NO! He's Russian - it's ALWAYS about the man in his culture. Perhaps nobody thought to tell him it's not like that on Strictly?

And inherit Kellie's wardrobe.

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Only in this thread.

I've avoided joining in most days, because it's all catty, pathetic comments.

He was on again today , he gets so much airtime on ITT

They didn't have any option colour-wise if she's Belle

found myself reading this post, nodding and agreeing with it entirely

I fed up of hearing Anita telling us she has had no training WE KNOW!!! I slightly went off her a little bit last night if I am honest - she comes across, to me, as a little bit desperate to win

They're ALL desperate to win or they wouldn't be doing Strictly

Should she be desperate to loose ? Of course they would all like to win !!

My thoughts exactly. Nothing wrong in that at all.

You know, yes. The vast majority of Strictly viewers tune in on a Saturday once a week, where her lack of dance experience had never been mentioned until Blackpool week (when Claudia brought it up.) The judges don't raise the issue on a Saturday night and she certainly doesn't.

Most Strictly viewers don't do CIA - worthy research on the backgrounds of each contestant, and they don't watch ITT religiously. So whilst you might feel as though it's old news, for the vast majority of Strictly viewers it's anything but.

It's hardly as though she was making a song and dance about it. She wasn't saying 'I have no dance experience ... poor me ... make the ringers dance with one leg tied up'. She said, in response to a direct question, 'I'm starting from scratch this week, something about A/T.'

If I'm okay with Jay downplaying 7 years at C/H as ' only a basic dance advantage' - lol - I am more than okay with that ^ !

Who is on the celeb panel tonight

Or he's had botox and got an overprounced trout pout?

I started wondering if it was a botox accident myself after seeing his photo on Twitter. Or maybe somebody slugged him

Maybe some lucky lady has been chewing his lips.

There's a vulgar retort to this but I won't go there ...

Thanks goodness for that, this is The Strictly Forum

Gleb looks like Kim Kardashian with his big swollen lip :

https://uk.celebrity.yahoo.com/post/...enko-rushed-to

A more golden yellow would look better. This is more acid but may well look better in different lighting and with more crystals etc. I thought it was a bit disappointing and not as good as the Belle dresses you can buy for dress up (kids.)

I didn't really like it either, but am sure that it will look great when Georgia is wearing it - and from a distance, on TV. I don;t mean that the way it sounds, but some dresses, you get the full effect from a way off, and when danced.

She could never look bad in anything ... not even Kellie's costumes probably She even overcame that Ghostbusters monstrosity they put her in so yes .. I'm sure she'll look beautiful and totally the part.

"...Had Gleb been unable to take part there are plenty of dancers who know the choreography on stand by to jump in at times like this...."

Plenty of dancers know the choreo and could stand in? I find that very interesting - is that always the case?

Good thing it's not summer, all the flies would want to s(h)it on it

Yes. These professionals can learn routines in no time. Someone stood in for Robin a couple of series ago when he injured his back.

We haven't had any stand-ins for the couple routines recently but there's been quite a few stand-ins in the pro numbers (Neil Jones seem to be their go-to, he stood in earlier this year for Tristan when he hurt his shoulder and last year for Kevin when he was ill, and his wife stood in earlier this year when Joanne was unwell. He mentioned in a periscope that they prefer to pull the pros out of the group numbers when they are ill/injured to let them concentrate on their routine with the celeb)