****THE 4TH SCD LIVE SHOW THREAD 2018****

I've backed Kate and Charles ir

They look the obvious 2 plays I think Apples

Missed the scores Anyone?

5,7,7,7

Cheers hems

You sense that Charles would be dumped and Lauren saved given the opportunity. Need Katie to escape, that's the key.

CRAIG / DARCEY / SHIRLEY / BRUNO

Faye & Giovanni (4) Rumba 7 7 7 8 = 29
Vick & Graziano (2) QS 7 7 7 8 = 29

Dr Ranj & Janette (8) PD 6 7 7 7 = 27
Danny & Amy (3) VW 6 7 7 7 = 27


Graeme & Oti (10) Jive 5 7 7 7 = 26
Joe & Dianne (1) CCC 5 7 7 7 = 26

Charles & Karen (6) Salsa 6 6 6 7 = 25
Lauren & AJ (7) QS 6 6 6 7 = 25

Kate & Aljaz (9) Samba 4 5 5 6 = 20

Katie & Gorka (5) Jive 3 5 5 5 = 18

Erm, red & black

awful styling

It’s been a very strange week,some weird marking,plenty of ties and very picky comments

yes, a very odd week

likely to be another tie here

They’ve protected Vick from an early slot ....a decent sign for her long term prospects possibly

Backed Charles and Lauren for elim. DOn't think Kate will be B2, Katie, dunno if she escapes but she's not much value

A bit of leveling of the field. It was on the cards tbf. Stacey ramp to table topping perhaps.

Could well be

CRAIG / DARCEY / SHIRLEY / BRUNO

Ashley & Pasha (11) Tango 8 8 8 8 = 32

Faye & Giovanni (4) Rumba 7 7 7 8 = 29
Vick & Graziano (2) QS 7 7 7 8 = 29

Dr Ranj & Janette (8) PD 6 7 7 7 = 27
Danny & Amy (3) VW 6 7 7 7 = 27

Graeme & Oti (10) Jive 5 7 7 7 = 26
Joe & Dianne (1) CCC 5 7 7 7 = 26

Charles & Karen (6) Salsa 6 6 6 7 = 25
Lauren & AJ (7) QS 6 6 6 7 = 25

Kate & Aljaz (9) Samba 4 5 5 6 = 20

Katie & Gorka (5) Jive 3 5 5 5 = 18

That was ambitious

Safe

No torpedos tonight

littered with errors, but high tariff stuff

Shirley on board

Poor Lou

CRAIG / DARCEY / SHIRLEY / BRUNO

Ashley & Pasha (11) Tango 8 8 8 8 = 32

Faye & Giovanni (4) Rumba 7 7 7 8 = 29
Vick & Graziano (2) QS 7 7 7 8 = 29

Seann & Katya (12) Charleston 6 7 8 7 = 28

Dr Ranj & Janette (8) PD 6 7 7 7 = 27
Danny & Amy (3) VW 6 7 7 7 = 27

Graeme & Oti (10) Jive 5 7 7 7 = 26
Joe & Dianne (1) CCC 5 7 7 7 = 26

Charles & Karen (6) Salsa 6 6 6 7 = 25
Lauren & AJ (7) QS 6 6 6 7 = 25

Kate & Aljaz (9) Samba 4 5 5 6 = 20

Katie & Gorka (5) Jive 3 5 5 5 = 18

big f off to dan wootten

Strange pimp

thought it was good, I'd be surprised if these 2 don't win. Such fun to watch

“Non dancer”

Was that meant to be a foxtrot

They look the most like

...likely winners for sure

Right on script

Kev

Thought Stacey might be a bit too much in your face at first, find her quite endearing now.

