Good times! 
He won't win but I would like him to stay in as long as possible.
He won't win but I would like him to stay in as long as possible.
Poor Donal Was Severely Undermarked...!!!
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Ah brilliant! 
Glad he was called early too, so I wasn't in suspense.
Hope the fall hasn't knocked his confidence and he can build on the better aspects of the routine for next week!
Glad he was called early too, so I wasn't in suspense.
Hope the fall hasn't knocked his confidence and he can build on the better aspects of the routine for next week!
He was great, the recovery from his slip was good, he just picked the routine up again, he should of had better marks. Second best of the night IMO.
I think we should all join forces and vote for our man next week
I usually detest the 'J word' but Donal's journey is proving a joy to watch.
He's come on leaps and bounds and seems like a genuinely nice fella.
I usually detest the 'J word' but Donal's journey is proving a joy to watch.
He's come on leaps and bounds and seems like a genuinely nice fella.
Originally Posted by Sid_1979:
“I think we should all join forces and vote for our man next week
I usually detest the 'J word' but Donal's journey is proving a joy to watch.
He's come on leaps and bounds and seems like a genuinely nice fella.”
“I think we should all join forces and vote for our man next week
I usually detest the 'J word' but Donal's journey is proving a joy to watch.
He's come on leaps and bounds and seems like a genuinely nice fella.”
Hi Sid, nice to be able to agree with you on something for a change
I'm not so much into the 'journey' kinda thing but I do like someone who gives their all and takes some risks and I think Donal's the one who's really going for it. I'm definitely starting to like him a lot.
Plus you can't help rooting for someone who doesn't have the soap/pop star previous exposure and has an unknown partner to boot.
I'd like to see him in the final with Ray and Jessica
Originally Posted by Esqualita:
“Esqualita is secretly dreaming of being the filling in a Donal and Pavel sandwich...”
“Esqualita is secretly dreaming of being the filling in a Donal and Pavel sandwich...”
So is Pint of Stella! God, that sounds fabulous!Hey, I tell you who else I decided is hot tonight - Coleen's partner, Stuart. What a body!
I sound like some awful over-hormonal old woman!
Originally Posted by Pint of Stella:
“ So is Pint of Stella! God, that sounds fabulous!
Hey, I tell you who else I decided is hot tonight - Coleen's partner, Stuart. What a body!
I sound like some awful over-hormonal old woman!”
“
So is Pint of Stella! God, that sounds fabulous!Hey, I tell you who else I decided is hot tonight - Coleen's partner, Stuart. What a body!
I sound like some awful over-hormonal old woman!
”
You can keep Stuart-I'm having Pavel. I'm sure we can share Donal.
i thought he did well too. Maybe the 4.5 from nicky was a bit OTT but it was nearer to the mark then Ruch or Jason.
Originally Posted by Esqualita:
“You can keep Stuart-I'm having Pavel. I'm sure we can share Donal.”
“You can keep Stuart-I'm having Pavel. I'm sure we can share Donal.”
Sounds good to me!
I'm sure we can come to some arrangement!
Originally Posted by Pint of Stella:
“Hey, I tell you who else I decided is hot tonight - Coleen's partner, Stuart. What a body!”
“Hey, I tell you who else I decided is hot tonight - Coleen's partner, Stuart. What a body!”
Any man's body would be incredibly toned if they had to lift Coleen on a regular basis
Originally Posted by N X M:
“Hi Sid, nice to be able to agree with you on something for a change
I'm not so much into the 'journey' kinda thing but I do like someone who gives their all and takes some risks and I think Donal's the one who's really going for it. I'm definitely starting to like him a lot.
Plus you can't help rooting for someone who doesn't have the soap/pop star previous exposure and has an unknown partner to boot.
I'd like to see him in the final with Ray and Jessica”
“Hi Sid, nice to be able to agree with you on something for a change
I'm not so much into the 'journey' kinda thing but I do like someone who gives their all and takes some risks and I think Donal's the one who's really going for it. I'm definitely starting to like him a lot.
Plus you can't help rooting for someone who doesn't have the soap/pop star previous exposure and has an unknown partner to boot.
