One week I think Carol pinged back and forth between foxtrot and American Smooth about five times.

(We never used to get told this early in the week what the dances were. Maybe this used to happen all the time)

Makes sense if true. No lifts in Cha cha.

That's a real shame if true. Especially as it was a dance Georgia was really looking forward to!

I bloody hope G&G don't fall foul of the curse of the cha cha, I'm scared now. If I lose Georgia AND Helen before the final and Anita NDB goes through, I will sulk until the next series starts at least!

Foxtrot, American Smooth, what's the difference? Carol probably just passed it off as a generic ballroom dance and nobody was any the wiser.

I think I'm the only person in the world that thinks that the AT doesn't translate to Strictly, especially now that Flavia and Vincent are gone.

I don't find them to be showstoppers, I find they annoy the purists and I sit there wondering "was that it?" as the lighting and the camerawork miss all the intricate footwork. Anita's "AT" was the last straw, if even I can see that the pro has the hold all wrong, as Anton did in his too, without all the other errors, what's the point?

Is this a thing?

I can't see Georgia going even with the change of dance. Yes, the cha cha doesn't tend to be the vote grabber that the AT is but I think it's a sure fire point winner for her. Georgia's been very good at fast dances and I don't see that changing with this one. If anything, I think the AT would have been more of a risk. She scored very highly with her VW AS at Blackpool (I wasn't that enamoured by it but hey ho) so the straight VW shouldn't be a problem either. She should be high enough to avoid the dance off with a bounce back but even if she doesn't, either dance should be good enough to see off any opposition. Except possibly Jay. Who won't be there.

Now watch her do the AT after all and smash it .

I thought it went from foxtrot based AS to straight(ish) foxtrot due to Carole's early lift issues? Wasn't it week 2 or 3?

Not that much by the looks of her, because she finds it hard to pick up choreo and stumbles on fast footwork. If she had done enough ballet after, say, 14 or so, she'd be a lot better. Ballet a a child is lovely, but it does not stay with you.


Poor baby puddy Much sympathy x


She's a bit dozy, let's face it, and you can't really fake AT. Probably sat on her bum in class wailing that it was 'too hard' like she always does. Silly bint.

Shame because they had proper AT music for it by Sexteto.

But. .but the AT is such a crowd pleaser and given the fact that they were in the bottom 2 last week, they really need the votes.
And even If Giovanni was injured, you don't have to do crazy lifts to produce a good AT.
No matter how good the chacha is, it's just a dull and meh choice at this stage of the competition imo. And Pixie. .pixie. ..I can't help but think about pixie's quarter finals chacha that got her eliminated.
There's a good reason why most couples get this dance out of the way very early imo.

All I ever think of a Cha Cha at this stage is Not Clooney & Brenda's one. 😒

It would have been lovely to see a non lift filled AT. 😞

You know might not be an injury but something to do with her work. Usually the soaps go easy on them if they are in the SF/Finnal stage of the competition, but what if they couldn't?? In which case VW/Cha Cha would be an easier workload for her.

Personally think she will be great at Cha Cha, isn't Joe supposed to be brilliant at it?? Thought I read that somewhere. I can do without another AT, they have all been crap in their own way this series.

La la la - I can't hear you...

Ooh look - is that an oven ready turkey?
*sings* It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas...

She is not on Corrie, left earlier this year.

But Yes, I agree she will be great at cha CHa cha.

Well there you go. I don't watch Corrie so didn't know that. Don't watch Eastenders either mind you. Or Call The Midwife. Or Countryfile. Did watch The Proms!!!

Neither do I. Well, I do watch Call the Midwife, but none of the rest.
But she was announced I read it somewhere that she had left. And I looked it up to confirm it.

Cha Cha actually has a better survival rate overall than AT and a couple of people have gone out on AT in the semis before (DeadNan, Holly etc). Natalie was also bottom 2 with one.

Who is DeadNan???

Scott Maslen. He looked like Norman Wisdom and he had a dead nan, hence he will forever be Norman Deadnan to us.

Scott Maslen, aka Ssssscott. Also known as Norman due to resemblance to Norman Wisdom.

Thanks

Scott Maslen.

Regarding the Gee Gee's change of dance, I'm more inclined to think that with the workload of two dances this week, Giovanni would much prefer to teach her a dance he knows inside out then have to learn the AT himself and then try and teach Georgia with no guarantee of it being a knock out. Being prudent and all that.

That makes sense. thinking about it the SF is always a bit blegh!! One dance miles better than the other. Might be different this year, the music choices for many are great!

I love Songbird and am now weirdly hoping K&K pull off a good rhumba.

If Joe Varney goes the Brenda route - concentrate on the VW (which shouldn't be difficult given the AS) and if they do pitch up in the dance off, it will be the highest scoring dance

The Kellie who dances with all of the subtlety and grace of a drunk being thrown out of a pub at closing time you mean? 😱

And choreographed by Kevin with all of the sensuality and sex appeal of Boris Johnson in speedos? 😱

Yep, it's going to be epic and not in a good way, plus she'll be dressed in a housecoat, curlers and furry slippers with a fag dangling from her mouth. I'm welling up already 😢😢😢