So, fellow fans, what do we think of the lineup? A very mixed bunch, personally only know of five, I’m sure we will soon have our favourites. Can’t wait for the glitz and glamour to brighten the long dark nights looming?
It was actually quite hard to decide tonight, we all had our money on Katie and Greg in the dance off, and Greg being saved, shows what we know There is no obvious awful dancer.
I was sorry to see Nadia go, but I thought that Neil's choreography was misguided. She wasn't experienced enough for those moves that involved waving her leg around which isn't necessary in ballroom tango, though an important feature of Argentine tango.
I am sorry to be 'unkind' but although I like Nina I am glad to see Neil go because I just don't enjoy watching him. Amazingly my daughter agrees with me on this {very unusual for us to agree on anything!}
Several of us don’t seem to have taken to Neil. Is it because of all the fuss when his wife? Katya, had that fling with her partner a year or two ago, or is it that for years he was one of the back up dancers, and seemed to whinge about not being one of the pros?
I also am not keen on the one whose name begins with G., not Giovanni, it’s the one with his long hair either greased back or flying about. Judy’s partner.
Maybe Calendargirl though I try not to read too much about the dancers' private lives. It is Neil's dancing that somehow irritates me. He uses a lot of silly facial expressions with a "look at me" type of show and a lot of writhing about! Yes, Graziano is a bit of a show off too, but he is very energetic and gives 100%. By the way did Rose's dancer partner Giovanni always do that head rocking when the results were called or is it some kind of sign to Rose as she can't hear? I like the new blonde girl dancer with Dan and in the professionals' dances. She brings new ideas.
Wild West routine at the beginning of the Results Show was one of the best ever. The energy of the dancers and precision of the choreography was - as one would expect - highly professional and reminded me of the routines I have seen and enjoyed in Matthew Bourne's productions.
I think Giovanni has always done the head rocking when the results are being called, and he has also always done the three ‘thank yous’ when they get through.
I like to see them thanking the viewers for voting for them, I take note if anyone doesn’t bother ( though I accept in the excitement of their name being called, they sometimes forget).
I thought last night how great it would be to see a re-run of the scene from Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, when the dancers back then did the most spectacular, energetic dance routine.
A Seven Brides for Seven Brothers routine would be great. I also can't really take to Neil and actually last night I thought both routines weren't very good so quite hard to decide who should go.
I’m another one who can’t stand Neil. Wherever he is, he always looks directly into the camera in a very weird way, challenging sort of. No one else does this. I’m glad he’s gone but I feel sorry for Nina, if she’d got any of the other professionals, she’d still be in! She’s had two difficult dances with terrible music to dance to and it’s not her fault that Neil put Argentinian moves into a tango.