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Old 02-06-2008, 09:00
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For me Truly Scrumptious was the performance of the series. I loved it.
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Old 02-06-2008, 09:10
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I absolutely loved it too, but I do think the majority of its appeal and magic came from Gwion - I could see other girls doing it as much or more justice to it as Jessie.
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Old 02-06-2008, 10:49
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Yes, Truly Scrumptious was lovely, but to be fair; Gwion is just the definition of cuteness and that song adds to that.

I've said it before on other threads, but I'll say it again, just because I'm stubborn that way :

I think they should have had all of the girls perform with the boys more, throughout the series. I think it would have made a huge different for both the girls and the boys if we had seen more interaction. The way she connects with children is a big part of Nancy's character and I think if all the girls could have done duets with the boys, we might have had a completely different final.
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Old 02-06-2008, 10:58
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Yes, Truly Scrumptious was lovely, but to be fair; Gwion is just the definition of cuteness and that song adds to that.

I've said it before on other threads, but I'll say it again, just because I'm stubborn that way :

I think they should have had all of the girls perform with the boys more, throughout the series. I think it would have made a huge different for both the girls and the boys if we had seen more interaction. The way she connects with children is a big part of Nancy's character and I think if all the girls could have done duets with the boys, we might have had a completely different final.
Hear hear Chaperone.
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Old 02-06-2008, 11:03
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For me Truly Scrumptious was the performance of the series. I loved it.
Aww I loved it too !! tbh haven`t been a fan of Gwion but their duet together was ace. Just the right amount of balance from both Gwion and Jessie.
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Old 02-06-2008, 11:13
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I think they should have had all of the girls perform with the boys more, throughout the series. I think it would have made a huge different for both the girls and the boys if we had seen more interaction. The way she connects with children is a big part of Nancy's character and I think if all the girls could have done duets with the boys, we might have had a completely different final.
I totally agree and in general there was really not enough related to performing as Nancy in the show. If ALAHNM is Nancy's big song then it seems a little incongruous that the girls got to sing it after they were already knocked out.

However if they did do duets they probably needed to be a little more careful in choosing the songs and indeed the partners. I mean I know Sam was singing purely for herself in her duet and didn't really interact at all with Oliver, but she did seem to draw the short straw with both her Oliver and Singing In The Rain (it doesn't really work as a duet for me).
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Old 02-06-2008, 11:18
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I think they should have had all of the girls perform with the boys more, throughout the series. I think it would have made a huge different for both the girls and the boys if we had seen more interaction. The way she connects with children is a big part of Nancy's character and I think if all the girls could have done duets with the boys, we might have had a completely different final.
Completely agree, as usual! Even the two Nancy/Oliver performances they did show (Niamh's and Sarah's) were shown after the lines have closed; if they were shown on the Saturday I'm sure it would have made a difference.

