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Old 07-11-2015, 20:52
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I think she's fab, an excellent dancer.

Head and shoulders above a lot of them
Agree totally.
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Old 07-11-2015, 20:56
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...........................

Head and shoulders above a lot of them
...but not literally ....seriously,in one of her dances as she was in hold,I thought VincentMark2 was a little tall for her and she looked a mite stretched.
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Old 07-11-2015, 20:57
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I saw botafogos and batucadas in there anyway
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Old 07-11-2015, 20:57
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Look, I'm not disputing Georgia as a good dancer. She is. But I'm disputing that dance which had too much faffing, no basic steps, and too much modern "look at me I'm young and sexy"

Yes, Georgia's a good dancer. Yes, that was a dreadful Samba. Yes, the judges are inconsistent having marked Helen and Jay down for the same issues! Those three things are not mutually exclusive!
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Old 07-11-2015, 20:59
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Georgia bores me...

She was dull in Coronation Street
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:00
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Personally I think Georgia and Gio are way ahead of the rest
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:02
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I thought the leaderboard was roughly right apart from I'd have had Peter below Jay and Georgia

Georgia came out of some of those spins like Pamela Stephenson in her salsa

Jay lacked performance

Helen lacked any sort of hip movement

Anita lacked finesse

Kellie lacked posture

Jeremy lacked any ability to dance (but loved it )

Carol lacked any sort of musicality or rhythm

Katie suffered from far too frenetic choreography

Jamelia was nice and sweet but forgettable again

And Peter? I'd better not start
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:06
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Look, I'm not disputing Georgia as a good dancer. She is. But I'm disputing that dance which had too much faffing, no basic steps, and too much modern "look at me I'm young and sexy"

Yes, Georgia's a good dancer. Yes, that was a dreadful Samba. Yes, the judges are inconsistent having marked Helen and Jay down for the same issues! Those three things are not mutually exclusive!
How is Georgia supposed to stop those things being evident?
She can't help how old she is and her looks are beyond her control also...!
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:09
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How is Georgia supposed to stop those things being evident?
She can't help how old she is and her looks are beyond her control also...!
I mean the side strokes and body ripples as steps, not the fact that Georgia is young and good looking...
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:12
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30 seconds sat down, a good 30 seconds shimmying. That's two thirds of the dance not "Pure Samba". The dancing she did do was good, but not nearly enough of it!
But there was, at most, 15 seconds of shimmying/gyrating/whatever you want to call it (I've just watched it back to confirm), so I don't know where you've got 30 seconds from. I'm not arguing with you about the beginning, because I agree completely, but I reckon there was a lot more Samba content in there than you might have thought.
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:13
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Personally I think Georgia and Gio are way ahead of the rest
As do I.

I do agree the faffing at the beginning went on a tad too long but that is the pro's decision to include these things so the fault (if it indeed a flaw worth noting ) lies with him.

Georgia executed the steps with terrific skill and speed hence the crowd getting to their feet and applauding!

I truly hope she is in the final. If she continues to improve further still she certainly deserves to win from a dancing perspective.
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:16
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Look, I'm not disputing Georgia as a good dancer. She is. But I'm disputing that dance which had too much faffing, no basic steps, and too much modern "look at me I'm young and sexy"

Yes, Georgia's a good dancer. Yes, that was a dreadful Samba. Yes, the judges are inconsistent having marked Helen and Jay down for the same issues! Those three things are not mutually exclusive!
Who did you think gave the worst Dance tonight,
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:18
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Go on then, identify the Samba steps in that routine.

1) Samba walk
2) Promenade Runs



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No botafogos, no voltas, just shimmying.
3) Criss-cross botafogos at 42 seconds in: http://youtu.be/RJA6_iVSj0o
4) Batucada at 49 seconds in: http://youtu.be/RJA6_iVSj0o
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:20
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I saw botafogos and batucadas in there anyway
So did I. Botafogos right at the beginning of the routine. Admit I did not like her batucadas much. She also had promenade runs and samba locks and stationary walks. Probably some other steps too, but I'd have to go back over the video. Enough content though in my view.

