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Leicester_Hunk

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by MaggieMcGee:
“We don't. We can but speculate by what we see week on week. Thus far neither Ed's or Rob's support has been fully tested although last week gave us the closest hint. We have no idea about Danny and Louise and, unless things go awry with the judges' voting, I doubt we will ever know as these seem a shoe-in for the final. The final 3 and 4 is to be fought by Claudia, Ed, Ore and Robert based upon public vs judge voting thus far.”

It's a SHOO-IN !!!!

Bouzouki Boy

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by What name??:
“And that is why I think whether Ed survives depends on the ranking. Not convoluted stuff about ties and where but the top two places.

When your favorite is one of the contenders and comes in at 1 or 2 then you can afford to gift Ed a few votes. Because then they are unlikely to be in the dance off and more likely to beat anyone who goes up against them because the judges like their dance. There has never been a dance off between (1) and (2) as far as I can recall and I don't think it's possible. But clearly anyone in either position probably out-dance any of of the others.

My theory is that if Danny tops the leader board and Claudia is second then Ed is most likely to survive as I think those are the two with the largest support and their supporters can feel fairly relaxed that they are safe and so can go for the more entertaining dancer.”

Never assume the people you want will be safe, you have to vote for them. People didn't bother voting in the referendum or voted one way thinking that the vote wouldn't matter. likewise the election in the US - look what happened. My advice, vote for who you want to keep - BTW - the fact that we can vote multiple times is a nonsense and leads to racking up huge phone bills, for what? A dance show. Come on folks, get a sense of perspective

Fuchsia Groan

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by aimeeaimee1000:
“I think now is the right time for Ed to go I want the best dancers left for the final not another Chris Hollinsclough.”

No, I don't want another Chris Hollinsclough either.

Who's Chris Hollinsclough?

Bouzouki Boy

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by aimeeaimee1000:
“I think now is the right time for Ed to go I want the best dancers left for the final not another Chris Hollinsclough.”

And thus disenfranchising all of the people who vote/support Ed Balls. You have no right to dictate what we should all be watching. The title of the show (as it is not a programme) is Strictly Come Dancing, which is about as accurate as the Sun or Mail calling describing themselves as a newspaper.

The next step is to suggest that the final should only include Danny and Louise (or dancers of their ilk and that would also preclude Ore).

As has been said to death, and no doubt it will have to be repeated a zillion times, this is not a dance show (check out the original idea for the show). Should all of the slebs have to audition to demonstrate their prowess at dancing?

Personally, I think the Beeb should only play classical music, ballet, plays by Ibsen, comedy by Shakespeare and documentaries subjected to peer review by academics.

katt

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by calamity:
“How do any of us know what the public vote really is,”

we dont!

we can only guess who is leading the public vote by who is avoiding the bottom 2

roseblue1

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Fuchsia Groan:
“No, I don't want another Chris Hollinsclough either.

Who's Chris Hollinsclough? ”

Monkseal

22-11-2016

What we know about the votes of the remaining against one another :

Claudia : beat Ore in Week 7, lost to Ed, Louise, Ore and Rinder in Week 9
Danny : beat Ore in Wk 7,
Ed : beat Ore in Week 7, beat Claudia in Week 9
Louise : beat Claudia in Week 9
Ore : lost to Claudia, Danny, Ed, and Rinder in Week 7, beat Claudia in Week 9
Rinder : beat Ore in Week 7, beat Claudia in Week 9

Cadiva

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by calamity:
“The Judge can dance though. I like Ed and hes put so much into learning steps but hes clearly out of his league.”

Ed can dance, he's performing dance steps. Yes, he's not as gifted as the remaining contestants but it's doing him a disservice to say (generic not you in particular) that he cannot dance.

This is the beauty of dance as a medium for expression and enjoyment, you don't have to be good at it to love it

Monkseal

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Bouzouki Boy:
“And thus disenfranchising all of the people who vote/support Ed Balls. You have no right to dictate what we should all be watching. The title of the show (as it is not a programme) is Strictly Come Dancing, which is about as accurate as the Sun or Mail calling describing themselves as a newspaper.

The next step is to suggest that the final should only include Danny and Louise (or dancers of their ilk and that would also preclude Ore).

As has been said to death, and no doubt it will have to be repeated a zillion times, this is not a dance show (check out the original idea for the show). Should all of the slebs have to audition to demonstrate their prowess at dancing?

