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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    I'm quite excited by the line up :-)
    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post
    Predictions (checked with Russell Grant):

    1. A judge will at some point exhort Alex Jones to "let go" and "bring out your personality".

    2. Lulu will do well and a judge will say at some point: "Lulu: that makes me want to SHOUT." and/or "you are a little Scottish firecracker".

    3. Nancy Dell'Olio will shag her dance partner and will be described as "sultry" if she gets as far as doing a Rumba.

    4. Anita Dobson will dance to a Queen song at some point (Bo Rap anyone?)

    5. Russell Grant will wear pink at some point.
    I agree with all the above and just for fun I'm going to add my own predictions

    Edwina will get Anton

    Russel or Edwina will go out first

    Lulu and Alex will get the public behind them, even if they're no good, even more so, if they are
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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    You can take look at photo portraits of all the celebrity contestants here http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14808564

    Looks like a pretty good line up to me with something for everyone. Launch show this Saturday should be worth a watch.

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Weirdly (weirdly because this year's average contestant age is lower than last year), my first thought was "don't they look old"...

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Warning: spoilers below (in white):


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    Last chance...

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    Pairings are:

    • Brendan and Lulu
    • Vincent and Edwina
    • Anton and Nancy
    • Artem and Holly
    • Robin and Anita
    • Pasha and Chelsea
    • James and Alex
    • Ola and Robbie
    • Natalie and Audley
    • Flavia and Russell
    • Erin and Rory
    • Aliona and Harry
    • Kristina and Jason
    • Katya and Dan

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post
    Predictions (checked with Russell Grant):

    1. A judge will at some point exhort Alex Jones to "let go" and "bring out your personality".

    2. Lulu will do well and a judge will say at some point: "Lulu: that makes me want to SHOUT." and/or "you are a little Scottish firecracker".

    3. Nancy Dell'Olio will shag her dance partner and will be described as "sultry" if she gets as far as doing a Rumba.

    4. Anita Dobson will dance to a Queen song at some point (Bo Rap anyone?)

    5. Russell Grant will wear pink at some point.
    6. Edwina Currie will end up with egg on her face again


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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Good to see Daisy's popping up again - it kinda makes you smile; welcome back stranger .

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Quote Originally Posted by Daisy Chain View Post
    6. Edwina Currie will end up with egg on her face again
    Or, "Voldemort's Mistress" as she is now forever to be known. Well, to me.

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    First impressions?

    For me - a few things:

    1. The line up is spot on with a great mix and fewer of those 'super model' types like Lisa Snowden, and last years winner who is now with the Artem (forgotten her name already.....K... ? can't be bothered to Googul it). This means it is will be more interesting on their journey that they go through rather than focus on how good they look.

    2. I have a suspicion Russell Grant will not be a patsy and he will not need to resort to gimmicks a la Widdecombe. I think he will play it reasonably straight - and he looked quite nimble and sharp on Saturday. He is shrewd and is rightly in the top half with the bookies.

    3. Lulu looked delightful in the clip of training with Brendan (see FB) - and she has a great attitude. I just feel I would love to sit down and have a cup of tea with her and a good chat. Yes - definitely my early favourite.

    4. Watch out for Jason - he looked able to move and swing his hips with aplomb. Plus he had that focused approach. Top 4 I think.

    5. Early candidates to go: Nancy or Rory? Shame that anyone has to go early doors - maybe they should give them all an extra week and then have 2 leaving......just a radical idea.

    6. Anyone know if the voting system has changed again or what the format is?

    7. Judges seemed all present and correct although it was extremely harsh of Craig to say what he did about Russell (something like "we won't be seeing you in the Argentine Tango...").

    Any thoughts?

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    hmm. Jason looked quite poor whereas Russels timing and enthusiam were pretty good. Edwina is a cart horse i think

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post
    2. I have a suspicion Russell Grant will not be a patsy and he will not need to resort to gimmicks a la Widdecombe. I think he will play it reasonably straight - and he looked quite nimble and sharp on Saturday.
    Mmmm, I'm not sensing the Russell Love, I dunno why. He was gurning too much in the group dance, I couldn't really tell if he could actually dance or not.