As for the absence of the samba roll, it isn't a mandatory step. I've never danced them in my routines.

Helen's routine however was low on content and had no hip action. Really really disappointed. Expected much better.
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:22
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So did I. Botafogos right at the beginning of the routine. Admit I did not like her batucadas much. She also had promenade runs and samba locks and stationary walks. Probably some other steps too, but I'd have to go back over the video. Enough content though in my view.

As for the absence of the samba roll, it isn't a mandatory step. I've never danced them in my routines.

Helen's routine however was low on content and had no hip action. Really really disappointed. Expected much better.
I agree the batucadas weren't great, but to say it had little to no content is just odd.

Always nice to see your comments, Ann!
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:22
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How is Georgia second in the leaderboard? She wafted her skirt, did some promenade runs and a samba walk. Helen does no Rumba and gets marks knocked off, Jay gets pulled up for missing steps in his AT, but nation's sweetheart Georgia just shakes and shimmies and gets 9s!

I know I'm late to the party expected the judges scores to reflect the dance in front of them but it was blatant double standards tonight :/
Georgia did samba and Jay did AT even if neither were perfect. Helen did a pretty dance but it was not rumba. Not by a long way.
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:23
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So did I. Botafogos right at the beginning of the routine. Admit I did not like her batucadas much. She also had promenade runs and samba locks and stationary walks. Probably some other steps too, but I'd have to go back over the video. Enough content though in my view.

As for the absence of the samba roll, it isn't a mandatory step. I've never danced them in my routines.

Helen's routine however was low on content and had no hip action. Really really disappointed. Expected much better.
And that is so obvious I am surprised it is being claimed otherwise.
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:24
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Georgia bores me...

She was dull in Coronation Street

She was very pretty in Corrie...........but she couldn't act !

She can dance.........
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:27
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I agree the batucadas weren't great, but to say it had little to no content is just odd.

Always nice to see your comments, Ann!
Thanks Nina
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:32
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Quite liked it once it got going but by god did that take a long time. Don't know if it deserved 9s but it deserved to be 2nd.

Peter deserved 1st (but I hated it).

I think everybody was in the right place but it was my least favourite week yet (and following Halloween that's saying something).
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:43
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As do I.

I do agree the faffing at the beginning went on a tad too long but that is the pro's decision to include these things so the fault (if it indeed a flaw worth noting ) lies with him.
The fault lies with the pro, but the score should still reflect this. Every moment of faffing about is one less piece of content, one less thing for the celeb to have to train, one less thing for them to remember, one less thing for them to potentially get wrong. Which of course is why the pro's do it, and equally why the couples should get penalised for it when they do.
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:43
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As do I.

I do agree the faffing at the beginning went on a tad too long but that is the pro's decision to include these things so the fault (if it indeed a flaw worth noting ) lies with him.

Georgia executed the steps with terrific skill and speed hence the crowd getting to their feet and applauding!

I truly hope she is in the final. If she continues to improve further still she certainly deserves to win from a dancing perspective.
Agree a lot of faffing at the start but the speed they came out once the gates were opened just WOW.

Amazed she managed to keep up with Giovanni !
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:47
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The fault lies with the pro, but the score should still reflect this. Every moment of faffing about is one less piece of content, one less thing for the celeb to have to train, one less thing for them to remember, one less thing for them to potentially get wrong. Which of course is why the pro's do it, and equally why the couples should get penalised for it when they do.
Are you taking into account that Georgia's did actually have plenty of content, and it all was done at about twice the speed of everyone else's routines? A lot of room for error, and she handled it brilliantly.
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:54
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I mean the side strokes and body ripples as steps, not the fact that Georgia is young and good looking...
Then why bring it up ?
She was terrific. Really loose and did very well to keep up with her pro most of the time . She deserved the praise heaped on her , no matter what her age and looks .
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Old 07-11-2015, 22:23
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Georgia and Giovanni dance was significantly better than Jay & Aliona (Jay lacked content) and Helen & Aljaz (Helen just a little too static but some interesting leg movement).
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