Originally Posted by edy10:
“I still think that anything can happen this Saturday
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“I still think that anything can happen this Saturday
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I agree Edy, I think it's all still totally open.
After the revelation of the final dances, who will be out first and who will win?
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Originally Posted by Cadiva:
“I agree Edy, I think it's all still totally open.”
“I agree Edy, I think it's all still totally open.”
What's your gut feeling Cadiva?
Originally Posted by Mr_XcX:
“So to capture the publics imagination you have to be cold and emotionless like Sophie or give it a try girl Susanna. Why not dancing brilliantly cannot capture the publics imagination??”
“So to capture the publics imagination you have to be cold and emotionless like Sophie or give it a try girl Susanna. Why not dancing brilliantly cannot capture the publics imagination??”
To be fair, most of the viewing public don't know a waltz from a quickstep.
Originally Posted by Monaogg:
“They should however, dance reasonably well in both styles of dance.
This has been the case no matter who has won.”
“They should however, dance reasonably well in both styles of dance.
This has been the case no matter who has won.”
Chris Hollins?
Originally Posted by karina_:
“What's your gut feeling Cadiva?”
“What's your gut feeling Cadiva?”
At the moment I can honestly say I have no idea. Susanna has had exceptional public support in the run up to the final, Abbey has gained on that and seems to have won over people, Sophie's held steady and probably got a lot of sympathy votes over the "undermarking" of her routines and Natalie's head and shoulders the best dancer so may pick up a lot of the floating voters.
Originally Posted by Sofajudge:
“Chris Hollins?”
“Chris Hollins?”
Even he managed to appeal by being very nice and unthreatening.
Originally Posted by Monaogg:
“Even he managed to appeal by being very nice and unthreatening.”
“Even he managed to appeal by being very nice and unthreatening.”
He did and he seems a lovely chap but that was the series I couldn't watch without a bucket besides me on the sofa
Originally Posted by Monaogg:
“They should however, dance reasonably well in both styles of dance. This has been the case no matter who has won.”
“They should however, dance reasonably well in both styles of dance.
This has been the case no matter who has won.”
Originally Posted by Sofajudge:
“Chris Hollins?”
“Chris Hollins?”
Yes what was Mona thinking!
Exhibit 1
Exhibit 2
I VOTED FOR THIS MAN!
(Er, but not in those particular weeks, you understand).
Just as I thought with the reveal of the order of dances- Sophie will only dance her charleston if she gets through. I think the judges are going to try their hardest to make sure she comes 4th.
LOL at Sophie's showdance being called disco (wrong era for a start). It could work as an AS/tango cross-over.
Natalie will be out first unfortunately, too many people ready to jump on the bandwagon. But I do hope I am proven wrong.
Originally Posted by Sofajudge:
“He did and he seems a lovely chap but that was the series I couldn't watch without a bucket besides me on the sofa”
“He did and he seems a lovely chap but that was the series I couldn't watch without a bucket besides me on the sofa”
He he bless were you expecting?
Originally Posted by Judge Dread:
“Susanna's Quickstep was a shambles first time round.”
“Susanna's Quickstep was a shambles first time round.”
Susanna has been pretty bad all series - her fans are mainly voting for her personality/journey. It doesn't matter how she dances in the final.
Originally Posted by yenston:
“Just as I thought with the reveal of the order of dances- Sophie will only dance her charleston if she gets through. I think the judges are going to try their hardest to make sure she comes 4th.”
“Just as I thought with the reveal of the order of dances- Sophie will only dance her charleston if she gets through. I think the judges are going to try their hardest to make sure she comes 4th.”
That could win her more votes though - for example from people like me who want to see her do the charleston again more than I want to see any of them reprise anything else.
Originally Posted by yellowlabbie:
“To be fair, most of the viewing public don't know a waltz from a quickstep.”
“To be fair, most of the viewing public don't know a waltz from a quickstep.”
And we never will with the current crop of judges.
Karen Hardy does a fantastic job of explaining the various dances and what the celbs did right and wrong.