Personally, I think the Beeb should only play classical music, ballet, plays by Ibsen, comedy by Shakespeare and documentaries subjected to peer review by academics.”

Fairly sure the poster is allowed an opinion on who they'd like to leave next to be honest.

Bouzouki Boy

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Monkseal:
“Fairly sure the poster is allowed an opinion on who they'd like to leave next to be honest.”

True - just getting a bit ragged by the wars that seem to be starting. Time for me to retreat I think. Thank you for the reprimand - sincerely

kaycee

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Cadiva:
“Children in Need is a charity so the BBC still didn't receive it. Yes it is a BBC established charity but it's run independently.

The BBC issue was because of phone votes to name a cat on Blue Peter when it was discovered the cat had already been named and so people were phoning up to vote, costing them money, when it was a foregone conclusion.
At that point Ofcom stepped in and said only programmes which were actual fund raising telethones like Children in Need, Text Santa etc, could use phone votes as a method of raising money. Hence the CiN fund raising stopped on Strictly and the cost of the call dropped.

(sorry if it sounds like I'm banging on about it but as a journalist at the time, I wrote an awful lot of stories about the funding rows )”

No apology needed - you have said in a much more coherent fashion what I was trying to say. I'd forgotten the "cat naming" debacle, but I'm sure there were worse on other channels?

MaggieMcGee

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Bouzouki Boy:
“True - just getting a bit ragged by the wars that seem to be starting. Time for me to retreat I think. Thank you for the reprimand - sincerely”

Don't go! At least not from the E&K Appreciation Thread

MorticiaA

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Tinkle:
“rather have Louise and Ore in the dance off”

Now that would be amusing.

pabird

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Amaluna:
“Ed can ways make a surprise with the tango, you never know.”

So long as he does not turn the tango into a side by side clappy hands misnomer

robbleona

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Stuart25:
“It doesn't work like that - the Cha Cha Cha-athon points are added to the judges scores (i.e. if Ed got 24 for his Tango it would be 24 + 1 = 25), and then the judges points ranking is generated from that combined score.”

yeah ED WILL BE BOTTOM WHATEVER...but surely he will still only be a point below the next one up...ie. danny 6, louise 5...down to ed 1??
THEY have to make the public vote worthwhile!! remember tom chambers!!

Gobby moo

22-11-2016

Ed is not my fav but there is an increasing part of me that wants him to keep going just to spite thoes that want hin out.

Gobby moo

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Tinkle:
“rather have Louise and Ore in the dance off”

Now this wiuld be something. But i am biased i prefer louise in this.. i just want the judges to not have it easy.

yellowlabbie

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Leicester_Hunk:
“It's a SHOO-IN !!!!

”

Why are you so mad?

jay_b1

22-11-2016

I would love it! Somehow I think he'll scrape by though... even with the Cha Cha-athon

I predict on the Cha Cha's thus far the points will be:

AJ & Claudia : 6
Louise & Kev : 5
Judge & Oks : 4
Danny & Oti : 3
Ore & Joe : 2
Kaya & Ed : 1

Danny was too "showy" in his Cha Cha and that'll knock points off from the judges!

Phalaris

22-11-2016

Ed has some plausible tango music and could quite easily sail through this week. Ore, Claudia and Rindy could all be in trouble, however. Not great music for any of them and dances which may not suit at least two.

David Wright

22-11-2016

I think we have a "shock" this week and then (hopefully) Ed goes next week.

edy10

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by poshnosh:
“Is this an instruction? ”

LaughingSock

22-11-2016

Based on the way this year has gone, I'm not holding out hope for it. In fact, I'm pretty much going to just assume he's going to win the whole show from now on and not bother being frustrated by it anymore.

water_carrier

22-11-2016

Ed is undoubtedly popular. Who's to say he won't escape elimination this week.

edy10

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Amaluna:
“Ed can ways make a surprise with the tango, you never know.”

I think he will. He is much better in the Ballroom and besides Danny he has the best song this week. I honestly think that he can escape the bottom 2 this week. IMO the bottom 2 this weekend is between Ore, Claudia and the judge .

Originally Posted by katt:
“considering Ed is better at ballroom than latin AND his quickstep was a revelation I think he will be fine in his tango

as for being out this weekend - dont hold your breath! Im not sure Ed is going anywhere tbh

exactly what Polly T has said

the judges need to be very, very careful otherwise there will be another "Tom Chambers" situation on their hands”

I concur.

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