    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post
    He is shrewd and is rightly in the top half with the bookies.
    The thing to remember with the bookies is, they're generally not experts on this area (they're typically sports experts, for obvious reasons), and so they typically set their initial prices based on pure guesswork, then adjust those prices greatly based on the money people actually place. So I'd expect to see large price fluctuations over the course of the series.


    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post
    3. Lulu looked delightful in the clip of training with Brendan (see FB) - and she has a great attitude.
    Yes, she could move; I'd guess she'll be the Last Oldie Standing.

    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post
    4. Watch out for Jason - he looked able to move and swing his hips with aplomb. Plus he had that focused approach. Top 4 I think.
    Yes again - he looked very good, in fact.

    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post
    5. Early candidates to go: Nancy or Rory?
    I want Nancy to stay, she's so delightfully shallow it's great telly to watch her. Rory's boring as hell, the sooner he goes the better.

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    6. Anyone know if the voting system has changed again or what the format is?
    Same as last year I imagine.

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post
    First impressions?


    3. Lulu looked delightful in the clip of training with Brendan (see FB) - and she has a great attitude. I just feel I would love to sit down and have a cup of tea with her and a good chat. Yes - definitely my early favourite.


    Any thoughts?
    Cup of Tea ???


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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove View Post
    Cup of Tea ???

    Followed by a bit of 'Boom bang-a-bang' perhaps..............

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Having finally watched the first show, I think Jason is going to be fabulous. He looks confident. I'm looking forward to seeing how Lulu and Russell get on...Nancy irritates me, I hope she goes early.

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Jason is still my favourite to win.
    Russell is brilliant and actually, quite light on his feet...I look forward to seeing him the most.

    I want Alesha to go away. I cannot stand listening to her vague non-comments "You told a story from beginning to end" "You stayed in character from beginning to end" "There are a few bits and pieces that need working on", etc, etc.

    What are you banging on about you Numpty? What bits and pieces? Why are you there?

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    .....I want Alesha to go away. ..........? Why are you there?
    I think the technical term is eye candy

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove View Post
    I think the technical term is eye candy
    Really? There is plenty of female eye candy on Strictly, but I've never thought of her as candy fodder.

    As for the men...that Harry is going on my laminated list.

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    Jason is still my favourite to win.
    He's clearly the best, but he's kind of weird. In a sexless-sex-pest way...

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    Russell is brilliant and actually, quite light on his feet...I look forward to seeing him the most.
    I think it's a shame they're Playing The Gay Card so strongly with him - because, yes, he clearly can dance a bit under all that pink, and I'd like to see him doing that.

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    I want Alesha to go away. I cannot stand listening to her vague non-comments "You told a story from beginning to end" "You stayed in character from beginning to end" "There are a few bits and pieces that need working on", etc, etc.
    Heh, I bet you'll explode in a couple of weeks' time then, Jennifer Grey will be on as guest judge. Replacing Len. Errr...

    Nancy and Anton are fantastic telly partially because she is Nancy Dellusional with regards to her dancing, and partially because they clearly hate each other. I expect a few more weeks of N&A being in the bottom two, but staying on as various "bland average" contestants are knocked out (Rory and Erin, maybe Anita and Robin), then leaving once people get bored with her.

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Lulu on the Kirby wire, was absolutely gorgeous

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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Was listening to Bruno on Chris Evans breakfast show this week and I found him to be interesting, articulate and I learnt a lot about his career, which just reinforces my feeling that Alesha really doesn't deserve to be sitting among the other three.

    Elton Johns video of I'm Still Standing has had thousands of hits since Bruno spoke about choreographing and appearing in it. Check him out!


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    Re: Strictly Come Dancing 2011

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    Was listening to Bruno on Chris Evans breakfast show this week and I found him to be interesting, articulate and I learnt a lot about his career, which just reinforces my feeling that Alesha really doesn't deserve to be sitting among the other three.

    Elton Johns video of I'm Still Standing has had thousands of hits since Bruno spoke about choreographing and appearing in it. Check him out!
    Since Alesha has been a judge and the general dumbing down of the programme, I stopped watching. The old format worked so why have change for change sake.

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