I'd like to see him in the final with Ray and Jessica”
We had to agree sooner or later mate
I agree with all your points
Originally Posted by tabithakitten:
“Not now!
Not a coincidence, I think, that his lower marks came from the judges who know (relatively) little about skating. Technique wise, I thought he was miles better than last week despite the fall and his performance was light years better! (Okay I'm exaggerating a little now but still...)
I'm in serious danger of taking a vehement dislike to Zoe Salmon despite her undoubted potential, simply because Ruthie Henshall appears to be marking from somewhere in her small intestine.
Must not let this happen. It is not Zoe's fault.”
“Not now!
Not a coincidence, I think, that his lower marks came from the judges who know (relatively) little about skating. Technique wise, I thought he was miles better than last week despite the fall and his performance was light years better! (Okay I'm exaggerating a little now but still...)
I'm in serious danger of taking a vehement dislike to Zoe Salmon despite her undoubted potential, simply because Ruthie Henshall appears to be marking from somewhere in her small intestine.
Must not let this happen. It is not Zoe's fault.”
Zoe is my favourite but Ruthie's marking drives me crazy, she's incapable of being objective!
Originally Posted by BuddyBontheNet:
“I'm liking Donal more and more each week and hope he continues to improve.”
“I'm liking Donal more and more each week and hope he continues to improve.
”
You know what you've earnt yourself don't you Buddy.....
It was a good performance. However, I was mostly interested in his partner. Why have a never noticed her before...!?
Originally Posted by dollydaydream13:
“It was a good performance. However, I was mostly interested in his partner. Why have a never noticed her before...!?”
“It was a good performance. However, I was mostly interested in his partner. Why have a never noticed her before...!?
”
She's beautiful - I love her name too.
Originally Posted by Esqualita:
“Esqualita is secretly dreaming of being the filling in a Donal and Pavel sandwich...”
“Esqualita is secretly dreaming of being the filling in a Donal and Pavel sandwich...”
Room for any more filling in that sandwich? Although a little extra sprinkle of Donal would be more to my taste
But he needs to stop losing so much weight!
Originally Posted by Kestral73:
“Am glad he's got through seems the public thought he deserved to stay too.”
“Am glad he's got through seems the public thought he deserved to stay too.
”
Me too. He was absurdly undermarked by Jason and Ruthie..aren't they supposed to take the difficulty of the routine into account ? Some of the male pros are smart, they can keep their celeb partners in hold, posing or off the ice altogether..the male celebs dont have that luxury.
Originally Posted by RichmondBlue:
“Me too. He was absurdly undermarked by Jason and Ruthie..aren't they supposed to take the difficulty of the routine into account ? Some of the male pros are smart, they can keep their celeb partners in hold, posing or off the ice altogether..the male celebs dont have that luxury.”
“Me too. He was absurdly undermarked by Jason and Ruthie..aren't they supposed to take the difficulty of the routine into account ? Some of the male pros are smart, they can keep their celeb partners in hold, posing or off the ice altogether..the male celebs dont have that luxury.”
Ruthie and Jason have no business being on the panel in the first place and their scoring of Donal proved this.
Performing on ice and performing on stage are worlds apart. I strongly believe that you need experience of the former to be able to judge it.
Those that watch profressional ice skating would appreciate that Donal offered a far better interpretation of the music than many of the other celebs that scored more than him.
*sigh* he's lovely. He can come across the sea and investigate me whenever he likes; I won't underscore him
Originally Posted by miss_minervois:
“*sigh* he's lovely. He can come across the sea and investigate me whenever he likes; I won't underscore him”
“*sigh* he's lovely. He can come across the sea and investigate me whenever he likes; I won't underscore him”
I'll send him your way when I've finished with him - I hope the man's got plenty of stamina
Had to vote for the lovely Donal tonight. Loved his performance and his skating skills are pretty neat too. He did a hydroglide last week and this week a back teapot to spiral - impressive. And he really seemed to be giving it his all. Florentine's exhortations to 'present' seemed to have worked. Loved the ending.
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