I was hoping to see Helen in the final. Such a pity she was up against Georgia in the dance-off whose routine was much easier to execute. Against Anita who was the worst dancer on the night she would have gone through. I don't think she was robbed - just dealt a bad hand by both the judges (placing her second from bottom on the leaderboard) and the GBP (not liking her dance enough to vote for it).

Perhaps. But most on-line polls that I looked at had (in order of preference) Jay, Anita, Katie and then Georgia, then Helen/Kellie. If you look at retweets of tweets by strictly etc it mirrored that order too. When people vote in polls on-line they go for their favourite - the 'not voting because shes safe' doesn't come into it.

You're never going to understand what I see, I'm never going to understand what you see, it's why it's subjective. I did say a tad dull, i don't think she's even reserved, she's just very... expected is the word I want to use.

I think we need to differentiate between Georgia the person and Georgia's dances. Georgia is LOVELY, the perfect Strictly contestant, hard working, joyful, loving it, good, fun and generally a trouper.

It's a lot of Georgia's dances that many find dull. I can't remember a single Georgia dance apart from the charleston and the tango and i only remember that because of the green goop in her hair. I think, as I'm watching her, oh that was lovely, then goes straight out of my head.

I do find she's the celeb lots of people forget about when they're listing those left. I do, I have to remember Giovanni to remember Georgia. No-one is saying she's awful, she's just very good and sometimes you need to be awful or brilliant to be remembered.

sorry for the ramble

Yep, theres nothing you can do about it, its just subjective and on the positive side, its nice that all of the celebs can manage to give something off that appeals to at least some of us.

I am the complete opposite to you....I have LOVED every single one of her dances and they have been far more standout than anyone elses (Jays jive aside).

I thought her jive was great for a first week dance, her rumba was the most sensual and atmoshperic rumba I've seen on SCD, her samba the trickiest and most challenging (I've said before I cannot see any of the others being able to do it) and definitely a wow dance. As was her Charleston and Tango. While all her ballroom numbers have been enchanting, danced well and always with good emotive storytelling. And even the ones in the earlier weeks that weren't her most stand-out ones (salsa and quickstep) were danced brilliantly and very watchable.

I think I read that Georgia has done some modern dancing or something. I'm not quite sure what that is though

Anita has done well for someone with no training, but she has still just reached the not so lofty heights of mediocrity for me.


I love the fact that Giovanni seems a bit goofy. Gleb takes himself too seriously and his AT costume didn't help.

It's strange -- they're all the qualities of the duffer (except that she isn't), the joy-of-the-experience/work hard/trouper-ishness. Maybe she's too good for her own good in terms of kerb appeal? I think she's learning the basics too, in so far as it's possible to that schedule. Hmm.

Maybe Gio's beginner English is a problem in giving accent to the choreo too and that could leave the routines a little un-Kevin, for want of a marker. Sometimes the pros' choreo is almost too responsive to the lyrics but I feel that sometimes Gio has missed a cue through not quite getting the importance of those words at that moment...

Blasphemy! I love him loads
And like humpty, I have really loved most of their dances. There are two I don't like because I can't stick the music (but even in those instances objectively I can still see she's good)

Yes, I don't think it amounts to much at all, especially at this stage. And I think there is a huge discrepency in the amount of kudos and credit Anita gets for having no training and how far Georgia has come (in terms of dance technique and performance) having had very minimal dance input which is insignificant when it comes to ballroom and latin especially after a week or two in training for SCD especially as she has never done latin or ballroom,

BIB - absolutely true!

I do think Gio's English is blooming amazing though as someone who has only been learning it since August. And one of my favourite moments of the whole series is him talking in a Manchester accent.

And I have to say, I'm loving this thread, everyone is having a really nice exchange of views without insulting each other or other groups of fans. Thanks guys, it's been so refreshing.

Well I was one of the ones who didn't vote for her on Saturday simply because I thought she would be safe, otherwise I would have done (lesson learned). I don't find her forgettable and when I go back to rewatch some of the dances hers is always one of the ones I choose - I will qualify that and add 'since' her Tango.

I started out with no particular favourite so for most of the last few weeks have voted for who's dance I have most enjoyed - Georgia has regularly been one of them. Of all the ones left I rate her as my favourite - the rest depends one what they do on the night - but I do look forward to Georgia and Giovanni. I think they are reliable and consistent and (giant teapots aside) don't go for gimmicks or 'show' over substance.

Hopefully she will get a bounce this week and go through to the final. Barring major disasters I hope she gets to the final three.

Thank you

I feel a bit guilty for criticising Anita's dancing now. Let's pretend it didn't happen

Since you asked...

