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Unappreciating Anita on Twitter retweeting people making out she was robbed and tweeting herself about how the people had her back.
Had to resist pointing out that not enough of them had her back to keep her out of the dance off. Best case she finished 3rd in the public vote... Seriously - I like her as a presenter but this whole "never danced before" thing has her taking herself far too seriously as the patron saint of the untrained dancer and it's really irritating I'm telling you, polar expeditions have been undertaken with less determination. I dunno if it was because she's now out of the training room, but I've never seen her so happy and huggy. I guess we forget the absolute mountain of pressure they feel under to get their pro to the final for all their protestations about it being all about the celeb. At least Katie is not even trying and is just its all about Anton. 🙄😂 |
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Totally agree with you on Trent V Gleb - really wish he'd stayed. I didn't expect to like him much but he was awesome!
I'd have much rather lost Simon (who I found rather smug and seriously overrated) than Pixie, and then to cap it off Jake Wood went out as well, so I was left voting like mad for my 3rd favourite last year! That's why this year feels better for me, even though Helen was blatantly VERY robbed! ![]() PS. Yes I am still bitter about Pixie a year on - although seeing her dance live and meeting her did help a bit! ![]() |
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Oh, I seriously unappreciated Jake last year! Lovely bloke, but his dancing was bobbins!
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The posh Welsh I've met just erase any trace of Welsh accent from their speech and pretend they're not Welsh
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Now there really was a bloke who lasted almost an entire series on one "great" dance (which was principally Janette defying gravity).
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I do think Janette could have done about 95% of that without him being there at all, even the insane backbend/drop thingy.
![]() that was it. He really wasn't much cop, a decent sense of rhythm and little else. Rewatched his jive recently, it was awful
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I'm ex-pat Yorkshire having lived in Wales for over 40yrs, I've met posh Welsh with no Welsh accent and posh Welsh who are emphatically Welsh. (and vice versa).
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I didn't like Christine Bleakley or Alex Jones on the show but then I'm not that keen in them off it
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Unappreciating Anita on Twitter retweeting people making out she was robbed and tweeting herself about how the people had her back.
Had to resist pointing out that not enough of them had her back to keep her out of the dance off. Best case she finished 3rd in the public vote... Seriously - I like her as a presenter but this whole "never danced before" thing has her taking herself far too seriously as the patron saint of the untrained dancer and it's really irritating |
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![]() Have I got this right? Jay does jive = cop out because he's just pandering to public demand, not pushing himself and so has lost this vote. Jay doesn't do jive = cop out, because he's obviously bottled it and is a fraidy cat and so has lost this vote. |
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![]() Have I got this right? Jay does jive = cop out because he's just pandering to public demand, not pushing himself and so has lost this vote. Jay doesn't do jive = cop out, because he's obviously bottled it and is a fraidy cat and so has lost this vote. |
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Unappreciating Anita on Twitter retweeting people making out she was robbed and tweeting herself about how the people had her back.
Had to resist pointing out that not enough of them had her back to keep her out of the dance off. Best case she finished 3rd in the public vote... Seriously - I like her as a presenter but this whole "never danced before" thing has her taking herself far too seriously as the patron saint of the untrained dancer and it's really irritating Nevermind, she'll be back doing what I like her doing, and hopefully successfully as she's a damn good reporter/presenter and generally I like her. |
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![]() Have I got this right? Jay does jive = cop out because he's just pandering to public demand, not pushing himself and so has lost this vote. Jay doesn't do jive = cop out, because he's obviously bottled it and is a fraidy cat and so has lost this vote. |
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Someone worked it out, she had, over the months of Strictly, the equivalent of about 5 years worth of weekly dance lessons, now Strictly is a different beast obviously, and at a far faster pace etc, and she had outside commitments and much greater pressure, but the 'never danced before' does wear a wee bit thin.
Nevermind, she'll be back doing what I like her doing, and hopefully successfully as she's a damn good reporter/presenter and generally I like her. If Gleb failed to instill any ability to retain foundational moves that go from one dance to another then he did an appalling job as a teacher. Most people on Strictly comment on how it gets a bit easier as they go because they get a better understanding from earlier dances. |
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I thought it was her boyfriend who was loaded rather than Holly?
