SCD Week 2 chat thread

wasn't really comparing the routines just the choreo :)  Alex's is paso Pasha's was a showdance for SYTYCD

Originally posted by Bren wasn't really comparing the routines just the choreo :)  Alex's is paso Pasha's was a showdance for SYTYCD

Ah - that explains the differences - thanks for educating me!

Originally posted by Bren oh Salsa you know a lot about dance :)  re Debbie as you say faster latin dances will be her test - Paso has totally different technique than the other latin dances will be interesting to see how she copes with a Jive and salsaAs for Aston - Janette needs to get on to technique and less flash or she will do him a dis service

Thank you for the kind compliment, Bren. I love dance and, over the years, have had a go at a number of different styles (ballet, ballroom, latin, salsa, line & even flamenco!) However, I don’t regard myself as anything like an expert in any of them. Rather, I know a little and know what I like, and it is always interesting to hear the opinion of others who have a much greater depth of experience.

I really wish they wouldn't do the Tango so early on, I love it so much and it's always a mess :(

Thought Molly was a million times better than last week. Loved Aston again.

Enjoyed Jonnie again. And loved Debbie :)

OMG Alexandra was incredible :)

 8 years between Molly and AJ same age diference between Susan and Kevin, not too bad.

I found that quite a mixed bag, to be honest. Alexandra, Aston and Debbie are streets ahead of the rest it seems to me - understandable given their histories most likely, but it does make for a pretty dull competition. That said, I did love Alex's paso - stunning!

Pasha, Diane, Amy and Kevin are all to a certain extent playing to their celebs strengths - personality first and foremost. I'm afraid as I get older I'm losing patience faster with the "aww, but he's such a sweetie and he's trying so hard" brigade of contestant. And (hoping this scandalous confession doesn't see me chased off with virtual pitchforks and flaming torches) I'm not the biggest fan of Kevin's routines...

Let me qualify by saying he's obviously a smashing teacher and seems a genuinely nice chap. I even voted for him and Kelly (I think that was her name - sorry!) when they danced best in their final. However, while all the pros have to play along with the light entertainment theme, I find that Kevin - as per the "ladies and gentlemen of the Jury" bit that made me shudder - over-eggs that particular pud for my taste. Sorry!

It was an enjoyable routine though, and Susan seemed to do it well - certainly much better than Ruth whose expression was more "sucking a sour lemon" than the coy/flirty she was probably aiming for to my eye...

Of the rest - poor Charlotte was the archetypal rabbit in the headlights (and Brendan's reverted to form I thought he'd grown out of); Gemma was elegant, and I can't judge Simon accurately because although I'm on the blue side of the footie divide, that song ceased to be a tribal anthem for me in April 1989.

If I hadn't been convinced by Shirley Ballas in week 1 (I was - she's brilliant) she'd have won me over with her reaction to him. And is it just me, or were the other judges a bit more subdued on Saturday than before?

If the presence of an unquestioned expert with an eye for detail and a kind heart for the contestants is keeping them in line - well, I like her even better!

Of the rest - Joe disappointed me a bit, Johnnie I really enjoyed, Mollie doesn't do a thing for me either way and as someone who generally loves the quickstep - all the messing about/costume switching in Davood's really got on my nerves!



Edited by BambionIce - 02 Oct 2017 at 13:13

I see the race card being played again over  Twitter and the Internet.  On the basis that the first 2 out last year were black and now this year the first one out.  Did they forget a mixed race won it this year and I would put money on the same this year