Strictly

I think Charlie must mean Claudia. I am hoping that in the final which is judged solely on public votes., people will not vote for Danny because of his previous experience !

My daughter and I must be the only ones then who thought that Elaine Page sounded great.

Each to their own callgirl1.
As a matter of interest did you used to rate Les Dawson as a pianist? (Tongue in cheek emoticon needed!)

Oh No! callgirl1 - both my husband and I thought she sounded awful. Did anyone notice that she seemed to speak a lot of the lyrics?

Les Dawson was a brilliant pianist!!

Nearly as good as Eric Morecambe who played all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order.

Thanks chelseababy I have definitely lost the plot.

It's because there are two Claudias!

It takes a good pianist to deliberately play badly and out of tune.

You can only play a piano out of tune if it is.... in need of a piano tuner. Unfortunately once the human vocal chords have deteriorated then you can't call in the larynx tuner.

You can most definitely play a tune, out of tune, on a well-tuned piano.

Elaine was out of tune on some of the lower notes.

That is called playing the wrong notes Anya.
Out of tune is when you try to hit a C and it is a C flat, or thereabouts. Or even a B.
Behind it all lies physics.

I said you can play a tune, out of tune. I teach piano.

I think you are missing the point that it's deliberate

You of course know that a C flat is a B.

Yes of course I do.
No I don't think I am. Playing the piano you either hit the right notes or you done. If it comes out sounding a quarter tone flat then it's because the piano string needs tuning. The player cannot correct this. A violin player can do their own tuning and can correct the tuning if their instrument is not tuned correctly.
People can hit the wrong notes - they don't know the correct ones or they can't discriminate between semitones so struggle with minor keys etc
Or they can know the tune and they are trying to hit the correct note but sing a little flat (more commonly than sharp). They are not vibrating their vocal chords at the correct frequency. That is equivalent to an out of tune piano. Elaine Page obviously knows the correct notes by now ! But she not able to hit them accurately any more. Which sad.
Singing slightly flat is the bane of acapella choirs as it is all too easy for a group to slide downwards in pitch an eighth or a quarter tone at a time.
But several other guests on Strictly recently have also sung really flat.

I give up.

You just don't get it do you

Know the feeling Anya LOL

I thought she sounded brilliant, I wish I could sing like that. If she was slightly off, it's probably after laughing so much at Bradley Walsh on Sunday Brunch the other week, he was hilarious. Not laughed so much in ages.

Yes, both Eric and Les were fantastic at playing the piano "wrong", again, very funny. Roll on some good tele over Christmas of the ol' 'uns.

Tele guides out for Christmas later today! Yeah!

Actually I thought Bradley Walsh was awful on Sunday Brunch.
Funny at first and then he went too far - he didn't seem to realise that there were other people on the show...it was all "Me..Me..Me" like a spoilt child!

Hotting up tonight.

So far I give them ALL 10's.

The website won't accept my votes. Must be clogged up!

Fabulous show this evening.

Wow! Ore certainly pulled two great dances out tonight.

CRaig is always hyper-critical of Oré. He gave him 8 when all the others were full of praise and gave him 10.
Claudia has surpassed herself each week but I think she will go out this weekend.