I know they could never make her a judge because it would show the other judges lack of knowledge up.
However, I still know what I like and what I don't like and I like to be entertained so it's celebs who give it everything they can like Chris Hollins and Suaanna Reid who get my vote.
They have picked a strange set of dances for the judges choice. Sophie has a banker there really and the public will probably vote to see the Charleston again too. Susanna has a high risk dance that could flop but if she can pull it off it will entirely cement her support. Again the public might vote to see the Paso. It seems really tough for Natalie and Abbey to go back to the early weeks and it seems like we'll miss some of their better dances altogether.
Originally Posted by natalian:
“Sophie's charleston for a lot of people was the stand out performance of this series but we won't get to see it again unless she gets through to the final final. I suspect, therefore, that she will attract votes just from those who want to see her dance it again.”
“Sophie's charleston for a lot of people was the stand out performance of this series but we won't get to see it again unless she gets through to the final final. I suspect, therefore, that she will attract votes just from those who want to see her dance it again.”
I think you're absolutely right here.
I want to see Sophie, Abbey and Susanna in the final three. Susanna might nor be the greatest dancer but I've enjoyed her enthusiasm. Anyway as long as those three make it through I don't really mind who wins.
Originally Posted by Becky245:
“Abbey and Aljaz:
Judges’ Choice: The Waltz to “Kissing You” by Des’ree.
Showdance: “Sweet Child of Mine” by Guns N Roses
Couples’ Favourite: The Quickstep to “Walking On Sunshine” by Katrina and the Waves
Natalie and Artem:
Judges’ Choice: The Cha Cha to Boney M’s “Rasputin”
Showdance: “Steppin’ Out with My Baby” by Christina Aguilera and Tony Bennett
Couples’ Favourite: American Smooth to Jennifer Hudson’s “And I’m Telling You, I’m Not Going”
Sophie and Brendan:
Judges’ Choice: Viennese Waltz to “My Favourite Things” by Julie Andrews
Showdance: “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” by Whitney Houston
Couples’ Favourite: The Charleston to “Rock It For Me” by Caravan Palace
Susanna and Kevin:
Judges’ Choice: The Quickstep to Tommy Steele’s “Good Morning”
Showdance: “Your Song” by Ewan MacGregor
Couples’ Favourite: The Paso Doble to Carmen’s “Los Toreadors”
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I think Natalie is going to be out first. Sophie and Susanna will be battling to win it.”
“Abbey and Aljaz:
Judges’ Choice: The Waltz to “Kissing You” by Des’ree.
Showdance: “Sweet Child of Mine” by Guns N Roses
Couples’ Favourite: The Quickstep to “Walking On Sunshine” by Katrina and the Waves
Natalie and Artem:
Judges’ Choice: The Cha Cha to Boney M’s “Rasputin”
Showdance: “Steppin’ Out with My Baby” by Christina Aguilera and Tony Bennett
Couples’ Favourite: American Smooth to Jennifer Hudson’s “And I’m Telling You, I’m Not Going”
Sophie and Brendan:
Judges’ Choice: Viennese Waltz to “My Favourite Things” by Julie Andrews
Showdance: “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” by Whitney Houston
Couples’ Favourite: The Charleston to “Rock It For Me” by Caravan Palace
Susanna and Kevin:
Judges’ Choice: The Quickstep to Tommy Steele’s “Good Morning”
Showdance: “Your Song” by Ewan MacGregor
Couples’ Favourite: The Paso Doble to Carmen’s “Los Toreadors”
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I think Natalie is going to be out first. Sophie and Susanna will be battling to win it.”
Just looking mainly at the songs, Abbey doesn't seem to have anything that says winning song - either on familiarity or wow factor That may not help - even if she's the best combination of grace and dynamism left. She can be very beautiful/graceful to her first one, but Sophie is in that competition too.If she gets to the end, she has to win on beauty and dynamism again as Sophie and natalie can score wow factor easy points with lifts.
Natalie starts with being given a very strong song - which may help get her to the end? .
