I said before, her clock must have been ticking pretty loud...

I actually can imagine Kevin being the type that you just think after asking many times, ok I will say eyes to a date and that will be it. Then you go out and you laugh a little and have a decent time. Then he asks you out again and you say yes because you can't think a good reason to say no at the time. And little by little, he becomes part of the landscape of your life and you have no heart to cut him off. And by that time, you have developed some sort of feelings towards him anyway.

It was Tess I think, made funnier by the northern stereotype of people calling friends/relatives our (insert name) & parodied in Peter Kay's Britains got the pop factor (etc) with R Wayne as a contestant who gets through after the death of R Gran gives him a better sob story

Others-

Count Fortuna- Obvious one but Brian Fortuna, Count because he had the look of the Count from Sesame Street.

Tiny Tina/Tiny O'Brien- Tina O'Brien, because Tess felt we needed to be reminded how small she was all of the time.

I have a vague recollection that before she became the Goddess, Natalie was Tina Sparkle, after the Strictly Ballroom character, for her perceived Ultra competitiveness.

You know what, everyone has their own taste. If she wasn't with Kevin she would probably be with someone just like him. He's her type. It cannot be explained! My best friend's husband makes my skin crawl, but she adores the ground he walks on. I don't see it, but they are very happy.

They are

And we are reminded in every other pro dance

That's a nice way of looking at it

Actually meant that about my BF and her hubby, not Karen & Kevin

Oops

The point stands. We all have our own tastes. I don't know what Janette sees in Aljaz

Reading this before breakfast explains the phrase "Morning sickness"


Denise Van Ringer ("I only sat on a chair")


I remember the vid of him proposing to Karen on stage and he was in this full length stormtrooper black leather coat - he just looked rather silly, as though he were furtively trying on the cool boy's coat before the cool boy came back and caught him.

That Fail pic of him in black leather is faintly disturbing, its crinkly texture reminds me of a pair of black vinyl "kinky boots" which I had in the 4th year of junior school (obligatory wear in 1972 - the cool girls had white ones) mum was no doubt relieved they were cheaper than leather so overrode her usual objection to anything "trendy" but the downside was that the feet couldn't breathe so they soon developed a not so trendy smell.

God I hope so to the latter scenario. Now if only Craig could be persuaded to overmark her tactically rather than waving the 6 paddle and hissing quite justifiable critique like a pantomime villain... You'd think they know nothing about flushing the worst dancer after all these years.. A little bit of self restraint is all it takes. After all, what price integrity in other weeks? (PP anyone?)

Hi copper top

Just another thought.... Your relative/ you could also make it clear that she will not be leaving them any money in her will. After a certain age charities become voracious about pursuing donors for legacies...and this may be - sorry, no disrespect to your relative - why they are executing a big marketing push..

I guarantee you damning with faint praise is the way they'll go.

My guess is the won't mark Jay down now in the semi's.

They'll damn Anita with faint praise and given that she has a salsa which should be good for her, they'll put her above Katie I think
This will energise Katies fans and Georgia will have bounceback Jay will probably be safe so that should lead to Kellie V Anita

If we get Kellie V Katie I doubt the producers will be worried either but that's my call. J&G top 2 Kellie 3rd Anita 4th Katie 5th

Wasn't Smug Farmer Matt Baker with Smug Vicar being Tom Chambers?

Hilarious

Though sometimes it may well appear that way...

I'm not swearing at you I'm swearing at Strictly.

Shep, I feel the same about Montserrat Caballe's tenderly girlish (yes she does girlish very well, she has that twinkle in her eye and girlish soul) version of O Mio Babbino Caro being Strictlified and Antoned. She's a DOT, see how her eyes light up at that little bottle of booze they give her at the end!


And the pic is of course of Gleb ... the weediness of his beard is at odds with how sexy he thinks he is, it's more like teenage bum fluff than full manlymanmanman.

Matching leather jackets must be a thing.

If you scroll down to the bottom of that gallery of photos, there is a pic of Gleb and his wife in them. His leather jacket looks really really odd on him.

There is so much wrong with that outfit I'm not ever sure where to start

The camerperson should be shot. Managed to make most people look like they were completely out of proportion with at best over large heads, or worst skinny legs on normal torsos.

Kevin should always wear glasses. His face needs them.

Course you're not, but we reserve the right to laugh and point 😜

I like Kellie, Kevin scares me, I don't ever want to climb inside his head

Sorry hun, I completely misunderstood your post

For all the taunts of manboy, Jay can grow more in a day than Kevin, Pasha, Gleb, Brendan and Aljaz put together in a month.

Facial hair people, facial hair 🙄😜😜😜

This is the problem I have. It's such a well known aria everyone will have a version in their head, be it Caballe or Te Kanawa or Callas etc etc. As I said on another thread, I'm investing in some ear defenders before the weekend.

And definitely more than Craig in a week, judging by his panto fuzz.

It made me swear too


OMG yes. Stubble just long enough to be soft not prickly *swoon* but Gleb just can't do it!