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Old 08-10-2016, 20:29
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Aw, that's nice. He's my early favourite and now I like him a little bit more .

I hope the promise we saw on the launch show translates into more than a bit of jigging about. It'll be great to see what Jo can do with a (possible) contender .
Hi Soupster.

I'm really liking most of everyone right now, a lot of good dancing and nice peeps. I really loved Jo on ITT last year and loving her and Ore quite a bit. Yummy dance tonight and seeing Ore so moved was...well, moving.
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Old 08-10-2016, 20:58
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Hi Soupster.

I'm really liking most of everyone right now, a lot of good dancing and nice peeps. I really loved Jo on ITT last year and loving her and Ore quite a bit. Yummy dance tonight and seeing Ore so moved was...well, moving.
Hiya both, nooney I totally agree about the dancers. Having not really engaged last year, despite having upgraded from small computer screen to wacking great tele, am relieved to be enjoying most of the couples thus far.
Wereso many 9's justified so early.
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Old 09-10-2016, 00:10
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Clartster!

After last year, with so much sturm und drang around and about, I'm going to try to go with the flow and enjoy it all as much as I can. I suppose 9s might fine at this point because so many of the dances are really good already. It's going to be a close year, me thinks.

I haven't a clue if I'll end up rooting for one couple or - as of now - root for most of them. I'm really liking the new pros. Have Brenda and Pasta lost weight? A bit more competition sharpening them up perhaps.
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Old 09-10-2016, 00:31
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Ore and Jo were my favourites tonight - delightful!

Just seen that not only are there some of my lovely fellow posters from the team GG thread here but my dear old friends Noone, Clartem and Fridgesoup from the heady days of Kartem!! Hello you lovely lot, it's been a while!

I don't have an overall favourite yet (maybe Will and Daisy?) but Ore and Jo were by far my favourites tonight
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Old 09-10-2016, 00:36
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Ore and Jo were my favourites tonight - delightful!

Just seen that not only are there some of my lovely fellow posters from the team GG thread here but my dear old friends Noone, Clartem and Fridgesoup from the heady days of Kartem!! Hello all it's been a while!

I don't have an overall favourite yet (maybe Will and Daisy?) but Ore and Jo were by far my favourites tonight
Wickster! I wonder if we can start a thread for those who want to appreciate a few couples rather than just one. Lovely to see so many pals here. I might have to follow ex Kartemites around the threads, if we can't find a 'home'.
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Old 09-10-2016, 00:51
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Hi Nooney! It's been ages! Yes, I'm very happy not to have a favourite this year! Though that may change! X
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Old 09-10-2016, 01:01
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Hi Nooney! It's been ages! Yes, I'm very happy not to have a favourite this year! Though that may change! X
Wicks!!!!
You've got friends over here!! Can I be introduced!!
Loving Ore & Jo tonight, great routine, one of the best of the series so far!!
It's insane how good everyone is so early in the season this year!!

Loved how overwhelmed Ore was by the whole occasion too!!
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Old 09-10-2016, 01:08
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NDD - ha ha!! Yes, I did have other friends on here before you reprobates! We had such laughs on the Kara and Artem threads back in the day!! I was on maternity leave at the time so was even more of a time waster than I am now! (though that may be hard to believe!). I can vouch for NDD - he's a good 'un and a frequent voice of reason!

Anyway, back on topic - I'm so pleased for Ore and Jo as I thought they were getting lost in the mix but they were fab tonight. I hope they build on it next week. I'm quite enjoying not having a particular favourite though, I must say!
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Old 09-10-2016, 08:41
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Waving to the other kartemites posting here.

I loved Ore & Jo's 'Singing in the Rain' routine. So many references to the Gene Kelly classic. Don't have a favourite couple yet but these two got one of my votes last night.
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Old 09-10-2016, 10:31
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NDD - ha ha!! Yes, I did have other friends on here before you reprobates! We had such laughs on the Kara and Artem threads back in the day!! I was on maternity leave at the time so was even more of a time waster than I am now! (though that may be hard to believe!). I can vouch for NDD - he's a good 'un and a frequent voice of reason!

Anyway, back on topic - I'm so pleased for Ore and Jo as I thought they were getting lost in the mix but they were fab tonight. I hope they build on it next week. I'm quite enjoying not having a particular favourite though, I must say!
Haha!! Thanks Wicks!!

