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Week 11 is Musicals Week
cwickham
13-11-2016
Quote:
“It is time to face the music and dance! Borehamwood meets Broadway this week as the stars bring the show tunes to Strictly. The presenters and judges will kick things off by joining the professional dancers in a spectacular opening number as the curtain is raised on Musicals Week in the ballroom.

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will then welcome the celebrities back to the floor, as the five remaining couples perform a host of dance routines from hit shows, in a bid to guarantee their spot in the competition as the final draws ever-nearer.

The remaining couples have been rehearsing all week hoping that the judges’ comments will be music to their ears. Judges Len Goodman, Darcey Bussell, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli will be ready to critique the couples before the voting lines open and the public get their chance to save their favourite couple from the dance-off.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/49/scd
BeeBumble
13-11-2016
Meh just a re-hash of movie week.


Hope they don't have bloody back up dancers again.
Monkseal
13-11-2016
I'm presuming only one routine each then and they're keeping two-dance for the semis as usual. Shame, I would have liked to have seen everyone dancing every genre (although it would mean A. Tango overload in the coming week).

Hopefully the production numbers are less ridiculously overblown than last year and they try to keep the backing dancers to a minimum.
bendymixer
13-11-2016
isnt there a cha cha thon this week too?
jeffiner1892
13-11-2016
Not again. Means we'll have a repeat of someone trying to dance to a ridiculously unsuitable song a la Helen last year.
Monkseal
13-11-2016
Originally Posted by bendymixer:
“isnt there a cha cha thon this week too?”

That's the week before

Week 9 - Blackpool
Week 10 - Chachathon
Week 11 - Musicals Week
Week 12 - Semi Finals
Week 13 - Final

The end is in sight!
JohnStannard
13-11-2016
since they'll only be 5 routines a very short show I'm guessing like 50 mins long since its usually an hour when 6 dance, anyway I love musicals week look forward to it, but I'm saying that maybe because generally I'm a big fan of musicals
jiroos
13-11-2016
Originally Posted by jeffiner1892:
“Not again. Means we'll have a repeat of someone trying to dance to a ridiculously unsuitable song a la Helen last year.”

Unsuitable?

I loved her and Aljaz Paso..down to her little stumble at the end!
katmobile
13-11-2016
Originally Posted by jeffiner1892:
“Not again. Means we'll have a repeat of someone trying to dance to a ridiculously unsuitable song a la Helen last year.”

Yeah I hated that too They stitched her up. No pun intended.
notsolonely153
13-11-2016
How unnecessary.
durnovarian
13-11-2016
As long as 'musicals' means 'musicals' not 'songs from Disney' or, even worse, songs from 'faded pop star rehashes greatest hits' shows. Don't get me wrong, some of those shows are great but to call them 'songs from musicals' really annoys me. Especially as it means the show doesn't look much different from any other week then.
VicsMum
13-11-2016
No dancing teapots, it's all I ask.
DeltaBlues
13-11-2016
Originally Posted by VicsMum:
“No dancing teapots, it's all I ask.”

That's my line!
glasshalffull
13-11-2016


So much for those of us hoping for "Music that fits the dance and traditional costumes" week then
etp
13-11-2016
Oh no
mimi dlc
13-11-2016
Originally Posted by durnovarian:
“As long as 'musicals' means 'musicals' not 'songs from Disney' or, even worse, songs from 'faded pop star rehashes greatest hits' shows. Don't get me wrong, some of those shows are great but to call them 'songs from musicals' really annoys me. Especially as it means the show doesn't look much different from any other week then.”

Totally agree.

They should be dancing to songs from musicals, not songs that were shoehorned into a musical. So no Take That, Abba, Queen etc.

I'd actually love a Rogers and Hammerstein week
claire2281
13-11-2016
Good theme week. There's such a huge number of musical songs and many of them are so obviously theatrical that they can make reallt good routines.

Originally Posted by durnovarian:
“As long as 'musicals' means 'musicals' not 'songs from Disney' or, even worse, songs from 'faded pop star rehashes greatest hits' shows. Don't get me wrong, some of those shows are great but to call them 'songs from musicals' really annoys me. Especially as it means the show doesn't look much different from any other week then.”

Tbf, Disney films ARE musicals in a sense and many have become stage musicals too. Nothing wrong with that.

Things from Mama Mia and the like though? No.
Littlegreen42
13-11-2016
Shame Laura already attempted Moulin Rouge.
etp
13-11-2016
Bet you Danny gets Singin in the rain and Ed will have to be Roxie Hart in Chicago
katmobile
13-11-2016
Originally Posted by etp:
“Bet you Danny gets Singin in the rain and Ed will have to be Roxie Hart in Chicago”

We've had Singing in the Rain already - keep up.
sydrob
13-11-2016
Originally Posted by BeeBumble:
“Meh just a re-hash of movie week.”

Must admit I don't see the point of having the two themes when in Movie Week they use songs from musicals. Saying that this year most of the dances in Movie Week were from actual movies not musicals, and even those from musicals were musicals that were originally made as movies not on the stage. But then they ruined it by doing a Rogers&Hammerstein opening - should have been in Musicals Week!!!
SueDevon
13-11-2016
One of the weeks, I thought that Claudia would make a great Dorothy from Wizard of Oz (assuming she's still in). Now I'm wondering if AJ would make a great cowardly lion with that mane
James_Laverty
13-11-2016
AGAIN! Boring! Can't we have a different themed week for once?....
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Actually, scratch that. Don't want another Round the World week.
NicPlays
13-11-2016
Movies AND Musicals?? Two years in a row?? Really?!
Mystical123
13-11-2016
Yay, I love musicals week Pity they used a lot of decent musicals songs in movie week though!

Originally Posted by durnovarian:
“As long as 'musicals' means 'musicals' not 'songs from Disney' or, even worse, songs from 'faded pop star rehashes greatest hits' shows. Don't get me wrong, some of those shows are great but to call them 'songs from musicals' really annoys me. Especially as it means the show doesn't look much different from any other week then.”

Er...you do realise they are all actually musicals, right? It's not "Original Stage Productions Week", so it's never going to be all Les Mis, Phantom or Wicked, for example.

I can see argument against songs from jukebox musicals (though again, they are still musicals), but Disney films turned into stage shows have original scores rather than a host of pop songs, so I don't see why they shouldn't be used.
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