Seeing as it's returning next week, which celebrities do you think will be the best at it? And which ones won't be that good?

worried for sophie...

I'm trying not to think of it at all.

Well they have all done a jive (even if we have yet to see Natalie & Artem's) and they have all done lifts.

This will be down to whoever can keep up the energy levels.

This could be the week where Ashley and Susanna's work schedules really start hurting them.

Not so sure, she and B had a 'Pancake' in their Charleston! which is pretty blinking hard.

The judges will use the swing a thon to manuplate the scoreboard to go along with their bias so I am imagine it will go in this order :

First called out - Ashley
Second - Sophie
Third - Natalie
Fourth - Sussana
Fifth - Patrick
Winner - Abbey

Will the extra points be added to their performance score i.e. say someone got 36 and then 6 points in the swingathon their score would be 42

Or is it added to their leader board position i.e. someone finishes top and gets 6 points for their performance and then 6 points from swingathon so 12 points to be added to the public vote?

Sorry for the crap explanation

I just posted this elsewhere:



Swing air steps are easiest when it's a little lady and a big guy - Patrick and Anya and Ola and Ashley are the only two that fit that and Ashley is quite lanky.

Natalie has done the least similar material so far. It's gonna be interesting! Might start a thread now before it gets personal next week...

I'm guessing they left it out last year because Louis and Flavia would have aced it and everyone else would have looked rubbish in comparison! they were the archetypal strong chap/ petite lady combo...

And this in a different thread:


You're right, all of the aerials that actually belong in the the Charleston also belong in the Swingathon.

Brendan and Sophie have got a couple already (although again, they had some in their routine that shouldn't have been there) and Patrick and Anya have obviously been working through their lift issues. Abbey is obviously getting into being off the ground (if she's been practising at home with Pete) but Natalie and Artem haven't done anything comparable yet, with only minimal lifts in their AS last night and nothing swing like, Ola is obviously extremely confident with this kind of thing but Ashley is much taller than her and has had less practice than Patrick. Susanna and Kevin might be a bit awful at the Swingathon, their lifts so far have been a bit rubbish - still almost all swing aerials are kinetic so as long as they work with the energy created by gravity and don't fight it, they might be OK.

Mark and Iveta would really worry me, so perhaps it'll be best if he is out tonight.

It's hard to say this year but I reckon the order might be:

1 Abbey and Aljaz
2 Patrick and Anya
3 Ashley and Ola
4 Sophie and Brendan
5 Susanna and Kevin
6 Natalie and Artem (can't decide if Artem is going to get terminator or dismiss it as silly this year)
7 Mark and Iveta

This might change as training footage becomes available in the week and if anyone has the Charleston this week they'll have an advantage - could happen for Ashley, would be better for his limited training schedule

The first one.

Thank you.

By this stage in the series we should see how they foxtrot or quickstep in free movement whilst avoiding others etc

The dances chosen favour the small quick movers in disco/jazz style of movement

And just for fun split the judges across the floor with a runner collecting cards and lets see who knows what?

Bah, I thought we'd seen the back of it.

Natalie & Artem have done a Charleston & just done an AS with lifts so not so out of their comfort zone.

Just how qualified are the judges to actually judge a swingathon?

Me too. I don't like it.

The best moment during a Swing-a-thon was when Ola shouted at the judges when her & Robbie Savage got knocked out first. Brilliant.
Glad it's back as I love watching it but could be difficult for Susanna & Ashley with their schedules.

Haha yes, a great moment I love the swing-a-thon too. Bring it on!!

They took all but one back flip out of the charleston due to injury and the AS lifts aren't particularly comparable to air steps I'll find some reference...

According to one of the guys in this clip, they started doing 'air steps' circa 1937. This is 1941

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qkthxBs...%3DqkthxBsIeGQ

(The one thing Sophie has done that has absolutely impressed me was her pancake, you can see it around 0.56 in the above clip)

Here's a list, you can YouTube most of these:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Swing_Dancing/Aerials

Anyone want to play aerial bingo next week?

Think Abbey & Aliaz look very loose' and free just now and will probably just really enjoy themselves. I think this abandonment will help in the swingathon.
Whereas being uptight and 'picky' with your steps and placement will result in your dances not 'flowing' in the throng of movement.

That's what methinks anyway

This is a tough one to call because I suspect Sophie will find it cool and fun and won't give off her 'embarrassed to be there' vibe. Plus, they had some good air steps in their Charleston

Patrick and Anya have lots of moves already, but will his age/cardio fitness let him down? They are a good strength size combo and Anya trusts him.

Artem has done well in this in the past but is Natalie cautious about her old injury? Plus, I don't think their sizes give them any advantage.

Susannah and Kevin might be a car crash, or might be charming and creative, rather than impressive through brute force.

Ashley and Ola could do a very impressive 'candlestick' but will his training time limitations and progressive tiredness/bottom 2 appearance give him a bad week?

Abbey and Aljaz seem to have a lot of fun and trust in their partnership, so that could help, Abbey's long legs (Sophie's too) could be a big disadvantage in the air. Will need to pick their moves carefully.

S'quite exciting, really.

I don't need to watch it as we all know who will win it

I don't, but as I have pointed out all over the place, I am a bit of a Pollyanna

Would you mind telling me who and why? Just for the sake of a curious mind.

AA because they are the judges favourites