Strictly Come Dancing 2018

[RubyToogood]

Turned it off halfway through when I remembered how much I hate the launch show. It's a lot of noisy hysteria about nothing. Also, why were the female dancers dancing in their underwear whilst the men were fully clothed from wrist to ankle?

 

[Guineveretoo]

Turned it off halfway through when I remembered how much I hate the launch show. It's a lot of noisy hysteria about nothing. Also, why were the female dancers dancing in their underwear whilst the men were fully clothed from wrist to ankle?

I had a similar thought about the outfits. Kind of assumed it was to do with the group dance.

 

[Pickman's model]

Turned it off halfway through when I remembered how much I hate the launch show. It's a lot of noisy hysteria about nothing. Also, why were the female dancers dancing in their underwear whilst the men were fully clothed from wrist to ankle?

yeh it's always been like that, strictly. always thought it was to hook a certain male demographic.

 

[stavros]

Turned it off halfway through when I remembered how much I hate the launch show. It's a lot of noisy hysteria about nothing. Also, why were the female dancers dancing in their underwear whilst the men were fully clothed from wrist to ankle?

I'm sure some men, both celebrity and professional, will loose their current affection for full clothing as the series progresses.

 

[Espresso]

It starts for real tomorrow. I fully expect that this thread will be as entertaining as the actual series, as ever.
Cheers to you, my fellow Strictlyteers.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I am very much looking forward to this having been in forrin lands for the last 3 series

 

[belboid]

The pro did well, unsurprisingly

 

[felixthecat]

He might be a pro but I still like him

 

[Mrs Miggins]

When did Len Goodman leave?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Danny John Jules is definitely no stranger to the dancefloor is he?

 

[belboid]

“Danny John-Jules (born 16 September 1960) is a British actor, singer and dancer.” - the first line of his wiki page

 

[felixthecat]

I've no idea who Charles Venn is but by the gods he's a bit lush

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Indeed!

 

[felixthecat]

Dr Ranj i want you to win!!

 

[felixthecat]

Graeme Swann - who'd have thunk it??
I love cricketers on Strictly

 

[Mrs Miggins]

That Joe Suggs and his hilarious box prank eh? Eh?

 

[danny la rouge]

That Joe Suggs and his hilarious box prank eh? Eh?

And the emojis and video blog graphics for the youngsters, vicar. Yeah. Dude.

 

[belboid]

He didn't even jump out of the box well.

He can dance a bit though

 

[spanglechick]

So frontrunners are largely men: DJJ, Dr Ranj, Dr Venn. Even the comedian has dark horse potential. And Swann was great fun.

Joe Suggs was good but looks terminally ill. It's quite alarming. Have I missed some kind of lifelong medical trauma aspect to his fame? His skin is kind of greenish, and he seems to have about 3% body fat.

The women were less interesting. Kate the newsreader (is that haircut compulsory in new journalism?) had flashes of ability, and La Dooley was competent plus has am-a-zing hair. I also liked the little DJ woman. But the rest were meh. Suzanna is bad but not so bad as to be entertaining. Katie whassername seems to be so nervous that watching her feels excruciating. The athlete was forgettable, and while I know Faye Tozer and the Pussycat doll were good, I can't bring myself to care much.

Hard to see who will go next week.

In terms of the line up I think it's a bloody good year.

 

[trashpony]

Apparently the Joe Suggs dance has had 100k+ views. He might win just because of his fan base. And I don't know if there's something wrong with him but he needs to eat more pies.

Suspect Suzannah will go - can't think who will vote for her

 

[Steel Icarus]

I thought Dr Ranj was great, never mind the dancing, he just looked like he was having fun

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I hope the comedy openings are going to stop or is that what the show is like now? I'm a doctor! I'm a cricketer! I'm the really crap dancer paired with comedy Anton! That kind of thing.

I do like Shirley Ballas. Proper constructive criticism. The woman knows her shit.

 

[Boudicca]

I never watch strictly live, I record it and skip mostly everything except the dancing.

 

[BoatieBird]

Suspect Suzannah will go - can't think who will vote for her

Anton fans

 

[FiFi]

“Danny John-Jules (born 16 September 1960) is a British actor, singer and dancer.” - the first line of his wiki page

I'm not an expert, but theres dancing and dancing, isnt there?
If he did Tap or Modern, he won't have the same skills as for Ballroom.
Or am I wrong? Do all dancers have the same training and just specialise later?

You can tell I bunked off taking my daughter to dance classes!

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I'm not an expert, but theres dancing and dancing, isnt there?
If he did Tap or Modern, he won't have the same skills as for Ballroom.
Or am I wrong? Do all dancers have the same training and just specialise later?

You can tell I bunked off taking my daughter to dance classes!

If you've done any kind of dancing to a professional level you'll have a lot more skills than someone who's never done any. He clearly knows how to move and make it look good and just the ability to learn a routine is a skill in itself.

 

[Me76]

Standard seems quite high this year. Apart from susannah noone was really bad.

I do wish anton would fuck off really. He doesn't even try any more, just stupid gimmicks and costumes and purposefully dragging his partner across the floor.

If they don't go next week I will be mightily pissed off.

 

[Saffy]

I've got Joe Sugg in the sweepstake at work.

 

[Rebelda]

Deadpan 8 y/o on the pussy cat doll: oh, I was hoping she'd do badly. That's a shame.

 

[Ms T]

Just caught up. Loved Dr Ranj who I have decided is a new national treasure, alongside Graham Swann. Casualty actor also really good, and Joe Duggs was a bit of a surprise. I also like Faye and Stacey. High standard this year!