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Old 18-12-2016, 07:18
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She had won the cha cha challenge, so they wanted to see how she applied it to that dance. She didn't, did she.
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Old 18-12-2016, 07:25
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It wasn't just that dance that was bad, it was that leotard. Although the outfits are chosen for them, I think they do have a say in what they wear. So she must think she looked good in it. Unfortunately I didn't think it was a good look. Imo, she shouldn't have been in the final anyway.
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Old 18-12-2016, 09:09
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I really don't think it's the judges that choose the dance, and I've thought this for a few years now.
True, like all reality programs decisions are made by the producers.
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Old 18-12-2016, 09:19
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IMO, The judges had to choose a Latin for Louise as the other two dances were ballroom. Out of the Latin:

1) Samba - her weakest dance.
2) Salsa- missed it
3) Jive - Coudn't have matched Ore's
4) Paso - I think she scored very high in Blackpool, how to improve??
5) Charleston - I don't think classified as Latin, but Louise couldn't have handled the fast dance with another two dances on the night.
6) Cha cha - only choice
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Old 18-12-2016, 09:35
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I felt very sorry for Louise when I saw her having to dance the CCC again - not an especially good dance for her, and dressed in a leotard -when both Ore and Danny were given dances that they excelled in first time around. They also had the glamour of great costuming and good music etc where she had none of that. I felt uncomfortable for her.
As a viewer who enjoyed lots of her dances all series it was a shame. I did like her cha cha but it didn't suit her like some of the other dances did. The costume worked against her too as there was nothing to accentuate the movement of the dance. I'd have preferred to see her VW.
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Old 18-12-2016, 09:39
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I think the idea was that they thought (like Ore) that with her improved performance skills, confidence and techniques that a decent dance would become great. Unfortunately she still looked highly uncomfortable doing it.
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Old 18-12-2016, 10:08
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I get the reasoning that she won (?) the ChaCha Challenge, but that was traditional ChaCha to an appropriate song, this routine was a ChaCha shoe-horned into a theme week song, not easy to transfer skills into a routine with very few similar steps
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Old 18-12-2016, 10:08
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There was a lot of people crying fix when L & K were awarded top marks for the cha cha challenge .... maybe then the judges saw an improvement in the challenge and to shut up the doubters they gave her this dance again. Just an idea and I am not a L & K fan so just trying to be reasonable with the explanation and of course I could be totally wrong
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Old 18-12-2016, 10:34
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To prove it is actually possible to do a dance worse the second time around?
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Old 18-12-2016, 12:52
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IMO, The judges had to choose a Latin for Louise as the other two dances were ballroom. Out of the Latin:
Why? Her own choice was a Latin. She ended up doing two Latin dances when her strength is in ballroom.

They could have given Ore his Cha Cha , which was also his lowest scoring dance, as this was for Louise and let him dance it in his underpants, just to show the improvement in his technique.

The point is the other choices were from the finalists very best dances which had clear potential to score maximums.

There was no way on Gods earth was Louise ever going to score that dance as a maximum, if the judges looked at it objectively. It was over scored the first time round, as they went easy on her because of the leotard and her obvious embarrassment.



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Old 18-12-2016, 12:59
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Why? Her own choice was a Latin. She ended up doing two Latin dances when her strength is in ballroom.

They could have given Ore his Cha Cha , which was also his lowest scoring dance, as this was for Louise and let him dance it in his underpants, just to show the improvement in his technique.

The point is the other choices were from the finalists very best dances which had clear potential to score maximums.

There was no way on Gods earth was Louise ever going to score that dance as a maximum, if the judges looked at it objectively. It was over scored the first time round, as they went easy on her because of the leotard and her obvious embarrassment.


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Hahaha you made me laugh!

Good post also.
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Old 18-12-2016, 13:08
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I agree that she was given her worst dance. Out of all her dances I only liked her AT but any of them would have been better than the one they picked. I thought that it was horrid and cringy the first time around. Was surprised they picked that one.
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Old 18-12-2016, 13:39
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Why? Her own choice was a Latin. She ended up doing two Latin dances when her strength is in ballroom.

They could have given Ore his Cha Cha , which was also his lowest scoring dance, as this was for Louise and let him dance it in his underpants, just to show the improvement in his technique.

The point is the other choices were from the finalists very best dances which had clear potential to score maximums.

There was no way on Gods earth was Louise ever going to score that dance as a maximum, if the judges looked at it objectively. It was over scored the first time round, as they went easy on her because of the leotard and her obvious embarrassment.



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I don't think AT is classified as a Latin. May be some dance experts can clarify??.
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Old 18-12-2016, 14:50
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I don't think AT is classified as a Latin. May be some dance experts can clarify??.
I guess it is a latin dance as it comes from latin america, but it doesn't not fall under the umbrella of "competitive latin and ballroom" - the dances strictly is based around that the professionals compete in outside of strictly.

I would class it with salsa and charleston as essentially a stage version of a social dance (tenuous with charleston I guess) but that's just my opinion.
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Old 18-12-2016, 15:02
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The judges often choose a low scoring dance in order to see if the couple can improve on their marks, and also demonstrate how their technique has grown.

