Rachel nearly had a breakdown! How would YOU react?

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streetwise

23-10-2013

Originally Posted by sofakat:
“Thank you for sharing this with us. Made me smile

I look at her with an ex-dancer and teacher's eye and just think, 'you are so beautiful, but this is just not for you'. All you have to do is look at her in the training videos when she is mucking about (frequently it seems) and you see how far forward her shoulders and neck are curved and how uncoordinated her movements. She has no sense of centre or axis.

I could teach her to do a spot turn a hundred times and she'd still fall over.

I'd tell her to stick to silly dances around the room and in a club when she is happy, and to enjoy the experience for what it is now.”

So no hope for Rachel then?

sofakat

23-10-2013

Originally Posted by streetwise:
“So no hope for Rachel then? ”

I reckon Pasha will tone down down the choreography this week and make it a lot easier. She'll be in hold and the paso is not that difficult so it may work better for her

She has also been given a 'kick up the butt' so she may be a little more focused in training. She wasn't before: you could tell by Pasha's exasperated face!

She will probably look amazing, because she is so gorgeous, so she may last a little longer.

Dave is much worse than her though, and Debra is not looking too good either.

Let's see if she can get her act together

streetwise

23-10-2013

Originally Posted by sofakat:
“I reckon Pasha will tone down down the choreography this week and make it a lot easier. She'll be in hold and the paso is not that difficult so it may work better for her

She has also been given a 'kick up the butt' so she may be a little more focused in training. She wasn't before: you could tell by Pasha's exasperated face!

She will probably look amazing, because she is so gorgeous, so she may last a little longer.

Dave is much worse than her though, and Debra is not looking too good either.

Let's see if she can get her act together ”

Thank you for the more positive feedback.

She's such a fan of the show, and I don't want her time on SCD to be a negative one.

Caramel Crunch

23-10-2013

Originally Posted by sofakat:
“I reckon Pasha will tone down down the choreography this week and make it a lot easier. She'll be in hold and the paso is not that difficult so it may work better for her

She has also been given a 'kick up the butt' so she may be a little more focused in training. She wasn't before: you could tell by Pasha's exasperated face!

She will probably look amazing, because she is so gorgeous, so she may last a little longer.

Dave is much worse than her though, and Debra is not looking too good either.

Let's see if she can get her act together ”

I picked up that Pasha seemed exasperated.
I suspect Rachel must be really hard work as Pasha put up with Chelsee's short attention span very well

Jim Kowalski

23-10-2013

Originally Posted by sofakat:
“
I could teach her to do a spot turn a hundred times and she'd still fall over.
.”

Yea,I'd heard you wuz a rubbish teacher

edy10

23-10-2013

Originally Posted by Jim Kowalski:
“ so you find her routines or her dancing interesting then?”

Lol No I dont.

edy10

23-10-2013

Originally Posted by sofakat:
“I reckon Pasha will tone down down the choreography this week and make it a lot easier. She'll be in hold and the paso is not that difficult so it may work better for her

She has also been given a 'kick up the butt' so she may be a little more focused in training. She wasn't before: you could tell by Pasha's exasperated face!

She will probably look amazing, because she is so gorgeous, so she may last a little longer.

Dave is much worse than her though, and Debra is not looking too good either.

Let's see if she can get her act together ”

I hope so

tortoiseperson

23-10-2013

Ian Waite said on ITT this evening that he thought Rachel had potential and that she reminded him of Jodie Kidd (I didn't see that series, so I have no idea what Jodie was like).

Muggsy

23-10-2013

Originally Posted by tortoiseperson:
“Ian Waite said on ITT this evening that he thought Rachel had potential and that she reminded him of Jodie Kidd (I didn't see that series, so I have no idea what Jodie was like).”

I remember Ian described Jodie as 'Bambi on ice' at the start. I think a possible difference between them though is that Jodie was very focussed and hard-working.

Sherlock_Holmes

23-10-2013

Think Alex Jones or Christine Bleakley.

boab34

23-10-2013

iirc Jodie was quite awkward because she was over 6 ft tall
but Rachel's only 5' 7" so what's her excuse?

Pet Monkey

23-10-2013

Originally Posted by boab34:
“iirc Jodie was quite awkward because she was over 6 ft tall
but Rachel's only 5' 7" so what's her excuse? ”

5' 7'' is already taller than Bambi

idetached

24-10-2013

Originally Posted by Tiggywink:
“The experience won't do Rachel any harm. She ahs been playing the I'm-slightly-dizzy-and-having-fun-here card since the beginning.
Now it's reality time.”

..............Yes

Danny_Girl

24-10-2013

Originally Posted by ESPIONdansant:
“Well, it looked a bit OTT. It must be HORRIBLE to be bottom 2 but don't they ever think about the possibility and have a strategy to cope with dignity/humour/resilience?

You don't want to look like a complete woobie. Do you?

I have 2 left feet so I would be a Julien anyway. It would come as no surprise to me. But how would you react if you hadn't been expecting it?”

Reckon they all have a mental bottom 2 in their own mind prior to the results show and based on her own expectations she just didn't expect to be in it. Must be hard but think after all these series the celebs would understand that in the early rounds its as much a popularity vote off as it is a dancing vote off. Sadly for her the dancing plus popularity equation put her in the bottom 2. It's maths so you have thought she would get it

Miriam_R

24-10-2013

Originally Posted by boab34:
“iirc Jodie was quite awkward because she was over 6 ft tall
but Rachel's only 5' 7" so what's her excuse? ”

Probably the same as most of them in that it's not a natural talent so hard for them to master (whether short, fat, thin or tall).

primer

24-10-2013

rachel is lovely. pasha mentioned her core. or he might have said cor.

but she's just dreadful.

kittles

25-10-2013

Originally Posted by Miriam_R:
“Probably the same as most of them in that it's not a natural talent so hard for them to master (whether short, fat, thin or tall).”

yep and as had been said ad infinitum on these boards over the years, some people do have natural dance ability and some don't. I just think Rachel is finding it very hard which is a real shame as she obviously loves the show so much.

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