Originally Posted by rebecca87: “I thought he danced it fine, but the choreography was really lacking. Bland.”
Agree and I also thought the lifts were laboured. It certainly wasn't as good as Simon's. To me it looked like a lot of charleston steps but didn't hang together.
I think everyone was overmarked except for Simon and Pixie.
I do hope the judges can find other superlatives next week - getting a bit tired of it.
I must disagree. Don't get me wrong, it's not the best Charleston, nor was it the best of the night, the theme was weird and it didn't need a forward roll because it's Strictly, not sodding Tumble! However, for sheer technique, he deserved to outscore some of the others. Same for Sunetra if she hadn't messed it up... both times.
Originally Posted by attackmusic: “Agreed. It was a bit laboured. Not bad, but certainly not worth a 9. I would have said 8. Can't believe Craig gave him more than Frankie and Simon
It seems Mark often isn't pulled up for loss of technique and other issues.”
Everyone's afraid to criticise now because he might burst into tears
Originally Posted by rosco2010: “I felt his Charleston was quite laboured and some of the lifts were poor. His transition from one move into the next were poor. A 7 at best.”
I loved it - my favourite dance of the night.
Originally Posted by Paace: “Most were overmarked last night . Same thing happened last year .
Must be the Blackpool air or Blackpool rock, it addles their brains ”
Enjoyed it the most last night. Caroline, Pixie and Simon didn't deserve those 10s. Had to laugh in Len's lens when they slowed down Simon's dance. He wasn't doing great footwork at all, Kristina did the flicks!
Originally Posted by RoseAnne: “Enjoyed it the most last night. Caroline, Pixie and Simon didn't deserve those 10s. Had to laugh in Len's lens when they slowed down Simon's dance. He wasn't doing great footwork at all, Kristina did the flicks!”
Originally Posted by RichmondBlue: “Agreed, he was good but not THAT good. There have been lots of better Charlestons, even a few in the current series.”
There have been more entertaining Charlestons perhaps but nobody has demonstrated the proper swivel technique as he did last night. Yer gotta laugh ... this forum is full of people moaning that the competition should be about dance technique not entertainment/popularity value and the minute someone gets marks on that basis there's a wave of complaints about overmarking. Make up your minds people!
Everyone was overmarked, it's becoming a joke with tens rendered worthless.
So, yes Mark was overmarked - but the worst was Sunetra for getting hauled around by Brendan looking like a rabbit in the headlights and then scoring 8
To be fair to Sunetra, even she seemed shocked to have scored so highly. In the context of the overall marking last night Mark's scores seemed about right to me.
Sunetra was overmarked too. As much as I like her, that wasn't worth an 8.
They focused on Mark again in Len's lens. Think they are pushing the "it's a year for the men's" angle, even though none of them can touch the girls on ability!
Originally Posted by The Swampster: “To be fair to Sunetra, even she seemed shocked to have scored so highly. In the context of the overall marking last night Mark's scores seemed about right to me.”