You'd think, Brian, wouldn't you?

But I can confirm, it IS true 😍😍

You think she cannot possibly be any more beautiful in real life than she is in every single picture but SHE ACTUALLY IS!! TIS VERY TRUE
She is just bloody fantastic!!

I caught up on Strictly today - My heart was in my mouth during Ed's lift...i thought Katya was going to fall flat on her face.

I didn't want to lose Daisy or Lesley so i was sad to see both of them in the dance off. Lesley is incredible for 71 and i'm hoping Daisy just had the mid table curse as she is improving every week and i thought the charleston was unique and quirky and danced really well. Greg was very lucky to avoid that dance off as i thought his cha cha was terrible, his ballroom is much better.

Well, tis unbelievable!!

It really is wonderful that you both go to see her, and I'm sure she was just as pleased to see you both as you were to see her! And this whole Georgia being even more beautiful in real life thing basically confirms that I'll never pluck up the courage to meet her as my attempt at playing it calm and cool in that scenario would invariably leave me looking like a strawberry!

Aww how lovely is that 😀 I do love how close Georgia is to some of the strictly stars!

Lesley is an absolute trooper - the energy !
I feel so sorry for her as she was obviously enjoying her time so much.

I really enjoyed Daisy's Charleston too - I hope she gets a bounce next week as they are such a great couple.
I was terrified for Katya - and she was brave enough to try the lift again.
It was a shame because the other lifts had been quite reasonable.
So Ed gets to Halloween but can he get much further ?

I thought the really lovely performance of the night came from Anastacia and Gorka, it was charming
They are a much better matched height than her and Brendan - I can't help thinking that he was supposed to partner a taller female in the original scheme of things.

Actually tonight I am getting over Ross Poldark - Demelza should run off with that Doctor who seems a very nice chap and leave him to it

Ahhhhh so we were wondering about georgia and jo cliftons freindship not so long ago on heree werent we....heres a lovely little post from georgia for her birthday today! They must talk off sicial media as we thought! https://instagram.com/p/BL8DB6Wg1rf/

http://https://instagram.com/p/BL8DB6Wg1rf/

Lovely birthday message to Jo - and Jo has replied

http://https://instagram.com/p/BL8DB6Wg1rf/

Picture from last night - you were right patch it was Charlie Barker she was with

I hope Jo has a lovely birthday and I'm glad they are still friends 👍

That's nice. It's easy to forget sometimes that the whole of their interactions won't be over social media! They may not be as close as they were but I'd say this pretty much confirms that there is no bad feeling, which is good.

I'm very behind on the thread - but star and lozzer - so glad to hear you had a fantastic time! And well done for being brave and meeting Georgia! Chuffed for you both.

Looking forward to reading your reports of the actual show! And Dee too, have I a missed a post from her? I'm so behind!

Strictly Halloween trailer and Gio's back with the spiders 😱! Nice to see cheeky Gio 😊

https://twitter.com/bbcstrictly/stat...68697685053440

Ahh how lovely glad they still remain pals!


Ha I love Halloween and love strictly Halloween! I loved GG's ghostbusters tango!

I like Halloween week too...i don't get the big groans of dislike about it
At least you know it's coming on Strictly...did anyone see the theme wheel being spun on last nights X factor? it very slowly and absolutely coincidentally, randomly landed on a fright night theme just in time for Halloween week.

Georgias put a little picture on Snapchat - she's been out for breakfast with Ryan Thomas and called him her big bro.

LOZ and STAR have you come down off Cloud 9 yet?? - think I know the answer to that!

Georgia seems in great spirits and I am delighted her & Jo are still friends. And yes as someone says, not everything is played out on social media, we really don't know who's in touch with who by phone or text or person really!

Looking forward to Halloween week next week!

I see Brendan back in training today, but I loved Gorka and Anastacia dance together I must say!

Haha yes! That wheel has to be a fix anyways surely honey G will be interesting I'm sure!

Ah just seen that bless her, I wouldn't say no to ryan or any of the Thomas brothers for that matter

LOZ - There's talk now Ryan going on I'm a Celeb? but then we thought that about SCD too! Good to see he & Georgia get to see one another.

Thank you for all the snapchat info Loz and everyone else on here - good to hear what's going on.

Georgia getting her barnet sorted today before a busy week in Brighton!

