee Lo Green Cha Cha
Jerry & Anton Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Sam Cooke Cha Cha
Kimberley & Pasha Domino Jessie J Cha Cha



I like Fern & Artem's and Nicky and Karen's but Johnny & Aliona's for a char char char it better not have actual horn honking moves in the routine.

I don't mind at all.

Just to point out - TM says it's 7 each night. Well, someone from that Saturday group has to be on the Friday then (6-8 split atm), so presume it's Richard?

We always thought it was a 6/8 split though, as Saturday's 15 mins longer than Friday. So maybe they got that bit wrong.


But it's a funny split because its 3/3 on Friday and 5 cha chas and 3 waltzes on Saturday.

And as to running order - last year at least, they had the "big" names bookending each show (ie at beginning and end).

Friday I can see Fern and Nicky bookending the show, with Victoria about 3rd on and Denise maybe 5th


Saturday - Jerry and Kimberley bookending, with Dani towards the beginning, as well as Johnny. Louis will probs be towards the end.

And me - although one poster has said that apparently Richard said on Daybreak this morning that we'd see him tomorrow night, so maybe he's on Friday after all? The article says 7/7 but they've got it as 6/8 atm.

The BBC site says:
Week 1 - Show 1
Six celebrities take to the floor with their partners to perform a waltz or a cha cha cha.
It would have been more balanced if they'd gone for 7/7 and had 4 CCC and 3 waltzes each night. Better still, had 7 waltzes and 7 cha chas as some couples are probably not going to get to do both a Latin and a ballroom before the first elimination (can't remember last year - did Holly start with 2 Latin??)

I seem to remember last year they switched Holly from Sat to Friday (or did they just move her in the running order ). Anyway, I think they see how the show looks and can change things last minute.

Yes, somebody else did too, think it might have been Russell.

Yes - that sounds right.

All the contestants appear on both shows even if they're not dancing - they're introduced and will be on the balcony with Tess and everyone else. It's definitely a 6/8 split.

Various thoughts on ordering based on the last few years and my own theories:
- The first dancer on each show should be somebody expected to be good and probably being promoted as one of the bigger names in the lineup (Felicity, Holly, Jimi, Harry)
- The last dancer on the Friday show is somebody highly anticipated for spectacle (Paul, Russell)
- The last two dancers on the Saturday show will be spectacle followed by good, if not the best dance of the night (Ann/Kara, Nancy/Jason); the Friday show will be vice-versa, a good dancer preceding a spectacle conclusion (Anita, Pamela, Matt)
- People who aren't very good or interesting and aren't expected to be will fall somewhere in the middle

bbcstrictly: Hey @JessieJ @KimberleyJWalsh will be sparkin' up a Cha Cha rhythm to Domino tomorrow night. #davearchdoesdomino

So it's Friday for Kimberley and Pasha.

Hiya Soupy. As I recall, didn't they schedule Alex Jones for the Friday show and then belatedly remembered that she might be a tad busy on The One Show? Not that she couldn't make the show, but she couldn't do all the costume, make-up and camera run-through stuff before the live show. So they did a quick switch, moving Holly to the Friday night and Alex to the Saturday.

I am a veritable mine of information.

"Spinning Around" for Victoria - oh , producers, NEVA CHANGE

Wow, tellymix are a mine of accurate information then, aren't they?

No, Brendan, no. And, by all that's holy, resist the pressure to have an actual fecking gold-dusted sparkly bicycle anywhere near the dance-floor.

How do you do a vomit smiley?


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Wasnt this recorded Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday this week.

No, they're on Saturday. The online team are, as we have established, really not very good at their job.

How are you sure they're on Saturday?