CRAIG / DARCEY / SHIRLEY / BRUNO

Stacey & KfG (13) FT 8 8 8 9 = 33 (13)

Ashley & Pasha (11) Tango 8 8 8 8 = 32 (12)

Faye & Giovanni (4) Rumba 7 7 7 8 = 29 (11)   
Vick & Graziano (2) QS 7 7 7 8 = 29 (11)

Seann & Katya (12) Charleston 6 7 8 7 = 28 (10)

Dr Ranj & Janette (8) PD 6 7 7 7 = 27 (9)
Danny & Amy (3) VW 6 7 7 7 = 27 (9)

Graeme & Oti (10) Jive 5 7 7 7 = 26 (8)
Joe & Dianne (1) CCC 5 7 7 7 = 26 (8)

Charles & Karen (6) Salsa 6 6 6 7 = 25 (7)
Lauren & AJ (7) QS 6 6 6 7 = 25 (7)

Kate & Aljaz (9) Samba 4 5 5 6 = 20 (6)

Katie & Gorka (5) Jive 3 5 5 5 = 18 (5)

Same JOT...she’s coming across great

Bit the bullet and dutched Stacey and Faye for the win earlier today. Pride swallowing day for me all round.

Thanks for the scoring Fig ....you’re a star

Well done Fig

yup well done fig

who knew he could count

Cheers guys I made that one mistake so squares takes over again next week

Tricky week...I’ll go with Charles v Kate....Quite a few in the mix though with all the ties

Just beat me to it hems. Kate v Charles. Kate to go hopefully

Interestingly both Instagram and Twitter Live have Ashley at the bottom. I see her b2 long before the final

Very wary of Katie not making it out of the B2 though

Lauren v Charles for me

Bit of risk here for a change, Charles 9/1, Kate 14/1 and Katie 6/4 stake saver. Lauren with mistakes gave her rope to improve in the dance off.

Top work fig. Many thanks Always big pressure filling squares boot.

Cheers jr. I don't know how squares does it.

Katie v Charles ............. Katie's out.

Thought it ridiculous that Shirley gave Seann an 8/10 for his dance.  He did ok to be fair and I'd say a 6 would have been correct with a 7 really pushing it a bit but come on 8/10?  So he was as good on the night as an Ash, Faye, Stacey?  Ridiculous.

CRAIG / DARCEY / SHIRLEY / BRUNO

Stacey & KfG (13) FT 8 8 8 9 = 33 (13)

Ashley & Pasha (11) Tango 8 8 8 8 = 32 (12)

Faye & Giovanni (4) Rumba 7 7 7 8 = 29 (11)   
Vick & Graziano (2) QS 7 7 7 8 = 29 (11)

Seann & Katya (12) Charleston 6 7 8 7 = 28 (10)

Dr Ranj & Janette (8) PD 6 7 7 7 = 27 (9)
Danny & Amy (3) VW 6 7 7 7 = 27 (9)

Graeme & Oti (10) Jive 5 7 7 7 = 26 (8)
Joe & Dianne (1) CCC 5 7 7 7 = 26 (8)

Charles & Karen (6) Salsa 6 6 6 7 = 25 (7)
Lauren & AJ (7) QS 6 6 6 7 = 25 (7)

Kate & Aljaz (9) Samba 4 5 5 6 = 20 (6)

Katie & Gorka (5) Jive 3 5 5 5 = 18 (5)



Cheers figgy buckets - I can leave you to it every Saturday evening.

My thoughts from catching up 11.00 pm onwards (and doing a bit of fast forwarding).


1.  Joe - enjoyed the routine, although I think a number of the contestants this year are tending to perform an appropriate routine to the music/theme rather than stick to the dance in question and therefore tend to look samey.  Scoring fair enough, obv Craig a little low.

2.  Vick - her best but once again more along the lines of performing a routine to the music and theme.  I still think there's something missing with this pairing - maybe difficult because she has a newby who is feeling his way in to the show so I don't think they are really connecting and she maybe has this cool girl persona where she's not really throwing herself into it totally which she would probably do better with a seasoned pro such as KfG or Aljaz.  Scoring OK, the 8 a little over.

