I'm disappointed that they are not keeping to the one ballroom and one latin for everyone before the first elimination. Regardless of what you think of a celeb, they all deserve at least a go at performing in each style so make the experience representative as possible.
Originally Posted by cwickham: “Judy, Simon and Alison on ITT tonight - that should mean that we'll only be missing Jake, Mark, Pixie and Scott afterwards.”
Originally Posted by chrishartxx: “Trent has tweeted fans to watch him & Pixie on ITT tonight.”
4 pairs plus Karen Hardy makes for a very frantic show I think!
Perhaps this replaces the American Smooth being introduced in Week 2 like last year and the Foxtrot has been used plenty of times as a Week 2 dance (i.e. by Pendleton).
I do wonder if Greg is the only one not doing the opposite style? I wouldn't be surprised if they give Scott another latin to try and recover from his Cha Cha Cha? Like last year it seems the Jive will seemingly be left out despite it obviously being done this week. I agree it seems likely that Jake will have Salsa.
PS: Love this thread where we can speculate, look for clues and post findings.
Originally Posted by CaroUK: “I think they count Charleston as a ballroom........”
Surely not as it has no elements of ballroom hold? I always thought the Agrentine Tango was considered Latin but apparently not (that makes more sense though I guess).
Originally Posted by CloneClown: “I'm disappointed that they are not keeping to the one ballroom and one latin for everyone before the first elimination. Regardless of what you think of a celeb, they all deserve at least a go at performing in each style so make the experience representative as possible.
I predict a Judy and Gregg dance off.”
Agreed it helps us decide if someone is objectively worth saving or not too.
Originally Posted by CaroUK: “I think they count Charleston as a ballroom........”
AFAIK, Charleston is normally counted as Latin and the Argentine Tango as Ballroom, but with some exceptions made (Chris H has already been mentioned, and I think Dani Harmer did the AT and another Ballroom in the semis as she wouldn't get to do it in the final).
So if that's the same, then Gregg has stayed on the same dance style with Frankie swapping styles - it would probably make more sense that way.
Originally Posted by CaroUK: “I think they count Charleston as a ballroom........”
For as long as I remember, they've classed Charleston as Latin and Argentine Tango as Ballroom. Apart from when the latter was danced in the semis, that is, when I don't think it was classed as anything.
Originally Posted by StigOfTheKrump: “For as long as I remember, they've classed Charleston as Latin and Argentine Tango as Ballroom. Apart from when the latter was danced in the semis, that is, when I don't think it was classed as anything.”
They should both be classes as latin imo. The hold is so different in AT.
Originally Posted by cwickham: “I'm going to guess at the remaining couples having:
Jake & Janette - Salsa
Mark & Karen - Foxtrot
Pixie & Trent - Waltz
Scott & Joanne - Waltz”
Seems like a good guess.
There was something I picked up the other day (one of the couples above), but that was more in the same vein as the newspaper articles about Gregg mentioning the salsa (besides the dance mentioned seems quite unlikely to be used in week 2).
We will probably know Scott's dance tomorrow morning.