Strictly Come Dancing

[pete9012S]

Anyone enjoying the latest series?

My wife and I have been surprised at how lithe Bill Bailey has proved to be.

He said: "I haven't been to stage school and learnt to dance. I haven't lived for the dance... I'm not really Lord of the Dance, I'm caretaker of the dance.

My other fave Anton is out already - I didn't think he would last long this year with his partner having no dance experience.

I bought my wife a bottle of Chardonnay so we can watch the show together when she finishes work later today.
We used have a slug of wine/beer every time Darcey said the word 'core' in the older series, now we need a new buzz word!!

[Julie2owlsdene]

Yes, I love the series, have watched it from the very first it was on.

I think the producers have done a first class job of sticking to the 2 metres ruling, and are still putting on a great contest.

[pete9012S]

Yes, I agree Julie. My wife and I really enjoyed last night's show.

The judges seem to be giving much higher scores than usual? And I think Oti only had an eight score paddle under her desk last night!!!

[Katharine]

I'm a couple of weeks behind, and have just started watching episode 2. I was amazed by the standard of dancing in the first show.

Craig seems to be mellowing in his old age, most of his comments were quite nice.

[Viv of Ginger Pop]

I've been very taken with the computer generated graphics. I had to do a double take last week at the train in the studio, and last night the Herculean pillars blowing up was excellent!

Viv

[pete9012S]

Agreed!

[Julie2owlsdene]

Yes, the graphics are great. The whole series is great, and they've done very well, with their distancing too.

[Moonraker]

I haven't noticed the dancing partners being six feet apart! I've not been about so much lately, so good to see you're still around Viv. I hope all is well with you (sorry if I've missed a pertinent post). Not wishing to sound like our friend MJE, but not looking in as much as I used to, the number of new posts is too daunting to read them all!

[Katharine]

I thought the train graphic was particularly good.

[Barnard]

I never watch these so called reality type shows. The winner is who the tv company wants to win. Total rubbish.

[Katharine]

I can't say I particularly enjoy some of the filler bits between the dances where they have the couples doing things like visiting a zoo to help them get into the character of a lion, however I tolerate those bits and enjoy the dancing.

As someone who attempts a weekly ballet class I can appreciate how hard it is to learn new skills, particularly those without any kind of dance/performance training.

I most enjoy those celebrities who make the most improvement, such as Chris Ramsey last year.

The only other show of that kind I watch is Dancing on Ice.

[Moonraker]

We record it and fast forward through the dross, just watching the dances, judges comments and scores - and on the results show, the eliminations, dance-offs and final decision.

[pete9012S]

Yes, Nigel, my wife and I also fast-forward any bits we don't fancy.

My wife has enjoyed the show for years and I first started to watch it with her out of loyalty - but found myself enjoying many of the contestants for their sheer entertainment value!

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[Katharine]

We record it and fast forward through the dross, just watching the dances, judges comments and scores - and on the results show, the eliminations, dance-offs and final decision.

Sounds like a sensible idea, maybe I might give that a go.

[Barnard]

Can ‘ordinary’ people not learn to dance? Does it have to be celebrities?