Pooped up more like it Perhaps other reality shows are boring atm, so we get their viewers, too. It seems extra special these days.

Unappreciating that it's all so bloody one-note out there.

I blame Brexit. Wexit? Yexit?

Fuxxit.

They must wander into Universities later in life clutching their diplomas/ degrees / know it all certs firmly in hand .

Good grief, come in here to lie down , the main board is particularly OTT at the moment. Anyhoo, who are you looking forward to (in a non-appreciating way obvs) I shall be interested to see if Naga can throw off all inhibitions and have a breakthrough week a la the Louis Smith Charleston, doubting it looking at the training footage. I am also rooting for the Judge, I feel a bit sorry for him, think his thunder has been stolen somewhat by Ed Balls.

I actually want to see if the judge can do a simple elegant, not a gasping like a goldfish dance.

He can be witty yes, but broad comedy ought to be tempered now and again

I suspect he can, but PTB are pushing him down the comedy angle in spite of the fairly obvious fact that he can actually dance!

He had the mouth shut during training footage /fottage, but I suspect the moment the music strikes up, the muscles holding his jaw up all go AWOL and the mouth gapes.

I was thinking maybe for Halloween week, he could be dressed as Marley's ghost from Christmas Carol, with the bandage from under jaw to top of head which would solve the problem

I wonder what Naga's drink of choice is?
Maybe Pasha could slip some vodka into her water about 10 minutes before they dance. Or maybe that spliff that we kept misreading in the thread title last week.

I'm almost dreading tomorrow's show now for fear of another incident, which really shouldn't be. Is it just me or is Strictly a little bit broken now? People keep saying '10 million viewers can't be wrong' and all that but IMO the cracks are getting ever bigger and more frequent!

I have visions of Strictly Towers, where Danny Mac is trying to hide from Oti in the hope that he can get away with only doing 20 hours training in a day, only to find that Pasha is already hiding in the cupboard under the stairs, and AJ is under the table in case Len comes after him with a cane to give him a good hiding for getting pie on his precious desk. Laura is sat in a corner sobbing because the sparkly dream is turning into a nightmare, and then Anastacia walks in. "What are you lot moping about? You think you've got problems, I survived cancer twice I tell you, and now I am Anastacia and I am indestructible! I can survive anything, except possibly a dance-off!!" Will Young then sneaks out the back door, deciding its just not worth it anymore.

I doubt it very much, it's a light fluffy entertainment show, people work hard for our entertainment but I am not sure any job worth doing does not need you to work hard.

I think that some people out there have an inflated Veiw of the importance of SCD in the world view.

Compared to real world problems nothing in SCD is serious.

Come tomorrow, the sequins will be stuck back on.
Oti will do the smuggest, most gloaty quickstep ever seen on the tele.
Louise will be back in a sack.
Ed will stumble ernestly through and have everything Claudia says to him whoosh over his head.
One or more Birds of a Feather will sob in the audience.
Rob Rinder will talk to Oksana like a favourite pet.
The judges will score in an ad hoc manner.
Buisness as normal.

Bruno will fall off his chair.
Always good for distraction

I don't like Naga, she's a bit meh. Two days ago Oksana and Rinder were on ITT in a VT and she called him Judge. I found it a bit awkward. It's one thing to be called that on the show, but I thought she was training with a person and not a TV character. Anyway, yesterday Zoe interviewed them and Oksana could not get a word in, it was just the Judge blabbing away. Zoe had to ask Oksana directly to give her a chance to open her mouth.

Bruno will find some reason to stand up , flay his arms about and Len will duck away as if he was avoiding a flying piece of dog poo .Darcey will hold a saving angel hand out to Len while Craig settles his face back into a sneer before the camera catches him .
Laura will looked pained that the rest of us dont thinks she is Gods gift to Strictly

And everyone will avoid saying the word will in any context or sentence

Seriously considering starting "Is Will pregnant?"
Most other conditions have been proposed

It's harder than you think!

Snort !! I will try harder next time

Harder still, **** be to avoid calling AJ and Claudia YOUNG

I usually don't believe them And I know that's a bit hypocritical coming from me when I talk about being a journalist but I don't usually use me being one to claim I have better knowledge or insight into something and that my opinion is, therefore, the only right one!

I shall (see what I did there? ) look forward to seeing if Daisy can break the curse of TallModelRumbas and hoping I catch a glimpse of Brendan rampaging through the Clauditorium shrieking "make it stopppp!" when the first bars of Boom Bang-A-Bang strike up.

(My iPad now autosuggests "Clauditorium" )

Do it!!! Oh that would be brilliant, can you imagine some of the posts?


I think That Person models herself on Edina from Ab Fab. Takes no notice of what the client wants and just barnstorms her way through everything. Everything that happens has to have a PR spin on it. You sneezed without using a hanky - don't you realise how bad that is for your career? You bought own brand baked beans, not Heinz - people will think you've been dropped by your label! Think of your reputation! No-one will book you! Yawn.

I am still hopeful that Tess announces 'in a first for Strictly' ... the camera pans to Day Varch (and his wunnerful wunnerful orkestra) and there, front and centre is Blulu, taking a deep breath and getting ready to holler down the coal mine. Brenda wouldn't need his vampire make up. Although he may be slightly more Pasha-Shrek tinged than sparkly.

Oh, pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease <extremely hopeful and begging face>

Considering Oksana is dressed as a milkmaid I don't think it's going to be! Although why a milkmaid I have yet to work out. Any ideas?

Even for Strictly a milkmaid doing a VW to Boom bang a bang on a non theme week is a bit of a head scratcher.

Are they going to have one of those pretend cows that you can actually milk as a prop?