I'm a frequent voice, not always sure about the reason!!
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Old 09-10-2016, 12:03
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Sorry, completely off topic - but to the kartem fans posting - watching Laura and Gio's moulin rouge routine - I smiled as I remembered back to when K&A did a moulin rouge tango and how it was about 6 months before someone (me!) noticed that there was a bloody great windmill in the background! Oh how we laughed! (hi to crazy4kartem too!) (This was back in the days before props were quite such a big deal!)

Bringing the thread back on topic - here's Ore and Jo's reaction
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLUB4O-A...strictly&hl=en
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Old 10-10-2016, 23:00
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Well I'm here, Dervlathedog...*drums fingers...eagerly awaits critical mass...
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Old 10-10-2016, 23:07
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Wickster! I wonder if we can start a thread for those who want to appreciate a few couples rather than just one. Lovely to see so many pals here. I might have to follow ex Kartemites around the threads, if we can't find a 'home'.

Nooney!! *more air kisses!! Fancy seeing you here

Yes- I too am being an appreciation tart, not having yet settled on just the one -thank goodness, it's exhausting and not a little unharrowing having just one fave- but I started Strictly this year hoping Ore would do well, and I'm thrilled by how well SITR went, despite needing to see it a second time before I really loved it.

As I said on another thread, I was transfixed by Ore catching the flipped umbrella on the exact final beat of the music, after being trepidatious about him dropping it as he had done in rehearsals.

And the email from Gene Kelly's wife must have left Jo on cloud 9 for the last 2 days <3
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Old 10-10-2016, 23:39
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Here's Jo's Instagram showing what Gene Kelly's widow was quoted as saying. That must have made their year. I just love Gene Kelly.

https://instagram.com/p/BLZKul6jwDo/
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Old 11-10-2016, 12:46
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Wicks!!!!
You've got friends over here!! Can I be introduced!!
Loving Ore & Jo tonight, great routine, one of the best of the series so far!!
It's insane how good everyone is so early in the season this year!!

Loved how overwhelmed Ore was by the whole occasion too!!
Hi DD,

Waving to the other kartemites posting here.

I loved Ore & Jo's 'Singing in the Rain' routine. So many references to the Gene Kelly classic. Don't have a favourite couple yet but these two got one of my votes last night.
Hi Crazy *waves*

Nooney!! *more air kisses!! Fancy seeing you here

Yes- I too am being an appreciation tart, not having yet settled on just the one -thank goodness, it's exhausting and not a little unharrowing having just one fave- but I started Strictly this year hoping Ore would do well, and I'm thrilled by how well SITR went, despite needing to see it a second time before I really loved it.

As I said on another thread, I was transfixed by Ore catching the flipped umbrella on the exact final beat of the music, after being trepidatious about him dropping it as he had done in rehearsals.

And the email from Gene Kelly's wife must have left Jo on cloud 9 for the last 2 days <3
Dippy! Yep, I had to watch twice to get the full joy - I'm always so nervous on the first viewing. That last beat, umbrella catch was the perfect finish to a classy dance alrighty.

I'm loving Danny and Oti, Claudia and AJ and, much to my surprise, I think Greg is a dark horsey and might really grow into the whole thing. Having said all of that
I like most of the others and so I'm ready to be an appreciation tart for a while yet.

Here's Jo's Instagram showing what Gene Kelly's widow was quoted as saying. That must have made their year. I just love Gene Kelly.

https://instagram.com/p/BLZKul6jwDo/
Wow, that's fantastIc! Well deserved too. 😀
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Old 11-10-2016, 12:57
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Just popping in to wave at old buddies 😘😘😘

I went off Ore and Jo a bit with the tango (soooooo much faffing) and didn't love the fireman Sam cha cha, but adored, adored everything in the SITR smooth. Joy of joys!

Like many of you, am up for a stress free Strictly and liking most of the couples. AJ and Caudia were fabulous, Danny's great, but 'tis Oti I loves 💕 and I'm enjoying Ed and the awesome Katya. Sorry to lose Gorka. Even Anton isn't doing my head in
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Old 11-10-2016, 17:41
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I'm catching up with ITT - holiday and vile cough got in the way. Off topic, but
I have to add how much I love Joe Varney and Laura and Aljaz and Daisy. So funny. I understand Laura is getting hate from the Joe Varney fanbase, shame...☹️
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Old 11-10-2016, 19:36
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Wickster! I wonder if we can start a thread for those who want to appreciate a few couples rather than just one. Lovely to see so many pals here. I might have to follow ex Kartemites around the threads, if we can't find a 'home'.
I like that idea nooney. Last year I only really engaged with jaliona but nearly drowned in the enthousiasm of their thread and if I had nobody would have noticed. ( fridgy excepted).