I think Georgia is a very pretty girl, who dances very nicely. I can remember a few of her past routines so she isn't instantly forgettable for me in that sense. I liked the disco one in the green dress the most, the charleston was well performed but used so much choreography from the movie that it was not... surprising enough for my taste.

I'm sure there are many people that pick who they want to support based purely on the dancing. For me, there is so much dancing (30 different routines before we are asked to vote), and much of it of a similar quality, that my favourites tend to be people I find interesting - either because they are paired with a pro I like, or I know a bit about them previously or they say or do something that catches my attention. I'm sure Georgia is a really nice girl, but she hasn't really stood out for me in the way say Helen has, or even Jamelia.

I think she's a worthy finalist though and am sure last week's DO was just a blip. I would even say she has a decent chance of picking up the floating votes and going on to win. But she's not for me, sorry.

hi Brian, yes, it would definitely be a poorer final, they must get there and I would love it if they won, you know how I feel about Team GG, they're the only couple whose dances I've watched many times and, for me, they get better each time I see them, I think there's real friendship and affection between these two which shows in their dances and I was very surprised to see them in the dance off but so pleased that they're now in the semi finals, have everything crossed that they reach the final


I could never describe Georgia as dull but she's quite young so maybe she doesn't have as much confidence as Anita or Kellie, have to admit that I'd never heard of her before Strictly as I don't watch Coronation Street and, as a new pro dancer, Giovanni doesn't have the fan base in the UK yet but I think he's done well to get Georgia so far in the competition and he's a fantastic dancer and choreographer ... and looks quite nice, too, in fact I have a mild crush on him

Hello! I agree with you 100% - naturally!
I'm still quite confident they'll get to the final, even if they had to do it via the DO.

I usually love Georgia & Giovanni and have voted for them most weeks, but there was just something about the dance on Saturday that left me cold. I don't know what it was (& it wasn't the teapots) but I love Beauty & the Beast, I love their partnership, I usually love Gio's choreography, but it just didn't work for me and as a result, I didn't vote for them and I wasn't that surprised they were in the DO.

In fact if it was only based on that dance, I probably would have saved Helen but I'm glad that Georgia was saved because I've generally enjoyed her dances. Hopefully it was just an average week and they'll be back to their best next week. I certainly wouldn't discount them from the final or even winning it based on that dance.

I honestly don't think it will be via the DO, and I think she's final three, which is how it should be as she's one of the two best left.

Aw, thank you for your confidence!

To be absolutely honest I nearly didn't vote. It was the whole swooshy Disney yellowy bleghness. It really surprised me because in training I thought their foxtrot looked great. It was remembering the training footage that motivated me to use my online votes, just in time too!

I flippin' hate Disney and all that magical sugar-rush.

(Then watching it back later without the music and with a hand raised to hide the wandering teapot, I was really glad I had voted because underneath the yellowy blegh, there the foxtrot was)

No problem, if Jay doesn't lift the glitterball it was always her or Helen I would want (whilst sulking, stropping and flouncing because he was out obviously ), but her or Helen I had no problem with, now Helen's gone, if not Jay, then Georgia for me.

I think she comes across as nice but forgettable in terms of her personality as she has no storyline. The problemm is her dances are also forgettable. I remember several times thinking that's very good but I can't recall her ever doing a "wow" dance. Last weekend the routine was also a bit of an acquired taste for anyone over 14 and I don't think that helped. That factor probably won't be repeated next week plus there is likely to bea bounce effect so I think she's in less danger.

I've been saying for weeks she was untested as a fan base.

I think her fan base is very dedicated like Jay's but smaller than his or Katies or Anita's

Outside of that I think she is lots of people's second and third fave. I bet if you did a poll for 2nd fave she'd win it.

I also think most of her fan base merges with Anita, as in they like and vote for both, so unless Anita goes before the final she is unlikely to pick up a lot of extra support.

It will be interesting to see what happens next week as if Anita is near the bottom again, will those fans abandon Anita to save Georgia from possible d/o or not?
From looking at fresh polls it appears Jay might have picked up most of Helen's support.

If you like actresses with stage school training and a bit of dance experience then you've still got two left after one has gone home. That might explain why Georgia, Helen, and Kellie have all been in the dance off. We expect them to do well, we are disappointed if they don't, and there's not really any story behind their Strictly success.

On a couple of occasions Georgia's had the same Ballroom dances as Katie (AS at Blackpool and Musicals Foxtrot). She danced better both times but stylistically I much prefered Katie's more sophisticated routines to Georgia's princessy ones. So it comes down to taste and her Ballroom's not my cup of tea - however good her topline and footwork might be. Of all Georgia's dances, the one that vaguely excited me was her Samba so if she makes the final (and I suspect she'll get a strong bounce-back vote next week to ensure she does), I hope that's the judges pick.