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Old 21-11-2016, 13:42
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This wry observation from The Ed Balls Show thread:

I blame Katya.
First rule when you get a comedy contestant or an old duffer is to get them to do nothing and draw attention to yourself by whirling and thrashing about in a revealing costume.
She was never supposed to actually teach him some routines and throw the spotlight on his capacity to entertain through dance.
Someone didn't brief her properly.
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Old 22-11-2016, 15:54
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This from Trumbles on the possibility of a certain ex-party leader being in the 2017 line-up:

Oh yes, I can just see it now...

No doubt he would be paired off with Oti and spend most of their training time demanding to know whether she was just over here to get treated for something. Then on Saturday he'd stand by the returns queue muttering 'Breaking point! Breaking point!'

Oti would continue to smile beatifically through their routine despite getting her fingers burnt and one side of her dress sopping wet due to Nigel's insistence on dancing with a pint and a lit fag.

Then, rather than talking to Claudia, he'd immediately storm back downstairs waving a placard, furious at the idea of judges giving their opinions instead of just declaring him the winner.

I would be hoping for a swift exit, without ongoing access to It Takes Two.
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Old 22-11-2016, 16:43
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The reason why Labour deliberately lost the election in 2015 and Ed Balls deliberately lost his seat, was so that Ed could do Strictly this year, thus splitting the fan bases and creating a disarray amongst voters which would lead to a Clifton win.
From "Ed and Danny supporters do not be fooled" thread.
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Old 23-11-2016, 08:05
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From "Ed and Danny supporters do not be fooled" thread.
And another gem from the same thread

Exactly. It's a little-known fact that Ed was going to step down before the 2010 election to do Strictly then, but he missed the selection process for 2010 and then heard Lulu was doing it in 2011, and he knew he couldn't compete with her Scottish fanbase. (There are still questions to be answered about who actually arranged that fateful fireworks display...) The producers tipped off him and Milliband about the imminent Rise of the Cliftons and told Balls not to show his hand until they'd been on the show long enough to really get the collective backs of DS posters well and truly up, to make their inevitable - and unprecedented - dead heat for the 2016 glitterball particularly irksome. That whole 'Leader of the Opposition / Shadow Chancellor' malarkey was just the two Eds killing time until the real political endgame was ready to play out.
In fact the whole thread is worth nominating... http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2190342
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Old 23-11-2016, 15:12
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It's only 3 pm, but I think this one willbe hard to beat:

From "The Cliftons" thread (and I nearly didn't bother reading it as I thought it would be the same old same old...)

People are hapless carriers of the jordovirus, which affects the neurology of the host and drives the late-stage individual to seek out social media to emit a stream of viral nonsense.

#NatureFact
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Old 23-11-2016, 15:17
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This wry observation from The Ed Balls Show thread:
This is brilliant!
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Old 24-11-2016, 21:50
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Vicki Gill on ITT said that Jo Clifton is the only Pro who asks for her skirts to be longer, not shorter...
I'm a bit confuzzled as to why the pro who always asks for her skirts to be made longer is the one who's been flashing her knickers at me almost every week.
She needs enough fabric to get a good handful so she can flash V-O-T-E O-R-E in morse code every week. You couldn't run the risk of her accidentally spelling out W-T-F I-S T-E-S-S W-E-A-R-I-N-G instead with an uncontrollable too-short skirt.
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Old 27-11-2016, 21:01
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It looked like a 'vulnerable' woman had forgotten her medication and gone out prancing in the wind and the rain, and they sent a 'responsible adult' after her but in the end he just joined in.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
From the Karen & Kevin dance to Ellie Goulding thread, made me howl!
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Old 27-11-2016, 21:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by billiesmith
I think the end of the show was the most genuine moment on tv for some time - the joy they had at dancing (even if he wasn't that great at it), the real respect Ed and Katya had for each other and the realisation that they weren't going to dance together again, and the affection that the other contestants obviously had for him.

If anyone had told me I would have had a lump in my throat at Ed Balls leaving Strictly even half and hour ago I would have laughed at them

Just goes to show the best moments can't be scripted - even in reality tv, real emotion will win every time!

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Originally Posted by sambadan
For all of Ed's technical weaknesses and dance limitations the admiration I have for him is immense.
He fully committed himself to both the spirit and performance of every dance. And entertainment value wise he imo is the best there has ever been on SCD.
He and Katya tried their utmost to execute as much content as possible. Ok so it was not the height of technical mastery but he fully engaged in every style of dance required of him. He took the process seriously but also had a laugh and a lot of fun at the same time.
For me he struck the perfect balance.
From a dance technique point of view he could have gone out weeks ago but he defied exit through capturing the spirit of every dance in a remarkable fashion.
Of all the 'entertainer' type celebs to have competed I would say Ed is the one I have appreciated the most.
His dignity in exit is superceded only by his honesty of endeavour and I thank him for that. He should absolutely walk away with his head held high.
Well done Sir.
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Old 28-11-2016, 15:25
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This from Money Lisa on the Want to see Brendan and Anton thread:

I like to imagine them sitting at the back of the Clauditorium each week, sitting on a couple of fold-away chairs, with a plate of sandwiches and a couple of cans of Super-lager, whilst wearing tartan slippers with pom-poms on them and yelling "undermarked" at everyone!.
Followed by this response from ags:

And muttering, 'we'd never have got away with that in our day'.
Which one would be Cissie and which one Ada?
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Old 29-11-2016, 00:24
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A bit late in the day but the ever brilliant Oicho Throw from the five thoughts thread.