Blowing kisses to wicks, thanks for the gene Kelly link.
Saying hello formally to DD Jane Austin style with an introduction via wicks.
Hi krazy
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Old 12-10-2016, 15:18
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I'm catching up with ITT - holiday and vile cough got in the way. Off topic, but
I have to add how much I love Joe Varney and Laura and Aljaz and Daisy. So funny. I understand Laura is getting hate from the Joe Varney fanbase, shame...☹️
Not quite (well, in an exactly wrong kind of way!) She and Gio too are getting online abuse from a (very) few in another camp, alas! Love them too. Hard to dislike anyone this year in truth.
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Old 12-10-2016, 15:36
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I'm catching up with ITT - holiday and vile cough got in the way. Off topic, but
I have to add how much I love Joe Varney and Laura and Aljaz and Daisy. So funny. I understand Laura is getting hate from the Joe Varney fanbase, shame...☹️
Nah, she's not really. Well, not from 99% of the thread anyway. Just about 3 random people on twitter giving her grief - which is appalling! The vast majority of the people who supported GG feel a degree of sympathy for her to be honest. There seem to be a few people trying to poke the GG supporters into having an issue with her - but most don't at all (though they don't like the pairing as much as him with Georgia obviously!) . That doesn't mean that everyone on the GG thread is automatically voting for them though. I mean, I was a huge Kara and Artem fan, as you know, but that doesn't mean I'd automatically vote for Artem and Holly, Fern or Natalie. Neither of those pairings were my faves in their particular years. I'm fairly ambivalent towards Laura - she seems nice and them seem to have a good partnership but isn't she isn't one of my faves - though I really liked their waltz. Anyway, I don't want to drag anyone here into this discussion (that seems to go round in circles elsewhere!) but just wanted to respond to what you said.

Anyway, back on topic - I really hope Jo and Ore build on their performance from the weekend - really looking forward to their dance. They were my faves on Saturday, having not really stood out before. I also like Daisy and Aljaz (and - side note - loved evil Aljaz in the fab pro dance with Gio and Jo) and also liked Will
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Old 12-10-2016, 17:22
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I like that idea nooney. Last year I only really engaged with jaliona but nearly drowned in the enthousiasm of their thread and if I had nobody would have noticed. ( fridgy excepted).
Yep, I was very keen on Jaliona but was nearly put off Strictly for ever by some of the enthusiasm for them.

Not quite (well, in an exactly wrong kind of way!) She and Gio too are getting online abuse from a (very) few in another camp, alas! Love them too. Hard to dislike anyone this year in truth.
Ah, thanks Dervla. I'm trying to avoid negativity, paranoia and general Strictly nuttiness this year and so didn't want to dig too deep into what was going on. Glad Laura isn't getting too much strife.

That doesn't mean that everyone on the GG thread is automatically voting for them though. I mean, I was a huge Kara and Artem fan, as you know, but that doesn't mean I'd automatically vote for Artem and Holly, Fern or Natalie. Neither of those pairings were my faves in their particular years. I'm fairly ambivalent towards Laura - she seems nice and them seem to have a good partnership but isn't she isn't one of my faves - though I really liked their waltz. Anyway, I don't want to drag anyone here into this discussion (that seems to go round in circles elsewhere!) but just wanted to respond to what you said.
Understood Wickster. I know exactly what you mean about Artem and Holly, Fern and Natalie. I'm liking Laura and Gio quite a bit but I feel in my bones that I'm getting drawn to Danny, Ore and Greg a bit more...hmm, it's such a great year I might not have decided until the final.

Anyway, back on topic - I really hope Jo and Ore build on their performance from the weekend - really looking forward to their dance. They were my faves on Saturday, having not really stood out before. I also like Daisy and Aljaz (and - side note - loved evil Aljaz in the fab pro dance with Gio and Jo) and also liked Will
I adore Aljaz. I think the choreo this year has gone up a notch. I do love what Oti is doing and - back on topic - Jo is a total star on all fronts.
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Old 14-10-2016, 22:14
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Oh ho ho, Ore and Jo are looking good at the very end of this sequence
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Old 14-10-2016, 23:17
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Forgot to post the link. I am dim

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/strictlyc...8-09c5629de22b
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Old 15-10-2016, 20:14
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Did I mention how much I love Ore and Jo? So good. Such a momentum with these two guys now. Love em!!

When jiroos does his inevitable jive poll, I know which way I'm voting
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Old 15-10-2016, 20:24
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Fantastic!! What a dancer Ore is and Jo is just brilliant. Thrilled to see her getting the credit she deserves.
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