3.  Danny - I can barely remember Danny's routine this morning.  I think it was adequate, although Danny also always tends to look a little samey.  Think he came over a bit grumpy in parts of the VT.  Don't feel he is really progressing or building up more support.  Scoring about right.

Would have all the above as good routines, required dance a tad average so pretty much 7s all round.

4.  I didn't like Faye's Rumba at all.  I think she looked too tall for it so her weakest and not her dance for me.  Another 7 dance.

5.  Katie's Jive was painful to watch and they clearly went down the faint praise route.  Don't think it even merited any 5s.  That said I expected her to just about escape.

6.  I enjoyed Charles and Karen's routine.  He too tends to look a little samey every time.  I thought he might just about escape.

need a break, this is tiring.

7.  I can hardly remember Lauren's dance other than thinking it's both mature and endearing the way AJ dances with her arm, in that it's barely noticeable during their routines.  I thought this was a big test of her support and thought it likely she could be in the dance off.

6s and 7s fair for Charles and Lauren's dances.

8.  Dr Ranj was a lot better than in the training clips and didn't have so many props and gimmicks to contend with so much better for me - a 7 dance.

9.  Kate's Samba was truely woeful together with the mumsy frumpy styling.  She thinks she is better than she is, although tbf they have built her up too much so far.  A 4 dance for me and expected to have to see the horrible dance again.

10.  Graeme's dance was great fun, but he is always performing along the same lines in these upbeat dances.  Now we don't have Anton, think they may adopt the comedy routine with more and more outrageous silly props and outfits.  I thought the space outfits at the beginning were unnecessary.  A 6 dance for me but never expected him to be in dangern

11.  Ashley's tango didn't do it for me as I hate the song, hated the styling (bit of a throwback to ****cat Doll styling) and found it all a bit stop-start but understandable because of the beat of the song.  Not really a classic tango at all - 7s and 8s I suppose because she is good dancer although not convinced how engaging a dancer she is.

12.  I thought the show dealt with the Seann/Katya situation really well and this dance was vibrant, exuberant and a triumph and good to see them looking so happy after what has no doubt been a horrendous week for them.  I would give the routine 8s for the sheer joy of it and the lifts, etc. were exceptional, probably 7s for the swivel and steps.  Interesting they showed so much of the Charleston expert (i.e. looking like Seann and Katya were not left alone).  I would have them in the top few in the PV last night.

13.  Stacey and KfG have calmed down a little after their early over exuberance.  TBH I can't really remember their routine much after Seann and Katya.  However at the moment I see Stacey and Kev as ticking the right boxes to be outright winners.  Good partnership, the non-dancer element, they are dancing the dances properly and classically, Kev's turn at least.  We know how well he has done with his partners and Stacey strikes me as a lot more likeable than EE Kellie and looks better as a dancer than insipid Louise.


I was expecting Kate and Lauren in the dance off with Kate going, but I am relieved Katie has gone as I didn't enjoy watching her routines and can't ever see her making a dancer.  A little surprised no bounce for Charles but then there was no bounce for Lee (maybe allegiances are fairly solid this year).  Interesting to see what happens with Charles next week.

Driving home last night, I caught a Stephen Nolan 5Live phone in about Seann & Katya.  There were these youngish-sounding women as sort of "panellists" - sort of TV bloggers, SCD fans, possibly Mumsnet types.

Anyway, their slant was that Seann & Katya were sullying the show, shouldn't be there, made it awkward, it should be family viewing, brought the show into disrepute, blah blah.

However, pretty much all phoning in (including a Lancashire lady in her 90s who they finished on and who was the most vocal) were of the opinion that it had been blown up out of all proportion, the media go too far with it hounding them etc., it was "only a kiss", let them get on with the show, no need to make any further issue of it.  Even those unhappy with Seann & Katya's behaviour were not convinced they should be made to leave the show by the prods.  Little old lady said we don't know what the rest of them are getting up to behind closed doors!