I also seem to say this again and again, but I do think Sam got a raw deal in terms of her duet song. "Singin' in the rain" isn't about a child and an adult like the other two; it's not even a duet - so it's not very surprising that there wasn't much chemistry between the two, because the song didn't give them room for interaction, and the choreography wasn't as intimate as the other two's. I was also aware that they paired the youngest Nancy with the oldest Oliver and it didn't feel like a child-adult relationship, more like two individual performers on a similar footing doing their own thing, and as such wasn't the "awww cute" performance of the other two.
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Old 02-06-2008, 11:30
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Completely agree, as usual! Even the two Nancy/Oliver performances they did show (Niamh's and Sarah's) were shown after the lines have closed; if they were shown on the Saturday I'm sure it would have made a difference.
Oh, absolutely! And I even think the fact that Harry and Laurence already had the chance to show CM and ALW how they would perform with the older castmembers, might also have worked in their favour.
I also seem to say this again and again, but I do think Sam got a raw deal in terms of her duet song. "Singin' in the rain" isn't about a child and an adult like the other two; it's not even a duet - so it's not very surprising that there wasn't much chemistry between the two, because the song didn't give them room for interaction, and the choreography wasn't as intimate as the other two's. I was also aware that they paired the youngest Nancy with the oldest Oliver and it didn't feel like a child-adult relationship, more like two individual performers on a similar footing doing their own thing, and as such wasn't the "awww cute" performance of the other two.
Agreed again!
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Old 02-06-2008, 12:06
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I thought the whole thing was unbelievably cute.
If not unbearably cute.
I couldn't stop smiling the whole way through it.
I don't think that routine would have worked aswell with any of the other Nancys or olivers. I aslso quite liked Jodie's and lawrence's routine.
Sam and Harry didn't look anything like Nancy and oliver together and the song was useless.
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Old 02-06-2008, 12:15
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I think Sam song was a pink elephant.......its an adults song which is not a duet. strange choice to give her if they were going for cute......
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Old 02-06-2008, 12:25
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Here's the link if you want a little treat.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gWdOX-_K43E
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Old 02-06-2008, 12:26
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I dont really take to that Oliver...he is too.......i dont know.......just something...
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Old 02-06-2008, 12:34
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I dont really take to that Oliver...he is too.......i dont know.......just something...
Ha ha, Casper, I think we all know by now who you wanted to be Oliver! You never actually told us: how upset were you last week?
Sorry for the off-topicness...
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Old 02-06-2008, 15:23
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I agree about Gwion. There is something rather self-conscious about him, but Truly Scrumptious was his best performance, I think.
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Old 02-06-2008, 15:24
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This song just came up on my shuffle!

I do love it, one of my favourites from the whole series
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Old 02-06-2008, 15:28
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Ha ha, Casper, I think we all know by now who you wanted to be Oliver! You never actually told us: how upset were you last week?
Sorry for the off-topicness...
I know......can you believe it............I was in morning.

He was still head and shoulders better........some of them sound abit off tune....you heard it in the sam duet.

lol@chaperone.................Jonny was the best.
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Old 02-06-2008, 15:29
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hes like a little gnome................not a streetwise kid.......lol
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Old 02-06-2008, 15:43
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hes like a little gnome................not a streetwise kid.......lol
I think he's adorable, Harry and Lawrence don't look very streetwise either. More like boarding school toffs.
At least Gwion looks younger than he is. Oliver is meant to be nine or ten years old.
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Old 02-06-2008, 15:46
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I think he's adorable, Harry and Lawrence don't look very streetwise either. More like boarding school toffs.
At least Gwion looks younger than he is. Oliver is meant to be nine or ten years old.
I have to agree, before the final he was probably my least favourite of the three, but after seeing him and jessie in the duet, he was oliver definitely, he was so cute
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Old 02-06-2008, 15:50
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Niamh would have been best at Truly Scrumptious - she would be just perfect for the part.
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Old 02-06-2008, 15:53
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Niamh would have been best at Truly Scrumptious - she would be just perfect for the part.
yea but she was the same height as them...lol
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Old 02-06-2008, 15:58
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yea but she was the same height as them...lol
I don't think she was quite as small as Gwion...!
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Old 02-06-2008, 15:59
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yea but she was the same height as them...lol
Yeh Harry would have looked older.

Only joking. Don't take offence anyone
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Old 02-06-2008, 16:00
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I don't think she was quite as small as Gwion...!
I don't think she was actually short at all- she was one of the tallest, as far as I could tell! That's what annoyed me when Barry made that silly comment related to her being the same size as the Olivers (or something along those lines). Rachel is way shorter than her, for a start!
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Old 02-06-2008, 16:03
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I don't think she was actually short at all- she was one of the tallest, as far as I could tell! That's what annoyed me when Barry made that silly comment related to her being the same size as the Olivers (or something along those lines). Rachel is way shorter than her, for a start!
What about Sarah too?! Less than 5ft, the wee little thing
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