Originally Posted by interband7996:
“ (Explains Samantha going before Steve!!)”
Samatha went early because she wasnt that good, as i said on another thread
"Samantha Mumba was very much like Zaraah, it was just even worse with her. Her solo skating was weak, there was very little of it and she showed real fear while performing and seemed like she didn't want to be there. Like Zaraah in hold she was fairly steady and in lift she was pretty graceful BUT unlike Zaraah her fear wasnt just restricted to skating but also coming out of lifts. You will notice if you watch her performances back that her Partner would have to come to a near stop after every lift so she could be placed back on the ice rather than the dismount being a smooth continuous movement.
Again like Zaraah her background is such that the personality side when on the Ice shouldnt have come into it, no matter how scared or unhappy she was was she should have like Suzanne, Gareth and Chris been able to flick a switch and put across a "I'm happy and having fun" persona"
Originally Posted by Tom1007:
“Zaraah was good when she came into it and she was definitely up there in the top 3 and has remained like that through the competition but she has had a couple of bad weeks so I would imagine she has lost quite a lot of her fan base. She hasn't progressed as much as the others have but I still think she could make the final. The final 2 is definitely going to be Suzanne and Chris so third place will be between Zaraah and Gareth all depending on who is saved in next weeks skate off.”
The first week is somewhat misleading. Like everyone at the time I thought "wow" but having rewatched it since I think alot of it was down to the elegant lifts and probally the fact we still had aggie in who could skate and couldn't even be flung around very elegantly. The skating content really is lacking in that routine and its not actually as good as it seemed.
Originally Posted by Katenutzs:
“As the thread is titled ''Zaraah doesn't deserve to be a female Steve Backley!'' no she dosent because Steve actually danced on his own more than Zaraah has so far ... all her routeins have her being lifted elegantly but failing to land on the ice elegantly or holding on to her partner, rarely does she let go and actually skate/dance. When she is on her own she fumbles and looks lost.
I am puzzled as to why you need to knock Gareth to try and make Zarrah look good. If you don't like Gareth then don't vote for him but stop trying to ruffle other people by making unkind almost nasty personal comments about him.
Susanne dances a lot on her own and does complicated footwork and what can I say about Chris other than he is amazing on his own and the only thing I can say is I would like to see him dance with his partner a little more ... and I am sure he will have taken these comments on board and sort this next week.”
I actually think we may see Gareth win it as he actually finds a good middle ground between Chris and Suzanne.
Chris is clearly the most technical skater but from a dance pov he is probally the weakest. Suzanne is probably the weakest of the 2 on a technical skating pov but probably the strongest on the dance side. Gareth doesnt 'excel' on either but isn't the weakest on either and tbh probally deserves the win atm as so far he is the one who has fulfilled the concept of the show the most, that being bring the skating and the dance together in harmoney