Originally Posted by primer:
“agree as someone says above that victoria danced some of her better moments tonight. her hands and arms are often good, and her lines can be good. but the good moments were interspersed with dreadful ones. i don't think brendan teaching / choreo is getting or showing the best of her”
You could say exactly the same about her first dance though, and every subsequent one. Their tango, which was almost completely in hold, was their best dance and that was several weeks back now. She was incredibly wobbly on nearly all her solo steps yesterday (even those slow lunges forward and she was practically walking) and didn't finish any of her lines off properly. Those jumps which she wanted Brendan to put in were horrible. Let alone that she was on a bike for some of the routine and missing for a while as well. It has got to be up there amongst the worst Strictly paso's ever.
There's very little Brendan can do when she's got no balance and very little musicality. Jo Wood didn't have any either - but she was a whole lot more fun to teach. When they're in hold she's better because he is steering, you could see him pulling her into shape yesterday towards the end of the routine, he shouldn't have to do that in week seven.
Lisa has got rhythm and timing and so has Nicky, neither of them should go home before Victoria. Richard is the only one who should - it's 50/50 between them.