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![]() Have I got this right? Jay does jive = cop out because he's just pandering to public demand, not pushing himself and so has lost this vote. Jay doesn't do jive = cop out, because he's obviously bottled it and is a fraidy cat and so has lost this vote. |
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I think the thing that annoyed me most about the whole thing - and they showed this on ITT - was her saying "I'm starting from scratch every week". Well, no, you shouldn't be.
If Gleb failed to instill any ability to retain foundational moves that go from one dance to another then he did an appalling job as a teacher. Most people on Strictly comment on how it gets a bit easier as they go because they get a better understanding from earlier dances. The comments attributed to her since she was eliminated make her sound like a sore loser. There is no doubt she gained a lot of fans but one (wo)man's meat is another (wo)man's poison. As Andy Townsend would say "Not for me Clive"
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Anita is a brilliant saleswoman.
Her dance technique was poor to non-existent, but she sold every dance on performance. She sold herself as the sleb who'd never danced before. She might as well have commissioned her own jingle to be played over every appearance. She's the one who sold Gleb's self-indulgent choreography which mainly pandered to his own vanity as 'innovative' and 'risk-taking'. And enough people bought to get her to the semi final. |
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I think the thing that annoyed me most about the whole thing - and they showed this on ITT - was her saying "I'm starting from scratch every week". Well, no, you shouldn't be.
If Gleb failed to instill any ability to retain foundational moves that go from one dance to another then he did an appalling job as a teacher. Most people on Strictly comment on how it gets a bit easier as they go because they get a better understanding from earlier dances. But I think she was. Gleb didn't seem to explain the basis of the dance or how they crossed over into other dances, he just taught her steps like a gymnastic floor routine. I think all of them would be able to do a passable waltz at a wedding except Anita who could probably only do her "Maleficent waltz" this was made even more obvious from her goodbye dance where she did what all of us could already do, sway awkwardly from side to side. |
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I think all of them would be able to do a passable waltz at a wedding except Anita who could probably only do her "Maleficent waltz" this was made even more obvious from her goodbye dance where she did what all of us could already do, sway awkwardly from side to side.
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I never thought I'd see those words used in the same sentence .......... posh and Welsh
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My wife's Welsh. Went to Public School too.
Now THATS posh. Bloomin' heck, that is posh! I went to the local comp ![]() ![]() I now live in a place, Kent, that has grammar schools and it goes against all my Welsh, anti-elitist roots ![]()
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But I think she was. Gleb didn't seem to explain the basis of the dance or how they crossed over into other dances, he just taught her steps like a gymnastic floor routine.
I think all of them would be able to do a passable waltz at a wedding except Anita who could probably only do her "Maleficent waltz" this was made even more obvious from her goodbye dance where she did what all of us could already do, sway awkwardly from side to side. |
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Bloomin' heck, that is posh!
I went to the local comp ![]() D |
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I'm ex-pat Yorkshire having lived in Wales for over 40yrs, I've met posh Welsh with no Welsh accent and posh Welsh who are emphatically Welsh. (and vice versa).
). You look at him and OH and wouldn't think they were related. ![]() Unappreciating K&K's American Smooth....and I don't know why. It's pure Hollywood, glitz and glamour, and exactly what Strictly is about. I should love it, but I don't and I don't know why. Was it Kellie's dress? *muses* |
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My FIL is Scots and very posh. (He's great though, we get on like a house on fire for all my common roots
). You look at him and OH and wouldn't think they were related. ![]() Unappreciating K&K's American Smooth....and I don't know why. It's pure Hollywood, glitz and glamour, and exactly what Strictly is about. I should love it, but I don't and I don't know why. Was it Kellie's dress? *muses* I feel emotionally blackmailed by it, not in a "right, that's it, I'm writing to my MP" way, just that the whole performance is tied up in the whole "Kellie never got to wear pretty frocks like everyone else" storyline. Well that was Kevin's fault, not wardrobe's and he's exploited people's sympathies over something HE CHOSE TO DO. I don't like feeling like my emotions are being deliberately exploited to gain sympathy and that's how I feel when I look at it. Plus Kevin is VERY ORANGE and looks like he's wearing his dad's tails. I look at it and rather than feeling "awww" I just go "meh, is that the best you can do to make me cry, Kevin?" |
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that was it. He really wasn't much cop, a decent sense of rhythm and little else. Rewatched his jive recently, it was awful