1 - I've been having some trouble getting the MG into first and second gear. I now know it's because Darcey's wearing them on her ears

2 - AJ's argentine tango looked less like a dance, and more like a stressed out dad trying to load a naughty toddler into a buggy.

3 - Katja's dress looked exactly like what I see when I'm about to get a migraine.

4 - You could hear the judges' brains grinding as they tried to find appropriate jokes about a "tribal" samba danced by a black woman.

5 - At multiple points in their Paso Ore looked like he was summoning a kamehameha.
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Old 29-11-2016, 09:09
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Discussion in the NAT thread about possible themes for Jo's costume (knowing that Ore is going to be Willy Wonka):

And now, PoorOre has to be Willy Wonka. I hope in his head he's not seeing himself as the Johnny Depp version ... because between Joanne (Violet Beauregard*? Verucca Salt? Mrs Bucket?) and Ward Robe no chance. They got a full pack of those carpet tiles - it's a wig, at least.

I wonder, if at the end of the series he ever hears Robbie Williams 'Candy' he will hide behind the couch, curled in a ball and have to be calmed with a Hobnob?

(* that would be worth it just for the challenge to makeup and props, and to see what Bruno could come up with. Would make Gavin turning Katya bad by messing her hair and changing her frock look very small fry)
Considering that the Producer seems happy to throw Joanne and Ore under the bus, possibly to deflect from their Pro Kevin Agenda, I'm fully expecting Joanne to be dressed as an Oompah Loompa
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Old 04-12-2016, 02:47
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This from the Unappreciation thread commenting live on Saturday Musicals show. Made me laugh!

Not The Sodding Backing Dancers Again Ffs.
That's the wording of the actual advert for dancing extras.
"Sodding Backing Dancers required "
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Old 04-12-2016, 13:06
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Posting for durnovarian:

They binned the salsa back in about 2008.
Spot on! Needs to be POTD but I'm rubbish at quoting across threads.
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Old 11-12-2016, 12:01
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From the NAT, in response to another poster saying they thought Danny's salsa wa the worst dance of the night:

Nope, that would be the Del Monte Fruit Salad Samba/Salsa/whatevs, with the Frey Bentos Tango coming a close second. It had as much to do with Argentina as a tin of corned beef but about the same amount of bull.
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Old 12-12-2016, 19:07
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Nay to the naysayers!

For those saying Louise has not had a 'journey' - a rethink is needed.
She HAS progressed.



She now occasionally looks up from the floor and has been seen out shopping with the top button of her cardigan unfastened.

It's amazing.
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Old 13-12-2016, 08:51
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Another thought on Louise's journey from the NAT thread:

As I said on Saturday, her journey has been from "shy mum" to "drunk mum at a wedding who embarrasses everybody by having a go"
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Old 13-12-2016, 10:22
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My post of the series, I think. From Louises' Popularity thread.

Louise has a certain grace, elegance, innocence and sincerity in her dancing. This combined with what seems to be a very down to earth and unassuming nature is I suspect a major part of her popularity with some of the public.
Different viewers will want different things from dance routines and from the celebs involved.
We all look at dance through different eyes and have different feelings through watching different types of personalities. This is a great thing. If we all liked the same people doing the same things in the same way the world would be a terribly boring place.
Louise embodies an understanding of that and the vanilla vision in one pair of eyes is the vision of beautiful motion in another. I think all three finalists have plenty of good about them in different ways. I would like to think it is time to focus on that now. What's done is done.
Let's encourage the remaining couples to put on the best final they can and embrace the experience.

Such a refreshing change from all the snide comments that seem to be the staple fare on this forum.
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Old 13-12-2016, 13:29
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Oicho Throw reminding us as only he/she can that AJ is the same age as Aljaz was when he first started on Strictly - in the 'Are there any professional dancers you don't want back next year' thread:

Thing is, Aljaz was a great big hunk of sexy rugged Frankenstein, while I keep waiting for the doe to come in and lick the last of the mucus off of AJ...
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Old 17-12-2016, 21:51
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A discussion in the NAT thread on the many faces of Ore ...

Ore looked decidedly bored at the end
I think it was actually dehydration from all the crying
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