Originally Posted by
Nina_Blake:
“Ah ok, I don't doubt that she may have taught drama or something. But the implication that was thrown around was that she'd been teaching kids to dance over a long period.
What are you doing up anyway, Cadiva? It's so late! Must say I'm flagging
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I can't bloody sleep, full of aches and pains today, think it was trying to walk on slippery wet surfaces with my crutches earlier
Originally Posted by thenetworkbabe:
“Most of these shows are. The X factor has produced a stream of young male winners who have gone nowhere , and its most successful contestants are often those who didn't make the final . Strictly's default winning position is a young male, or a male who looks as if they need mothering .
Present the SCD electorate with a young male who could be an x factor winner, and already comes with a big female fanbase, and its very likely that the male will win. It doesn't matter if they come third in the actual dancing, - because so have 4 other male winners. Females only tend to win if they are streets ahead of the competition, the male is one who has no votes for some other reason , or all the opposition is female.”
Except that up until tonight the split had been 50:50 male to female.
Originally Posted by Stephen_101:
“I don't understand all this nonsense of people saying Kellie is being overmarked. Is it just all the Jay fans who want to believe that he is as good? She was absolutely excellent tonight as she's been every week! Her footwork exceeds that of all the other contestants and. In terms of technique, consistency and the dances on the final (so based on everything) Kellie should've won. I'm assuming it was all the Jay fans who judged voted nonstop, because to the general viewing audience who vote based on dance, and to the people who only watch the final: Jay was the weakest and Kellie was miles ahead of the competition. Yes, the three finalists possess excellent dance ability, but based on dances and technique in the final, there was no competition. Kellie WAS robbed.”
People are told to vote for their favourite, why are you surprised when they do just that? You might think Kellie was the best dancer, that doesn't mean others do.
Tonight she produced three routines of almost identical frenetic paced "jazzy" style dancing with big project to the back of the theatre show face expressions danced at 100 miles per hour and very little contrast or light and shade in them to show off her different skills.
Each of the other three couples produced showdances which demonstrated the techniques of the dances they'd learnt during their time on SCD, some danced those better than the others but all were great examples of how far they'd come.
Kellie danced a Lindyhop which was more Charleston than Lindy, another Charleston and a Tango which, again, was mostly danced at full pelt.
She's certainly a great energy filled dancer with performance skills but I don't want to see the same thing in every single routine from her.