Which dance puts most contestants out?

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Monkseal

11-10-2014

Men In The Bottom 2 But Not Eliminated On A Rumba - 7

Christopher Parker, Julian Clary, Rav Wilding, Craig Kelly, Mark Benton, Ashley Taylor-Dawson, Patrick Robinson

Women in the Bottom 2 But Not Eliminated On A Rumba - 8

Esther Rantzen, Gloria Hunniford, Georgina Bouzova, Emma Bunton, Letitia Dean, Michelle Williams, Denise Van Outen, Abbey Clancy

It's also the dance where the average score for men and the average score for women are the closest.

Steve9214

11-10-2014

Originally Posted by Monkseal:
“Men In The Bottom 2 But Not Eliminated On A Rumba - 7

Christopher Parker, Julian Clary, Rav Wilding, Craig Kelly, Mark Benton, Ashley Taylor-Dawson, Patrick Robinson

Women in the Bottom 2 But Not Eliminated On A Rumba - 8

Esther Rantzen, Gloria Hunniford, Georgina Bouzova, Emma Bunton, Letitia Dean, Michelle Williams, Denise Van Outen, Abbey Clancy

It's also the dance where the average score for men and the average score for women are the closest.”

Sort of tells you that the voting public are not keen on the rumba

Thanks for the amazing stats !!

fridgesoup

11-10-2014

Originally Posted by davegold:
“From Monkseal's stats, it seems as if the men go out on the Cha Cha Cha and the women go out on the American Smooth. Why would the women be going out on the dreamy American Smooth? Lifts?”

Originally Posted by henrywilliams58:
“Perhaps deemed to have been dragged around by the male pro.”

I wonder if it has to do with the female pros being able to make it look amazing even if their celeb is average. Thinking back to Michael Vaughan's, he partnered quite well, but I remember it for Natalie - in a fantastic dress - being magnificent

The cha cha must be tough for non-dancer men at the start. If they're not naturally talented they look squirmy or mincey. The hip thing seems to defeat them and they don't get a skirt with lots of movement to help fake it.

edy10

11-10-2014

I'm quite surprised to see the American Smooth so high on that list

It's usually a crowd pleasing routine so it's a bit surprising for me to see it high on the list.

NO surprises about the samba lol.

Sherlock_Holmes

11-10-2014

Originally Posted by Monkseal:
“Men In The Bottom 2 But Not Eliminated On A Rumba - 7

Christopher Parker, Julian Clary, Rav Wilding, Craig Kelly, Mark Benton, Ashley Taylor-Dawson, Patrick Robinson

Women in the Bottom 2 But Not Eliminated On A Rumba - 8

Esther Rantzen, Gloria Hunniford, Georgina Bouzova, Emma Bunton, Letitia Dean, Michelle Williams, Denise Van Outen, Abbey Clancy

It's also the dance where the average score for men and the average score for women are the closest.”

Interesting that quite a few of the female ringers went into the bottom 2 with a rumba (yes, in Abbey's case it was just a few dance classes and Natalie was the pure ringer, but still). Also, last year saw all the male actors get into the bottom 2 with a rumba (while Fiona didn't, lol!).

Another thing, judging by these stats they should give Anton an AS soon, one way to ensure that Judy will be voted off.

Moonbean

11-10-2014

I'm not surprised Samba, Rumba and Salsa get lots of people out - if they're done well they can be fantastic, but a bad one can be awful! Rumba is my personal least favourite dance, because if it's bad it's stilted, wooden and boring. If it's good then great (eg. Rachel Stevens and Vincent).

Miriam_R

11-10-2014

Those stats are interesting.

I had always presumed that the Samba was a bannana skin dance, for both men and women, because of its rhythms, bounce etc. And I rarely see good Salsa's from both in general as well. I almost detest the Salsa (the Strictly versions anyway - not Salsas seen outside of the show), and I have only ever loved the Samaba when done by Pro couples.

