Week 5 Dances and Songs Revealed

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daziechain

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Tejas:
“Even when Ed gets a serious slow-ish dance, he gets a 'comedy' number... no doubt his routine will involve lots of marching on the spot. Sigh.”

Exactly what I thought when I heard.

Sarah777

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by claire2281:
“Anastacia, Claudia, Daisy, Greg, Judge Rinder, Laura, Lesley and Ore all have great songs!

The two rumbas are awful choices though and ridiculous choice for Ed's American Smooth. He should at least be given the chance to do a really classy AS!”

I love Louise's song ( Michael Buble's version). I think it will work.

claire2281

18-10-2016

Also, with Greg doing the cha cha, that means everyone has done it now apart from Ed.

claire2281

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Sarah777:
“I love Louise's song ( Michael Buble's version). I think it will work.”

It's a nice enough song but it's not really a rumba song imo.

Sarah777

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by claire2281:
“Also, with Greg doing the cha cha, that means everyone has done it now apart from Ed.”

I love to see Ed's Rumba or AT, it will be hilarious.

bendymixer

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by edy10:
“I love Aj and Claudia song. ..still remember strictly 2013 blackpool opening dance to that song. They better do it justice.”

I liked that group routine too - couple of ex pupils took part in that and were extras on the main dances - think it was first time Jo danced with the pros with Brendan

Jennifer_F

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by bendymixer:
“I liked that group routine too - couple of ex pupils took part in that and were extras on the main dances - think it was first time Jo danced with the pros with Brendan ”

Yes I think it was Bendy, I really enjoyed the start to that show.

Fuchsia Groan

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Tejas:
“Even when Ed gets a serious slow-ish dance, he gets a 'comedy' number... no doubt his routine will involve lots of marching on the spot. Sigh.”

Perhaps they'll have him falling off a travelator in a sentimental nod to Ronnie Corbett.

bendymixer

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Fuchsia Groan:
“Perhaps they'll have him falling off a travelator in a sentimental nod to Ronnie Corbett.”

haha could see that

Jo's boyfriends half brother is Ronnies grandson they are both 6ft 4in they must have dwarfed Ronnie from a young age

Ann_Dancer

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Tejas:
“Even when Ed gets a serious slow-ish dance, he gets a 'comedy' number... no doubt his routine will involve lots of marching on the spot. Sigh.”

I can't think of anything less smooth and sophisticated.

*Liya*

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by dancing.queen:
“Two Latins in a row for Greg... hopefully we can come together to save him from the DO.”

I was saying the other day that he may go out when he gets to the cha cha, and then they give him that this week. Let's hope i'm wrong. Great song choice for them, though.

lovecat86

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Sarah777:
“I wish someone would dance a jive to 'Uptown girl' Westlife version.
Love that song.”

Yuck! So relieved they're not. They ruined a Billy Joel classic.

Sarah777

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by lovecat86:
“Yuck! So relieved they're not. They ruined a Billy Joel classic.”

I love Westlife and I love that song. I hope someone, someday will dance a Jive to it.

missfrankiecat

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by shaposh101:
“bendymixer, can I ask what makes a good piece of rumba music? On Strictly it seems slow mushy love song usually suffices.”

I doubt Bendymixer would ever admit it but Anton's choice for Katie Derham's rhumba last year - Never by Shirley Bassey - is a classic show rhumba number. Watch the peerless Gaynor Fairweather dance it with Donnie Burns

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

Moany Liza

18-10-2016

I thought I was going mad there. I couldn't find the post I just made about this weeks music..

No wonder - there are two threads covering the same subject!

Fuchsia Groan

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by bendymixer:
“haha could see that

Jo's boyfriends half brother is Ronnies grandson they are both 6ft 4in they must have dwarfed Ronnie from a young age ”

Poor little Ronnie - I'm sure he saw the funny side of it though.

bendymixer

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by missfrankiecat:
“I doubt Bendymixer would ever admit it but Anton's choice for Katie Derham's rhumba last year - Never by Shirley Bassey - is a classic show rhumba number. Watch the peerless Gaynor Fairweather dance it with Donnie Burns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZVFtTNwsKA”

why would I not admit it ?? it's a good dance track and love Donnie and Gaynor dancing to it - can hardly compare Anton's

and think Anton was just lucky with what producers chose for him

mollsshewrote

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Cadiva:
“Some interesting choices this week, my thoughts in bold.

Ore and Joanne will be dancing the Waltz to the Claudia Streza version of 'I Will Always Love You' - that's gonna be sickly sweet then but probably beautiful and why isn't it the Whitney version cos she sang it like that first in The Bodyguard”

Completely agree, why choose to reference a lesser/karaoke version of an iconic song originally performed so majestically by a legendary artist - totally bizarre.

Sarah777

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by mollsshewrote:
“Completely agree, why choose to reference a lesser/karaoke version of an iconic song originally performed so majestically by a legendary artist - totally bizarre. ”

May be they don't have the singers to justify Whitney's version. Last week they killed
Amy's song.

Moany Liza

18-10-2016

Frankly, Dolly Parton's own version of the song is light years better than Whitney Houston's rendition.

It's a poignant love song and Whitney ruined it by bellowing like a walrus in prolonged labour.

Sarah777

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Moany Liza:
“Frankly, Dolly Parton's own version of the song is light years better than Whitney Houston's rendition.

It's a poignant love song and Whitney ruined it by bellowing like a walrus in prolonged labour. ”

I didn't know about Dolly's original version. Still prefer Whitney's version. Loved the movie.

BIB -

Doghouse Riley

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Sarah777:
“May be they don't have the singers to justify Whitney's version. Last week they killed
Amy's song.”

The original version of "I will always love you," was a nice C&W ballad. I really didn't like it as a "power ballad."

kittenkong42

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Cadiva:
“Some interesting choices this week, my thoughts in bold.

Claudia and AJ will be dancing the Samba to 'Young Hearts Run Free' by Candi Staton - Love this song, not sure it's a Samba though.”

Think it worked pretty well as a samba in 2010 when Matt Baker & Aliona scored 38 with it at Blackpool (and then full marks on pretty much every tour date...)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDzzqqUlSvU

And I really hate it when they repeat songs with the same dance - particularly when the previous version got high marks - as you're just going to compare... And that's one of the few sambas I've ever liked on Strictly

MaggieMcGee

18-10-2016

Lesley an Anton have the best song. Don Warrington danced tango to this song with Lilia Kopolova.

Moany Liza

18-10-2016

Originally Posted by Sarah777:
“I didn't know about Dolly's original version. Still prefer Whitney's version. Loved the movie.

BIB - ”

Original and best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp7DEqz_cmQ

... and of course it was Dolly who wrote it.

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