I can't see nina (I think it was nina who had tickets) doing that !
Nice try though !

Is Anyone watching Wimbledon

Me but multitasking as usual !

Hello Sandy and Everyone. Thank you to Everyone for all the recent postings. Georgia looks wonderful after a visit to the Hairdressers and Giovanni went down a storm at his judging in Northampton didn't he. The Suit went too.👍

Lewis Hamilton wins at Silverstone 💧and best of luck to Andy Murray at Wimbledon. I see the sun is now out🌞!

Tiny rumour in today's on line press that Daisy Lowe may be in the line up. However quite a few rumours this year! She is a tall girl! Alicia😀

I'm teaching him myself - if I get help from a pro we might get accused of being ringers by the time we start Strictly


Are you kidding? FFS

Thank the ruddy Lord its over after tonight and I get my bloody soaps back!!

I just checked Daisy Lowe is 5ft 10ins - so with heels well over 6ft !
Not sure any of the pro male dancers are tall enough - bring back Ian (please)

Goodness Sandy - yes very tall! I liked Ian when he was a pro and also enjoy his contribution on ITT. Just a small little bit of broader Ring 💍news, the new Spanish dancer, is now safely engaged to his girlfriend. I think that happened a few days ago! Congratulations if that is right! 😀Alicia

Should be a thread about the strictly curse that would be interesting for some IM bored

Easily Bored Collaw!?🌞😀Alicia

The majority would not be bored !

Very easy ,,

Afternoon!


Some days (depending on my mood!) I think I'd probably just about have that down as my favourite dance of theirs. For me that's not just the best Samba I've seen on Strictly (GG have done a fair few best dances for me!) but it's head and shoulders above all the other Sambas! The speed of that, and the technique required to do it - MAGNIFICENT!
I seem to remember having to come to the defence of that Samba quite a few times with people saying that they faffed around at the start but -
a) The speed at which they did that meant that they incorporated as much content as you'd find in any Strictly Samba
b) and perhaps most importantly - though dances on Strictly typically last for 90 seconds, this one actually lasts for longer!

Anyway how people can't recognise the sheer brilliance of that is beyond me. It's a pity we never got to see that whole dance again, though the brilliant Kat managed to find a clip for us - which I'm extremely grateful for!



Yep, every time. No matter how much I've got to do, no matter how soon I've got to be somewhere - watching one of GGs dances invariably leads to watching 10 others (10 times over!).


Very good and undermarked - Craig gave it a 6 if I remember rightly!
I love the disco elements that Gio incorporates into the Latin numbers, fair enough the moves in and out of the lifts weren't seamless - but if I'd dislocated my partner's shoulder 5 times in training I wouldn't exactly be brimming with confidence myself!

And you've managed to give an excellent demonstration of starting a video at a certain point, Sandy - as I tried to explain to NDD a couple of weeks back!


I know, I'm excited to see who you pick out as me!


Ooh, ooh - can I wear the shiny suit?!!

Actually there might be two problems with that.
a) I'm not going.
b) I don't own a shiny suit...

Ciao miei amici GG
Translation (I hope) is.... Hello my GG friends)

Thanks to Brian for introducing me to google translate so I can actually string a sentence together instead of always doing one off words haha.



Well done for finding these pics Star.
Gio really is a "people person" isn't he? People of all ages are drawn to him and love him - and Georgia too which is why they make a great team




Brian Now come on tell and the truth now! That suit was the first thing you noticed wasn't it?!
I can't believe Gio has not given it to you yet - how mean!
If he did give the suit to you then you could go to the ball....., I mean Strictly Prom!!!!


Well it's quiet on the GG front today so far. I hope once they have spent some quality time together they may post a pic of them both together Hint hint hint



I have just watched this group dance from Blackpool again:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP6MMPIXIQg

I know I have harped on before about this one but I love this dance. Each time I see it I notice something new.
Everyone in it is great but it really showcases Gio and it shows his cheeky side. Georgia gets to have a little dance with him too

Buon pomeriggio Jen , sei molto gradito - il mio piacere ! : D

Se avete studiato lingue a scuola negli ultimi dieci anni o giù di lì - si tende a sapere dove Google Translate è !! Una grande invenzione , a mio parere !



Damn it - found out again! These protestations of a lack of interest in the shiny suit don't quite cut the mustard do they!

I'm waiting very impatiently for Gio's shiny suit - I bet he's got one spare!


I love that dance, thanks for posting it Jen! Mind you, no wonder Gio was cast for that role, he doesn't exactly need a great deal of encouragement to showcase his cheeky side!

I really like that pro dance too - I love this one though :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPRfOx4NFCQ

Probably my fave !

I do hope we get another GG photograph together this weekend or what about a periscope - that would be very nice indeed !
Georgia could tell us about 'Trollied' and Gio can now come clean about being on Strictly again - as if he didn't know all along !

I see on Insta that Phillip Scofield is filming the Christmas special for Mr & Mrs today. Now our two are very quiet today. Hmmmm

I like your thinking Flora!


Congratulations to Mr. Murray! Though it may have been a bit of a mistake to mention the PM in his congratulatory speech - I don't like Cameron but did feel a bit sorry for him being booed there!

Now that would be fantastic - fingers crossed !

Last time andy murry won Wimbledon his mother was in strictly will andy be next

I know especially as Nicola Sturgeon was there too - he will be thrown out of Scotland !
I don't like Cameron at all but in recent times he is beginning to look like a better bet than what might follow.

The Duke of Kent looks like he has been dead for several years and dug up for the occasion - goodness me !
.... and poor old Cliff was there wearing a tartan jacket and looking really old now - poor old bu**ar as my daughter just said on the phone !
I really do think the police action in his case was disgraceful - and now not enough evidence to prosecute him - they and the tabloids have just about ruined his life.

But well done Andy

No chance !

Non capisco Brian
Translation:- I do not understand all of those long Italian words Brian.

I was going to put all of these words into google translate but I will need at least a week to type them all in Maybe later haha.



Good thought Flora although I am not sure if GG would want to be in a show like this just yet. Not because they wouldn't want to but in case it brings all of the nasty pasties out from under their rocks again
It would be good if you are right though!!

I was surprised he didn't just mention Mrs Sturgeon and leave out dodgy Dave - especially as on the day of the last Scottish referendum I remember that he came out in favour of independence!

re your comments on the Duke of Kent!!

Now periscopers do not forget the key question when are Gio parents coming over ,, Guess Blackpool week someone ask though

Wish I knew what this was all about am I going loopy