Ellie_

11-10-2014

Originally Posted by Moonbean:
“I'm not surprised Samba, Rumba and Salsa get lots of people out - if they're done well they can be fantastic, but a bad one can be awful! Rumba is my personal least favourite dance, because if it's bad it's stilted, wooden and boring. If it's good then great (eg. Rachel Stevens and Vincent).”

Yeah a bad rumba can't even really go down the comedy route. It's just a minute and a half of cringe.

strictlyinlove

12-10-2014

Originally Posted by Monkseal:
“By my count :

Samba - 14
(Claire Sweeney, Sarah Manners, Dennis Taylor, Ray Fearon, Claire King, Carol Smillie, Gabby Logan, John Barnes, Andrew Castle, Jo Wood, Zoe Lucker, Gavin Henson, Michael Vaughan, Mark Benton)

Cha Cha - 13
(Martin Offiah, Quentin Wilson, Cherie Lunghi, Richard Dunwoody, Craig Kelly, Goldie, Edwina Currie, Rory Bremner, Audley Harrison, Anita Dobson, Johnny Ball, Sid Owen, Gregg Wallace)

American Smooth - 12
(Patsy Palmer, Louisa Lytton, Don Warrington, Austin Healey, Phil Tuffnell, Laila Rouass, Ali Bastian, Felicity Kendall, Ann Widdecombe, Lisa Riley, Rachel Riley, Fiona Fullerton)

Salsa - 12
(Emma Bunton, Penny Lancaster, Christine Bleakley, Austin Healey, Laila Rouass, Alex Jones, Fern Britton, Richard Arnold, Victoria Pendleton, Lisa Riley, Julien MacDonald, Ashley Taylor-Dawson)

Tango - 12
(David Dickenson, Esther Rantzen, Aled Jones, Will Thorp, Spoony, Willie Thorne, Heather Small, Christine Bleakley, Ricky Groves, Lulu, Vanessa Feltz, Dave Myers)

Waltz - 12
(Roger Black, Siobhan Hayes, Bill Turnbull, Nicholas Owen, Brian Capron, Letitia Dean, Phil Daniels, Martina Hingis, Richard Dunwoody, Alex Jones, Tony Jacklin, Patrick Robinson)

Foxtrot - 10
(Fiona Phillips, James Martin, Georgina Bouzova, Peter Schmeichal, Gillian Taylforth, Lynda Bellingham, Goldie, Edwina Currie, Johnny Ball, Colin Salmon)

Rumba - 10
(Jason Wood, Carol Vorderman, Roger Black, Jaye Jacobs, James Martin, Louisa Lytton, Kenny Logan, Martina Hingis, Paul Daniels, Nancy Dell'Olio)

Paso Doble - 9
(Verona Josephs, Diarmuid Gavin, Aled Jones, Dominic Littlewood, Kate Garraway, Gethin Jones, Mark Foster, Michelle Williams, Patrick Robinson)

Jive - 8
(Lesley Garrett, Gloria Hunniford, Patsy Palmer, Letitia Dean, Gary Rhodes, Jodie Kidd, Joe Calzaghe, Russell Grant)

Quickstep - 8
(Martin Offiah, Lesley Garrett, Stephanie Beacham, Jessie Wallace, Rav Wilding, Jimi Mistry, Robbie Savage, Jerry Hall)

Argentine Tango - 7
(Emma Bunton, Gethin Jones, Ali Bastian, Tina O'Brien, Patsy Kensit, Scott Maslen, Holly Valance)

Charleston - 6
(Peter Shilton, Scott Maslen, Holly Valance, Tony Jacklin, Ben Cohen, Gregg Wallace)

Viennese Waltz - 5
(Jan Ravens, Carol Smillie, Gavin Henson, Dan Lobb, Deborah Meaden)

Fusion - 1
(Nicky Byrne)

Rock N Roll - 1
(Natalie Cassidy)

(This was done very quickly, please feel free to make corrections to my maths etc)”

oh i dont know about eliminations but this list is good to go and revisit dances you kind of forgot the contestants were doing the show lol

thanks!!

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