Do wish people would do some research and go back to look at previous series (all on YouTube) before putting up silly posts.

If Louise had not liked her cha cha cha costume, she could always have asked Vikki in the costume department to alter it.
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Old 18-12-2016, 15:20
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I wasn't a big Louise fan but I think she got royally screwed with that dance choice. Her AS or Waltz would have been much fairer in comparison to what the boys were given.
HAVE TO ADMIT THE SAME HERE...but

The judges choice favoured ore more than danny...the QS was never going to be a real vote -winner for danny however well (or badly) he performed it. Ore's on the other hand, with Gene Kelly's flipping widow thrown in for good measure....!
And yes.....that dance for louise was a marmite moment I guess...some would have liked it , others........not so much!!
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Old 18-12-2016, 15:49
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they chose it because like they say they choose a dance where they think the celeb could improve, Louise could definatley have done that one better therefore it was the one chosen by the judges
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Old 18-12-2016, 16:04
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they chose it because like they say they choose a dance where they think the celeb could improve, Louise could definatley have done that one better therefore it was the one chosen by the judges
It is the equity of the choices. If they had done that with the other dancers then fine.

They didn't for Ore, they chose one of his very best dances, one that might have scored a forty if it had been danced later in the series instead of week 3, al la Jay's jive. Very little room for improvement. For Danny his QS was much admired and was actually under marked at the time, very little, room for improvement.

Why didn't they choose Ore's Cha Cha, he scored 27, plenty of room for improvement or Danny's Foxtrot which scored 30?

The other dancers clearly loved doing their chosen dances at the time, Louise clearly didn't, she was uncomfortable with it and it was actually over marked originally and though performed better in the final, in no way could it said it matched the others, it was still not very good and was never likely to be, a woman in her forties with two kids doing a revealing dance like the Cha Cha in just a leotard.

Never mind amateurs, I don't think you see many 20 year old professional dancers doing Cha Cha Cha's in just a leotard, why would that be?



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Old 18-12-2016, 17:04
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Personally, no matter how nice Louise came across, she just did not connect with me. Nice girl though.
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Old 18-12-2016, 18:33
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I don't like the judges choice for the final.

In my view each of them should choose their favourite ballroom dance, their favourite latin dance and do a showdance. That way their fate is completely in their own hands. If they make the wrong choice then at least it was their own choice.
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Old 18-12-2016, 18:53
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By picking her lowest scoring dance, I think they were going for the 'Journey' angle - 'oh look how you've improved and grown in confidence since Week 3'...etc. That and 'What a Feeling' is a nice feel good track. Problem was, there was no real improvement.
So why not the same treatment for the other two? I mean, the Cha Cha Cha, for goodness sake!
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Old 18-12-2016, 18:58
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Didn't Louise win the Cha Cha group challenge?

Perhaps the judges thought this was her chance to show how much she had improved.
This exactly. The judges even mentioned this during the "judges' pick" section. She'd won the Cha Cha Challenge, therefore she had to have been able to improve on her Cha Cha....right?

The one thing they forgot is that their picking her as the winner of the Challenge was bollocks, so her being able to actually improve on her cha cha wasn't going to happen.
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Old 18-12-2016, 19:13
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It is the equity of the choices. If they had done that with the other dancers then fine.

They didn't for Ore, they chose one of his very best dances, one that might have scored a forty if it had been danced later in the series instead of week 3, al la Jay's jive. Very little room for improvement. For Danny his QS was much admired and was actually under marked at the time, very little, room for improvement.

Why didn't they choose Ore's Cha Cha, he scored 27, plenty of room for improvement or Danny's Foxtrot which scored 30?

The other dancers clearly loved doing their chosen dances at the time, Louise clearly didn't, she was uncomfortable with it and it was actually over marked originally and though performed better in the final, in no way could it said it matched the others, it was still not very good and was never likely to be, a woman in her forties with two kids doing a revealing dance like the Cha Cha in just a leotard.

Never mind amateurs, I don't think you see many 20 year old professional dancers doing Cha Cha Cha's in just a leotard, why would that be?



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Yep. Ore doing his cha cha in skimpy shorts might have made me squeal more than it did the first time he did it (until we got to the pole dancing of course!)
I was amazed he had his AS only because it was so close to his SD in style.
Either they do go for lowest mark across the board, improve it you bitches or they don't and just admit it is one they want to see again.
I personally would have loved to see Danny's foxtrot again. It was my favourite foxtrot even with the cock ups.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:05
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I really don't think it's the judges that choose the dance, and I've thought this for a few years now.
It should always be the lowest scoring dance they had so they can show how they've improved
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Old 19-12-2016, 12:52
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I don't like the judges choice for the final.

In my view each of them should choose their favourite ballroom dance, their favourite latin dance and do a showdance. That way their fate is completely in their own hands. If they make the wrong choice then at least it was their own choice.
Agree. I really do feel Louise was thrown under a bus and Ore was given preferential treatment by giving him his AS to do again. But then Gene Kelly's widow was in the audience so it was obviously all pre-planned.
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