For me, as an audience member, it would be this - Project confidence! Watching someone dance badly but with a ballsy, confident attitude, as if they are loving the whole experience, is far more comfortable viewing than watching someone do a passable performance looking terrified and as if they are dying inside.

What one piece of advice would you give the celebs if you could?

Practise

Don't read these forums.....

But if about dancing then I agree with Pet Monkey about practice, both in slow motion and to music. However when I started to do medallist competitons I used to freeze up and perform well under my capability and so I would say, rely on your muscle memory from all that practice so that you are 'in the moment' and just dance. A cliche, I know, but you really do have to put aside how you have seen other people perform (yes, they may be better), all the doubts about the bits you don't do very well, and carry on when the performance goes a bit wrong. I could see Judy and Gregg in particular worrying about their steps and getting it 'right'.

I had to write this post 3 times on my iPad because of the new Apple OS. Grrrrr

Repetition is the key. Put in a stressful situation, plus thinking about the fact that you need to perform and "look as though you are enjoying it", all conscious thoughts will go out the window. As Spin Turn as said in previous post, if the steps are not there embedded in the memory muscle, problems are likely. Practice, practice and practice again. These steps must be second nature, you don't ever want an "OMG what happens next" moment.

Make the most of the 3 week training period and don't go off on holiday for a week during it

Don't talk to the press - your comments will come back to haunt you!

Look on the bright side...flashing a bit of sequinned camel toe is easier money than eating camel testicles in the jungle.

Relax. If you tense it will show and you won't look natural or as if you are enjoying it.

Don't appear to be openly competitive

I thought Len's comments to Gregg were interesting. I think he told him that you can practice too much. Now I know he was trying to get Gregg to lighten up, but that does contradict a Blackpool lecture Len gave where he said that repetiton was key. Maybe it was because Gregg was practicing just before the show (would need to rewind and check Len's comments) since I think the advice would normally be that you get to a stage, just before the performance, where you've done all your practice and there is not much more else you can do to improve in the short term, and at that point, you've got to just do it and sell it.

Indeed. Right before any major comp, none of our regular coaches would ever work on anything new whether it be technical or not, so as not to confuse the mind. The lesson would definitetly be less intense that it would normally have been, so we leave the last lesson " in a good place"....same with practice just before the comp.

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My one piece of advice is to practice, make a good effort but ENJOY IT!