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Strictly 2024

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Sparklefizz Thu 12-Sept-24 08:48:26

Strictly restarts this Saturday when it will be the pairing up of celebs and pros..... which may even be less cringe-making than usual. grin

I don't know many of this year's celebs, but nothing new to that, and no doubt I shall get hooked in as usual.

rafichagran Sat 12-Oct-24 19:28:59

Paul has improved, I hope he goes further.

Sparklefizz Sat 12-Oct-24 19:38:22

Wow!!! Chris!!! Those lifts!!!

nanaK54 Sat 12-Oct-24 19:43:21

Amazing Chris!

Sparklefizz Sat 12-Oct-24 20:12:52

Impressive Charleston from Tasha and Aljaz

Casdon Sat 12-Oct-24 20:15:36

Tasha and Aljaz were outstanding, the dance of the night for me.

nanaK54 Sat 12-Oct-24 20:20:27

2 votes for Chris and 1 for Punam

Sara1954 Sat 12-Oct-24 20:29:05

Well I enjoyed that

Sparklefizz Sat 12-Oct-24 20:40:40

That was a good evening of dance.

Tasha was impressive but I gave all my 3 votes to Chris.

merlotgran Sat 12-Oct-24 22:52:46

I gave my votes to Chris, Sarah and Wynn.

Everyone was good tonight.

Grannynannywanny Sat 12-Oct-24 23:06:10

I felt for Punam this evening. She was outstanding last week but tonight just wasn’t her night. I hope she survives another week.

Paul and Pete both improved this week. I was surprised at the change in Paul. He was actually dancing instead of messing around for laughs. I think Nick will be in the dance off. Not sure who else but I really hope it’s not Punam.

Chris and Diane were fab.

ferry23 Sun 13-Oct-24 07:20:34

One of the very rare times when there was no completely rubbish dance.

As others have said, even Paul actually looked like he had worked hard and definitely showed progress. Maybe we'll get through the rest of the season without a joker in the pack.

Up until now I'd have said that if Paul is in the bottom 2 it wouldn't matter who was dancing against him as he'd be voted out by the judges, now I'm not so sure. Paul I reckon will still garner quite a few public votes.

My guess is Punam v Nick tonight but what do I know?!

Bridie22 Sun 13-Oct-24 07:50:03

1 vote for Jamie, Paul, Sam.
Thought Paul was much improved this week.

Esmay Sun 13-Oct-24 08:02:27

I didn't get home in time so I missed a chunk .
I thought that Tasha has enormous potential .
But why is Aljaz so breathless ?
A professional dancer shouldn't be .
Does he smoke ?
Is he asthmatic ?

Calendargirl Sun 13-Oct-24 08:04:01

Perhaps after his year or so off, Alijaz just isn’t so fit?

Plus he’s a bit older than he was.

Clawdy Sun 13-Oct-24 08:08:30

Lot of online chat about Wynne and Katya this morning. Apparently he put his arm a bit tightly round her and she pushed it away, then a moment later when everyone was high-fiving she turned away from him looking cross. They issued an apology online afterwards saying it was just a joke.

petra Sun 13-Oct-24 08:28:07

Esmay

I didn't get home in time so I missed a chunk .
I thought that Tasha has enormous potential .
But why is Aljaz so breathless ?
A professional dancer shouldn't be .
Does he smoke ?
Is he asthmatic ?

Plus he’s at least a stone over the weight when we last saw him.

When I saw Punam practicing I knew it wasn’t going to go well.
She hasn’t got natural bounce which is a must with the jive.
Back in the mists of time I won several amateur jive competitions.
I can still make a good fist of it without the flicks and kicks 😂

Sparklefizz Sun 13-Oct-24 08:49:42

Clawdy

Lot of online chat about Wynne and Katya this morning. Apparently he put his arm a bit tightly round her and she pushed it away, then a moment later when everyone was high-fiving she turned away from him looking cross. They issued an apology online afterwards saying it was just a joke.

From what I've seen online it looks like his hand reached round onto her stomach. She didn't like it, and good for her, she pushed his hand away.

nanaK54 Sun 13-Oct-24 09:47:13

Clawdy

Lot of online chat about Wynne and Katya this morning. Apparently he put his arm a bit tightly round her and she pushed it away, then a moment later when everyone was high-fiving she turned away from him looking cross. They issued an apology online afterwards saying it was just a joke.

Hmmm - he was sliding his hand from her hip round her waist - she put a fixed smile on her face as she pushed his hand back but looked quite uncomfortable.
We all know that the Beeb have upped safeguarding for the celebs, I do hope that they apply the same for the pro dancers.

Clawdy Sun 13-Oct-24 09:59:57

Yes, poor Katya, I think we may see Wynne in a different light now. I certainly won't be voting for him.

GrannyGravy13 Sun 13-Oct-24 10:09:53

Have just seen the video, yuck!

Katya dealt with it professionally, I only hope she steps on his toes whilst wearing stilettos 👠 some time soon.

Millie22 Sun 13-Oct-24 10:18:54

Oh no I voted for him last night. He was one of the favourites to win at the start but probably not now.

merlotgran Sun 13-Oct-24 10:37:27

Millie22

Oh no I voted for him last night. He was one of the favourites to win at the start but probably not now.

So did I but I reckon he’ll be a gonner soon. I’ve seen the clip and there’s no mistake he made Katya feel uncomfortable.

ferry23 Sun 13-Oct-24 11:02:04

It seems a strange thing for him to do when he knew full well the cameras were on them all. He would certainly know the pitfalls of being in front of a live audience.

Maybe he feels comfortable with her and did it more in a brotherly affectionate way.

Maybe not.

But either way, clearly she wasn't comfortable and when it comes to the public vote that may cost him dearly.

Sara1954 Sun 13-Oct-24 11:07:05

Well we don’t really know the he facts, but as ferry23 says, odd thing to do when millions of people are watching, slight overreaction, but Katya is fully entitled to remove his hand if she’s uncomfortable.

Sparklefizz Sun 13-Oct-24 13:22:09

ferry23

It seems a strange thing for him to do when he knew full well the cameras were on them all. He would certainly know the pitfalls of being in front of a live audience.

Maybe he feels comfortable with her and did it more in a brotherly affectionate way.

Maybe not.

But either way, clearly she wasn't comfortable and when it comes to the public vote that may cost him dearly.

Some people like the element of risk.