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Old 17-12-2016, 22:45
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It seems to be the consensus that Louise & Kevin were given a bum deal when the judges chose their Cha Cha Cha as their Round 1 dance. With the added fact that it was originally their joint lowest-scoring dance, I definitely agree.

But which dance would you like to have seen them given, to make that round a whole lot fairer?

I would have liked their 'Big Spender' American Smooth.
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Old 17-12-2016, 22:51
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It seems to be the consensus that Louise & Kevin were given a bum deal when the judges chose their Cha Cha Cha as their Round 1 dance. With the added fact that it was originally their joint lowest-scoring dance, I definitely agree.

But which dance would you like to have seen them given, to make that round a whole lot fairer?

I would have liked their 'Big Spender' American Smooth.
Yes that would be good! Or their Waltz, was that the one with all the underarm turns ? I forget ! The Cha Cha Cha is such a difficult dance. I'm not sure anyone in the final would have been given that before. The fact is the judges said the idea behind their choices was a chance to improve to a 10. How she would do that, God knows ! I think she improved by 7 points which wasn't bad.
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Old 17-12-2016, 22:52
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I've never understood the Judge's pick.
They chose Louise's worst dance so that she has plenty of potential to improve (I thought it was no better than the first time she danced it), but for Danny and Ore the Judges chose dances that were almost perfect first time, in the hope that they can earn 4 tens.

I would have liked to see Danny have a chance to redo his Halloween Red Ribbon Foxtrot, this time without the mistake.
Instead he did an already high scoring QS, and made a mistake in that.....
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Old 17-12-2016, 22:53
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Her American Smooth going on the picks for the other two. That was her highest scoring outside the Argentine Tango and Paso Doble (but they couldn't do that because of the additional backing dancers in Blackpool).
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Old 17-12-2016, 22:54
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Yes that would be good! Or their Waltz, was that the one with all the underarm turns ? I forget ! The Cha Cha Cha is such a difficult dance. I'm not sure anyone in the final would have been given that before. The fact is the judges said the idea behind their choices was a chance to improve to a 10. How she would do that, God knows ! I think she improved by 7 points which wasn't bad.
They were in sabotage Louise mode. It should have been a ballroom dance.
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Old 17-12-2016, 22:58
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I agree - should have been their American Smooth.
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Old 17-12-2016, 22:59
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They were in sabotage Louise mode. It should have been a ballroom dance.
Completely agree!
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Old 17-12-2016, 23:01
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She should have had the waltz or as, Danny the cha cha cha! I'm not bothered by the end result, just didn't like the lead up to it! glad it's over in a way, normal service is resumed
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Old 27-12-2016, 16:33
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Yes that would be good! Or their Waltz, was that the one with all the underarm turns ? I forget ! The Cha Cha Cha is such a difficult dance. I'm not sure anyone in the final would have been given that before. The fact is the judges said the idea behind their choices was a chance to improve to a 10. How she would do that, God knows ! I think she improved by 7 points which wasn't bad.
It needed to be a latin dance for the reasons of contrast - rhumba was too similar to the showdance, paso too similar to the AT in mood - that doesn't leave much jive would have invited comparisons with Ore's - difficult one. AS I suppose would at least have different in mood but again invited comparisions with Ore's.
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Old 27-12-2016, 16:44
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Viennese Waltz, was one of my early favourites.
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Old 27-12-2016, 19:50
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Viennese Waltz.

Personally think American Smooths should not be chosen as re-do dances for anyone due to the potential similarity to show-dances. Much better to stick to one of the no lift 10 dances.
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Old 27-12-2016, 20:38
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Viennese Waltz.

Personally think American Smooths should not be chosen as re-do dances for anyone due to the potential similarity to show-dances. Much better to stick to one of the no lift 10 dances.
Maybe it should be a new rule to bring in.
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Old 27-12-2016, 20:52
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Her Paso adapted without the backing dancers.
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Old 27-12-2016, 21:23
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Personally think American Smooths should not be chosen as re-do dances for anyone due to the potential similarity to show-dances. Much better to stick to one of the no lift 10 dances.
I second that.

Personally, I would like to see the judges pick skipped and have the couple choose both of the dances they would like to redo with the following rules: must be chosen among the 10 ballroom dances (so no AT, Salsa, AS, Charleston etc.), 1 standard and 1 latin. Together with the show dance it displays the versatility (or lack thereof) of the couple.
I am on the fence, if you should add the rule that only dances which scored less than forty should be allowed, as I loved to see Doti's Samba again.
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Old 27-12-2016, 22:22
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How about doing a dance without backing dances or props? So no tables, swings, lamp posts etc etc.
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Old 27-12-2016, 23:00
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She had some excellent dances, ones that really they couldn't do a noticeable improvement with...

Cha Cha was her chance to shine, if they had ditched the theme and went with traditional clothing it would have went much better - black on black was a huge mistake

The improvement in placing & her beaming confidence was lovely though, much better then 1st time around
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Old 28-12-2016, 07:30
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I second that.

Personally, I would like to see the judges pick skipped and have the couple choose both of the dances they would like to redo with the following rules: must be chosen among the 10 ballroom dances (so no AT, Salsa, AS, Charleston etc.), 1 standard and 1 latin. Together with the show dance it displays the versatility (or lack thereof) of the couple.
I am on the fence, if you should add the rule that only dances which scored less than forty should be allowed, as I loved to see Doti's Samba again.
In the past before series eight (2010) the couple picked two dances to repeat in the final but it had to be one latin and one ballroom (charleston was allowed to be counted as latin in series seven - AT was confined to the semis so wasn't allowed anyway) possibly something to be said for that. The judges do tend to pick the opposite disapline to the one the couples dance is in - so Lou got a latin dance and the two guys who'd picked latin dances had ballroom dances. That said maybe picking the judges's pick ought to be a more collabative process.
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Old 29-12-2016, 22:58
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Yes that would be good! Or their Waltz, was that the one with all the underarm turns ? I forget ! The Cha Cha Cha is such a difficult dance. I'm not sure anyone in the final would have been given that before. The fact is the judges said the idea behind their choices was a chance to improve to a 10. How she would do that, God knows ! I think she improved by 7 points which wasn't bad.
I agree with you. I hated the outfit. Poor Louise.
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Old 29-12-2016, 23:17
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Yes that would be good! Or their Waltz, was that the one with all the underarm turns ? I forget ! The Cha Cha Cha is such a difficult dance. I'm not sure anyone in the final would have been given that before. The fact is the judges said the idea behind their choices was a chance to improve to a 10. How she would do that, God knows ! I think she improved by 7 points which wasn't bad.
Well, to be fair for years, the cha cha was considered the entry level Latin and used for half the celebs for the first dance. Of course now, every dance is deemed to be hard and especially difficult for the male celebs/female celebs/tall/short/young/old/shy/outgoing.

It's been redone in the final a few times as well - Alesha, Lisa, Natalie, Caroline and Mark - and for Caroline and Mark it was judges pick for both.

I think she could have had better picks, but it wasn't unprecedented.
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