Star and Lozzer This news is wonderful!☀️


Oti is a lovely lady.☀️


Yes Jammy Georgia, last year ,was Queen of Halloween. Len Quote. Also if I remember Georgia had sorefeetitus that week! 👣


Thank you Patti watch out on snapchat regarding Georgia's hair. She captioned 'Before' so may be an 'After' later. Wonder if she will have any hair preparation for her role as Colombia in Rocky Horror?✂️

Happy Birthday to Jo Clifton and Claudia Fragapanni. I loved her dance with AJ on the Saturday show as well as Gorka and Anastasia. I liked Daisy's unusual Charleston too. 👏😀Hope everyone is well this Monday.Alicia☕️x

ALICIA - thanks for that snippet about Georgia's hair...I have to rely on you lovely people on here to hear all about it. Hope Georgia posts an after pic on Instagram of her hair.

Thank you Alicia X

Birthday tweet from Gio to Jo

https://twitter.com/pernicegiovann1/...40256797986816

Plus reply

https://twitter.com/joanneclifton/st...40742209003520

What does Tvb stand for?

Thank you for the snapchat news Alicia - her poor hair gets covered with a wig all week - I wonder if Georgia has a hot date tonight

For all those worried about 'Lavanni' leaving the Strictly contest because of injury it seems perhaps the degree of the injury was somewhat exaggerated - didn't the press report she couldn't stand ?
Apart from getting to the pub yesterday Ms Laura has now declared herself fit to train today via twitter - so a really speedy recovery and it looks like we will never see that much lauded jive.
Frankly as I said on Saturday I really think 'Lavanni' dodged a bullet there - if the jive had been somewhat mediocre, and nothing in Laura's previous footwork makes me think it wouldn't have been, I guess they would have been in the bottom two after the public vote and against Daisy and Aljaz they would have gone.
Gio lives to fight another day - presumably they will have a fun ballroom dance for Halloween but if Laura becomes Len's 'Queen' on Saturday I will be very surprised to say the least - for anyone who wants to see what the Queen of Halloween looks like :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI9jnEke0oY

Jammy It is - Ti voglio bene. Alicia

In the spirit of Appreciation.

1. Laura was assessed by a physio this morning who has given an opinion. Only after that did Laura say what the outcome was.
2. No one has said that she has recovered. It is more likely that they are working around some limitations - like Anastacia, for example. Laura has herself said that she is not training today, for example. In past weeks she has trained for a couple of hours on Monday afternoon.
3. I think it is a bit strong to state that Laura's injury was exaggerated. An ankle strain that can't take weight on Friday can be in a different position on Monday.
4. Tess clearly said on the Saturday show that Laura was likely to be able to dance this week. So.. it seems that Laura is on pretty much the track that the medical assessment on Friday suggested.

Again, I am not seeking to argue and it is not helpful to either of our Appreciation threads to start a debate. Injuries happen and maybe its best just to take it at face value on the Appreciation threads.

I am glad to see Gio and Laura dancing this Saturday as seems likely (or at least possible) at this point. It is not likely to be the most speedy or athletic dance in the circs, but better something than nothing. Gio will be happier to be dancing I would think.

The Main Forum might be a better place for debate if there is doubt that the medically-assessed injury was genuine in any way.

I will now take my own medicine and go away.

Thanks Alicia! It's lovely how the Strictly gang look after eachother. Jo seems very loved up with her new man and the fact that he has met the Cliftons is very encouraging for her. It would be great if some of them could go and see Georgia in BAT this week in Brighton.

I can't wait to see pictures of beautiful Georgia after her visit to the hairdressers. I hope she is going out tonight before heading down to Brighton tomorrow.

Ah, that's good news. I was worried she might have to drop out completely. Ta Lady Lav

What fun Sandy . Afterwards "Sweaty armpits Gio" x🙂

Thanks Lady Lavender for keeping us all updated. Saturday's show was very lack lustre and hopefully Bredan is back on the mend as well. To be honest I will miss lovely Gorka if Brendan is dancing with Anastacia. Monday is usually pro-dance day isn't it so I guess that's another reason she and Gio aren't practicising today.


Aaaaw even with the sweaty armpits it was a great dance! Despite the green glittery make-up and drab outfits they couldn't hide the beauty of Georgia and she was definitely Queen of Halloween. I also remember thinking what a sweetie Georgia was for thanking Gio for his choreography for her, although it was hard . That's because he had a brilliant pupil to work with! Beautiful, talented, hard-working, down-to-earth and she reads the thread!!!