He used to be a drag queen it doesn't surprise me

Oh dear. You are on your lonesome. We all think she rocks, dances like a Goddess and has legs to die for

Did she say no to you,once upon a time? Or does she remind you of someone who told you to .......... once upon a time?

I've met her a couple of times, and she's always a delight

I think Natalie is lovely, one of the nicest female dancers this year and for the last few years as well.
This year has been the worst for posters having a moanfest about dancers. and their dislike of them.

Erm...nope, not all

I usually actively like her in fairness but the last few weeks not so much. Nothing major, no great hate just in probably same way other pros are not always liked.

Please don't do a Tess and tell us what we all love, you're better than that.

I don't HATE Natalie (I don't know her for a start) but she does annoy me a great deal, I found her so much more appealing when she was just having fun with an older contestant who had no chance of winning.

I keep scrolling past and reading the thread title as 'Greg is great... Natalie is thoroughly unkillable' and then I say to myself 'yeah, that's probably true.' (She's made of titanium)

No. It's not really.

I think we can see by the posts that the poster is not in their lonesome

What a nasty and quite frankly, pointless thread. Yes you are entitled to an opinion, we all are, but why start a thread when you are just really making statement? How can there be room for discussion when you and most of the FM's have not even met Natalie or know her? I have met her at Blackpool and feel she is a most caring and genuine person, a very likeable and lovely lady. She is a first class professional, fantastic dancer, teacher and choreographer. Can't agree with you at all.

Good post Jennifer!!
Glad you got to meet Natalie and nice to hear she is as lovely as many of us think she is.

Odd, isn't it? When my eye catches the thread title all I can see is that "Natalie is thoroughly unlickable."

I think Natalie exudes positivity the whole time, she doesn't change whether she has a duffer or a contender.

With both Ricky Whittle and Greg( who has some potential to do well ) and she keeps talking them up that positivity could come across as someone who is over confident and competitive.

When she was saying the same things with her less able contestants it came across as supportive.

I don't think I have ever heard her be less than positive about any of her celebs, it's just in context that saying " we could go all the way" to a Michael Vaughn could seem different that to a Greg.

I don't think Greg will go much further, he is hampered by the things that have made him great at long jumping, his strength , stance and way he moves. He has reached his limit I think he will be gone in a couple of weeks.

With Natalie proclaiming how wonderful he is the whole time, as she does for everyone.

Saying that he has been the only person she has ever danced with evah to lead her properly/to express himself/to give her the best dance of her life.

Surely, no one (not even Greg) really believes that A Greg can lead better than A Brendan?

I think this is probably the case and I think a big problem this year is she can't talk about what's hindering her i.e. being giving utterly inappropriate music to do a specify dance because she can't bite the hand that feeds so she's spinning like a top to justify some of her choreography decisions. I also think she is not someone who likes being negative and sometimes this makes her comes across about Pollyanna like deluded and she is someone who believes that the way to get the best out of someone or to enhance their experience on the show is to be positive with and about them. She probably believes in using the carrot to motivate people rather the stick. I wonder as well if she's got used to in the past two years showbiz types who don't respond well to being told the brutal truth and she's forgotten that some people can actually handle it.

Sadly I agree with the last part and I think they both know it but they've made Blackpool and in a strong field like this year that's no mean feat. They've had to fight for their place there and they did it with aplomb.

Not so perfect Natalie then, she tells porky pies.

Seriously what male (and some females!) wouldn't want a bit of this

http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...psdj1u4dam.jpg

It's the opposite for me!

She needs to wear a bra. That top leaves nothing to the imagination.

Natalie is an attractive woman but she is not a beauty, not facially.

Year, We Love Nat, down with Gregg!! Boo !!

To be fair, I think all the pro's have to be accomplished in the little white lie department else a good two thirds of the celebs would never make it onto the dance floor

This sad individual actually created TWO separate threads to vent his spleen over Natalie, and that is with a total of just FIVE messages.

He seems to have scuttled back underneath the stone where he crawled from, and hopefully we have heard the last of him.

Her and Oti are now my favorite pros but this is the first time since she has been on this show that I have been thoroughly annoyed with her. She is just so OTT and a tad too desperate with Greg this year and I find it very off putting. I was rooting for her at the beginning like I do every series but she lost me about a few weeks ago. I really can't stand this partnership anymore and quite frankly I can't wait till they get eliminated.

But going back to the op, she is a sweetheart, she really is. Something is just not working with this partnership imo and yeah I'll leave at that.

Oh yes indeedy

I like both Greg and Natalie.