So I had now idea what had happened with Seann & Katya's routine but felt confident they were in no danger whatsoever.

The judges apart from Bruno were guests on JR show, aired last night but obviously filmed before the SCD live. Most of the chat was about the Sean(n) and Katya blow up. Ross obviously felt that they should have been kicked out, he didn't say that outright but his line of questioning made it pretty clear what he thought. The judges, in particular CRH were defending Sean(n) and Katya, or at least defending them being kept on the show. It was pretty clear that SCD weren't going to be gunning for a convenient dance off defeat this week anyway. But it was clarified that the dance originally planned was changed by the producers after the s hit the f. I feel like Sean(n) might be in the cross hairs next week tho!

Stacey got some plaudits on Points of View for her investigative shows.  I imagine the extra exposure on SCD will give her investigative documentaries more viewers.

I think they already had a plan to get rid of Katie and wanted to follow that through. Lovely girl but looking like you're going to burst into tears from judges comments isn't a comfortable look. I agree they'll push for an early exit for Seann who is an embarrassment to a feel good family show because it was the most unpleasant instance of "the curse" due to the ruthlessly brilliant statement of Seann's ex. And the public don't know that Katya's marriage is merely one of convenience.

One thing I don't get is that it's like Seann and Katya knew they were being photographed.

Viewing figures up 1.4m on last week, so not convinced they'll be in any hurry to dump Seann

any publicity and all that

Sterling work last night figgy buckets - the baton is here for the handover

it's a bit sad watching alone at midnight

Thanks squares But please not again for awhile

Dedication

Roy Castle's mantra

Peculiar they were happy to create lots of ties which would hint they wanted the last placer to escape, only for the last placer not to escape

I don't agree with H that Katie was the target. If so why all the ties?  Maybe no target, or Charles c0cky behind the scenes too and they wanted him out

Ashley and Pasha made up for Halloween a bit early



safe

Vick
Dr Ranj
Stacey
Ashley

sort of making the same point jr

Oct 14, 2018 -- 1:51PM, five leaves left wrote:

Viewing figures up 1.4m on last week, so not convinced they'll be in any hurry to dump Seann

That's a one off though, last week's chip paper and all that.

Just might have been a clean week, having 3 ties in one week averts future criticisms of future weeks without ties.

AmSm for Dr Ranj next week

Ashley - Rumba

especially after two weeks of bottom of LB going Tobes, even though bottom of LB has gone again

Kevin is being annoying now

Stacey gaining more fans every week. She just needs to keep kfg quiet

more safe peeps

Graeme
Faye
Danny

first in dance off - Charles & Karen


leaving Seann until last?

They usually like to help the black guy on Strictly but they don't seem keen on Charles this year.

Graeme - Tango next week

Backstreet Boys are Back I'm off to XF for a bit

they were pretty good tbf

Bruno a bloody part timer

like me

when does this Couple's Choice stuff kick off then

next week, I think they said. Contemporary, Street or Jazz/Theatre

more safe peeps

Seann
Lauren
Kate
Joe

Katie in B2

so at least three have got their dances already

but some can choose their own?

yep, I guess one or two

Contemporary for Lauren to Beyonce's Running

Seann - a busker next week

Lauren - first Couple's Choice, doing contemporary to Beyonce's Runnin'

Joe dyeing his hair to match Dianne should he make the final

Seann is going to be a busker next week

Not sure what dance that fits with

makes me think of Falling Slowly

Oh could be. One of my favourite films

Would fit with rumba that they were supposed to do this week apparently

perhaps they were practising outside the pub

unanimous that Katie goes

getting great cheers tho

Ballroom for Kate

lol squares. Quite possibly (the pub comment)

Bar Stacey shortening in the market hardly much change in the betting at all.  I suppose worst dancer out, others all did ok so what's new maybe.