Susanna starts with a dance the judges may hope trips her up again whose song viewers may find annoying, or, if her voters are as old as they may be, may remember fondly. Her show dance number doesn't excite me. However, if she gets to the last vote she has something very strong at the end. Its looking set to make her progress more difficult, but to end on a high if she still stays?
Sophie it seems to me has two very strong songs to get her to the last stage, and a very strong routine too if she gets there.
Originally Posted by j4Rose:
“Susanna has been pretty bad all series - her fans are mainly voting for her personality/journey. It doesn't matter how she dances in the final.”
“Susanna has been pretty bad all series - her fans are mainly voting for her personality/journey. It doesn't matter how she dances in the final.”
I think she has captured the spirit of Strictly although she is the worst dancer.
I think Natalie may be the first out - the public generally don't support anyone with dance/West End experience - and she has had considerable dance experience.
I am hoping either Sophie, Abby or Susanna wins the glitterball. They have all three progressed and had a 'journey'. Sophie has been consistently undermarked by the judges, Susanna has loved every minute of it and has been very good in a number of dances and Abby has been amazing.
For me Susanna is the weakest link left. I didn't get all the fuss on her paso or like her qs and she has plateaued in progress in recent weeks. For me I hope to see her out first. Loved Sophie's vw and Charleston so pleased to see both in the final, and Brendan's choreography has been great this season IMO so I hope we get to see her show dance . Surprised to see cha cha as judges fav for Natalie, I agree not a show stopper and could seal her fatethough she might get the bounce from last week. By far the best technician but her connection with the public is not there. If I hear my mother tell me once more that she was mean to Tyrone I'll scream lol. . Abbey's waltz is lovely but also not a show stopper for me but loved the qs and could push her through. Overall I'm not sure that Susanna's popularity will be enough this year, it's a very close call with people, very split on the other three. . I hope the show dances are a bit more traditional ballroomthis year, I am not a fan of leotards and throwing people about. Gonna be a good one I think.
Think Susanna will win 
Last year all the rumors were that Louis was miles ahead in the public voting....he won but was not the best dancer....just got the public vote
The year before, it was all Harry....he won but was not the best dancer....just got the public vote
Do you see a pattern emerging here ????
So unless Susanna totally c*%*s up the Glitterball is hers
Would love to be proved wrong
Last year all the rumors were that Louis was miles ahead in the public voting....he won but was not the best dancer....just got the public vote
The year before, it was all Harry....he won but was not the best dancer....just got the public vote
Do you see a pattern emerging here ????
So unless Susanna totally c*%*s up the Glitterball is hers
Would love to be proved wrong
Originally Posted by soexcited:
“ If I hear my mother tell me once more that she was mean to Tyrone I'll scream lol.”
“ If I hear my mother tell me once more that she was mean to Tyrone I'll scream lol.”
Never mind the wafting, the lack of chemistry or previous training.....I suspect your mother's instinctive reaction to her might be Natalie's biggest hurdle.
Originally Posted by fermyn:
“Never mind the wafting, the lack of chemistry or previous training.....I suspect your mother's instinctive reaction to her might be Natalie's biggest hurdle.”
“Never mind the wafting, the lack of chemistry or previous training.....I suspect your mother's instinctive reaction to her might be Natalie's biggest hurdle.
”
Get them to watch ITT tonight. Tyrone is on to support Natalie.
Originally Posted by natalian:
“Sophie's charleston for a lot of people was the stand out performance of this series but we won't get to see it again unless she gets through to the final final. I suspect, therefore, that she will attract votes just from those who want to see her dance it again.”
“Sophie's charleston for a lot of people was the stand out performance of this series but we won't get to see it again unless she gets through to the final final. I suspect, therefore, that she will attract votes just from those who want to see her dance it again.”
Why? Who hasn't heard of YouTube? I think people on this thread are overthinking it a little. Viewers will simply vote for who they want to win.
Originally Posted by edy10:
“BIB How do you know that”
“BIB How do you know that
”
Some of the cheesy/ hammy performances Aljaz and Kevin have choreographed which are more suited to competition than entertainment makes me think the need a but more experience of Strictly.
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