BiB - Exactly my thought when I was watching this!

The Strictly PTB are absolute geniuses aren't they? Get one of the world's best ballroom dancers on the show and put her with one of the biggest duffers ever, and for good measure insist she gets rid of her beautiful blond hair - jeez! Then this year she doesn't get to compete at all (not necessarily TPTB's fault, I know.)

Terrific thread, btw.

It seems to be a pattern with the show that women with strong competitive records (Joanne, Iveta, Hazel) get no-hopers in their first season tbh.

Thanks, Monkseal! I was hoping you'd bring your encyclopaedic knowledge to this thread at some point

I didn't reply straight away because I really wanted to savour those videos. One thing that came to my mind was "Ohmygod, they were so young!". Different hair, different teeth, everything is different. Curiosities they are, you're right.

I liked Artem's wafting. Do you think Gleb is doing pretty much the same or he's got a bit more technique in him (not that Artem didn't have the technique but he liked his wafting)? I'm not sure. Pasha skeleton routine is amazing, can we have that next Halloween, please? Because Pashastein was the highlight of their dance last night to sum it up. Aliona's sex faces on that audition...they're something else! Iveta, how I miss her! I'm still incredibly annoyed they didn't bring her back this year.

Anya and Pasha on Burn The Floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPey0eZubrs

Oti Mabuse showdance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FErdfoJ-FaI

Giovanni's Paso Doble: more camp than a row of tents : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHDC4HSURaw

Morning!

Here's one for the Gleb fans! He's bare footed, open shirted and makes luuurve with the camera on Strictly Russia. It's very, very dramatic! Their Claudia is a hot boy with glasses!!
Also, he's wearing the same bandana he wears in rehearsal with Anita, it must be his lucky one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdrH2zGdtKg

Tristan

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IIlp9orjGuk

Aliona in her pro competition days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHFV_8-HM-A