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The fact Ashley was in the dance off is a f***ing JOKE :lol:

 

Stace stole the show last night. Her Paso was INCREDIBLE!

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I feel so sorry for poor Ashley. It's not even a case of 'she's so good people just assume she's safe so didn't vote', it's simply narrow-minded, jealous, middle-aged housewives flat out hating her. The same with Alexandra Burke last year. It's so grating to read online and hear in person at work. But hey, Joe Sugg sitting down on a bench for 30 seconds is so worthy and fabulous because he's never danced before!!11!

Exactly!!

 

It's awful how people get over a Saturday night light entertainment show! Sure, dancing before probably means she takes to things quicker, she has maybe positioning, posture and steps down a bit easier for some dances, but she's trained in modern dance I believe so she hardly has a perfect jive, waltz, charleston etc. already nailed... Latin and ballroom are totally different, and I'd imagine when you're professionally trained in one thing it's actually difficult to adapt to other styles, you'd have a certain way of dancing in your mind from what you know and have to change it week on week. Plus as Debbie and Alexandra can attest to (to name just two), the advantage you have dance wise ends up becoming a disadvantage in terms of the competition because being so good just doesn't pull in the votes due to the jealous housewives, and they're liable to end up in the dance-off.

 

I just can't fathom that, it's not like she is a horrible unlikable person (the British public loved her enough to the point where she was within just over 1% of winning I'm A Celeb) so why should people feel the need to bring down a fun, easy to watch show with such bitterness? Just let the poor woman dance because by god can she dance. Fair enough if people prefer the newbies who have a "journey", but at the end of the day, the show is about dancing and giving a performance. It's an absolute embarrassment to see Ashley in the dance-off and Joe sat on a bench and throwing a basketball sail through...

 

I'm not sure I can see past Joe winning now but fingers crossed for Stacey! She's more traditionally Strictly, and is a better dancer (as biased as I may be), but he's annoyingly got the young and older demographic down, as a reasonably attractive young guy who seems a nice and polite, I can imagine the same people slating Ashley being like "aw wish he was my son what a lovely young man xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" :drama:

Musicals Week dances:

 

Ashley and Pasha - Quickstep to "Don't Rain on My Parade" (Funny Girl)

Charles and Karen - Rumba to "Maria" (West Side Story)

Faye and Giovanni - Charleston to "The Lonely Goatherd" (The Sound of Music)

Joe and Dianne - Salsa to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Megamix

Lauren and AJ - American Smooth/Viennese Waltz to "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" (South Pacific)

Stacey and Kevin - American Smooth/Foxtrot to "I Dreamed a Dream" (Les Misérables)

 

For the last two, does this mean they're doing both dances because Lauren's already done Viennese and Stacey's already done Foxtrot...?

 

Hopefully Ashley is back up at the top of the leaderboard and I can definitely see Faye improving on her 39 with the Charleston too.

Since WHEN did they have fusion dances?

 

They don’t all American Smooths have their base in a ballroom dance, mostly foxtrots and viennese waltzes, quickstep has been used before and as far as I know you can do a tango-based one as well, but no-one’s done it yet, all American Smooth entails is that there is more out of hold and usually includes lifts.

It's just a shame because Stacey has already done a Foxtrot, granted it was one of her best but I find the AS so boring :drama:

 

Hyped for Faye's Charleston, seems a slightly odd song to do it to but I'm sure Giovanni will nail a great routine with it.

FAYE'S CHARLESTON!!! That was so refreshingly great, I always love a Charleston but Giovanni did a brilliant job at making one quite unlike a lot of Charlestons we've seen before. Fully deserved that 40 :wub:
I don't watch Strictly, but I've been following Faye's progress. She's so great and her dance last night was absolutely fantastic! So different, so well done and so deserving of the top score.

Yeah Faye was fab again last night, I'm really pleased that she managed her first perfect score, although I probably still prefer her Jazz dance from Halloween Week.

 

A very level playing field overall again though, only 5 points between top and bottom, so I'm worried for Ashley again :(

I've got a horrible feeling it'll be Ashley vs. Faye next week :drama:
I've got a horrible feeling it'll be Ashley vs. Faye next week :drama:

 

Mathematically, unless Lauren is topping the vote and she’s bottom of the leaderboard again, it’ll be very hard for her to escape the bottom 2 and probably going home against Ashley.

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4/5 Stacey Dooley

5/2 Joe Sugg

8/1 Lauren Steadman

10/1 Faye Tozer

28/1 Ashley Roberts

 

Absolutely ridiculous :lol:

sorry, i'm just going to say it.. lauren steadman CAN'T DANCE. if AJ had a different partner she would have been out first or second week.

 

those odds are an actual joke. how laughable that being able to dance puts you at a disadvantage in a dance show.. it baffles the mind.

sorry, i'm just going to say it.. lauren steadman CAN'T DANCE. if AJ had a different partner she would have been out first or second week.

 

those odds are an actual joke. how laughable that being able to dance puts you at a disadvantage in a dance show.. it baffles the mind.

I hadn’t even noticed her disability in the last few weeks so don’t even go there. Ashley has no personality and that’s why no one has voted for her. Lauren to win <3

I wouldn't go as far as saying she can't dance but Charles definitely should have outlasted her and it would be a travesty if she made the final over Ashley. She's lovely and all and is clearly enjoying herself plus is getting better, but it's Strictly Come Dancing not Surprise Surprise, it's not about who is enjoying it or who is nice. She's had 2 or 3 really solid routines, a couple good, but struggled a hell of a lot and doesn't really deserve to be a finalist.

 

I totally get that you are more likely to support and want to watch people who have personalities you like, and if that's Lauren for you, fine, but the vitriol towards Ashley and resulting odds is ridiculous. People like to harp on about her advantage but realistically, it seems to be a DISadvantage to be "too good"... Of course, it helps a lot in terms of the scoreboard, but it gets to a point where she's clearly not getting votes (she must be bottom of the vote to fall into the bottom 2 from joint 2nd, I believe) and has 0 chance of winning, whereas Joe Sugg for example stands a great chance off of a distinct lack of ability by comparison, because he's got that "aw bless I wish my son/grandson was like him" charm for the older female voters.

 

Thank god Stacey is pulling back away in the odds, she's got a good balance of that likeable personality and enjoying herself a lot, but she's also becoming a great dancer who has improved so much and actually some of her routines have rivalled those of Ashley and Faye, particularly her last couple. She doesn't always have the same technical precision, but she shows how far a bit of enthusiasm, hard work and a great personality can go, without shunning the actual technique. Perhaps I'm just biased from loving her so much though :lol:

 

I hadn’t even noticed her disability in the last few weeks so don’t even go there.

Good job he didn't even mention it then...

sorry, i'm just going to say it.. lauren steadman CAN'T DANCE. if AJ had a different partner she would have been out first or second week.

 

those odds are an actual joke. how laughable that being able to dance puts you at a disadvantage in a dance show.. it baffles the mind.

 

Its not really a joke - the show is teaching celebs how to dance. If they can already dance then what's the point of rooting for them? Ashley can dance, has always been able to dance and there in lays the problem.

 

Same with Faye; however I don't think there is a backlash there as she has been (most of the time) been below Ashley on the leaderboard.

 

Lauren will no doubt be out come the weekend; even if as reports are saying they are topping the votes, it is unlikely she will avoid the dance off due there being only 5 left.

 

Also how does having AJ mean she has votes? Anton is by far the most popular, identifiable Pro with the public and he went out first with Susannah and has never won

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