It wasn't that bad. Though to be honest, bland and all, Thoms body is a step above Kevin's.

If they do throw him straight in with a rumba, a waltz, foxtrot, a samba, a salsa no blokey dances for him for ever, and he has to be dressed entirely in satin,lace and velvet

You say that like it's a bad thing 😜😂

All I can ever hear is Mark Kermode's impression of him

Nope he said he would never do it.

He's not dear old Danny's biggest fan is he? 😂😂 not often you find Mark Kermode and James Jordan on the same side of an argument 😂

Small mercies, and all that.

Thinking about it, if it was Blackpool, with loads of backing dancers, props etc, I could see Kellie and TTF and their VW working and being a real crowd pleaser, in Elstree, with none of this apart from a few half hearted props I've the feeling it could look more like two drunk people having a dance outside a pub after chucking out time.

Cell Block Tango...unappreciating what Gleb's going to do already

You just know that Kevin is going to have his knees around his ears with his thumbs in his braces, in a V W

And cell block tango for an AT not going for any subtle choreography there Gleb?

As for Helen that's going to be a frantic paso to At the end of the day?
It doesn't go anywhere just gets faster

I'm quaking slightly, but looking forward, to sofakat's words on it

TTF is going to go all 'cor blimey governor' Saturday isn't he, and as Londoner I may have to get a cab to Elstree so I can punch him after - Just thought, he's not going to dress up as Danny Dyer's character on EE is he, isn't he a pub landlord

There are so many changes of pace in that tune, and the whole ensemble sings it and gets very very screechy in parts! And the words!

It will be a very " interesting" paso.

Artful Dodger apparently - so top hat, big neck tie and fingerless gloves.
Peter must be so cross that the dance that could have been a knees up gets the green light the week after he left.

They had backing dancers for Around The World week at Elstree last year so it's possible that they might have backing dancers this week. If so then, as you say, it could save K & K by turning it into a crowd pleaser.

Surely not backing dancers this week! Surely? I mean there is a At and a rumba. I don't think backing dancers on those would be any good! In fact they would detract a lot.
But hey, this is strictly.

Whoever is choosing Kevin and Kellie's music and themes, please stop .

Just let them do a straightforward dance ffs.

Jake had backing dancers for his AT and we know how well that went 😕

Yeah but Simon didn't and they were at Blackpool.

I can just see Gleb simply carrying Anita around, going seamlessly from one lift to another...

This will look good but mark them down. People complain about Anita's footwork. This will show it up one way or another.

As the man himself said on ITT , he finds teaching the basic steps the most difficult.

Honestly it really is smoke and mirrors with him, he reminds me with Kevin the first year with Susanna , all energy and show no finesse

However 3 years of that have shown the public he is all smoke a mirror.

I felt myself the wheels on that bus came off during his show dance with Frankie, dancing on tables is not really clever, an yet he did it again this year

I think if Gleb takes anything from this year on Strictly and wants to return, it's that British audiences may be very different from Russian or American audiences. There has to be substance behind the flash, bangs and wallop. You have to teach your celeb proper basic technique here and then layer the pizazz on top, you cannot use the pizazz, bare chest and Gleb specials instead of proper technique, all imho, of course. 😉

As someone on these forums said, Gleb is teaching Anita to do routines, not to actually dance. It was telling that he said "the basics are difficult"! (Or something like that)

If she forgets it she wouldn't be able to wing it like Jay did in his foxtrot!

As much as I am NOT a fan of Kevin, I think he is far superior ballroom dancer and teacher than Gleb.
Gleb is much more of smoke and mirrors type, partly because most of it comes him being extremely handsome.