Except, @star gaze lily that Rock the Boat is just about the easiest possible song for a samba. I often used it for dance club practice sessions for the beginners' track because it's slow for a samba and doesn't have changes of pace or rhythm. Nancy didn't ask Les to do any difficult steps and he still fluffed it and looked lumpy.
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I thought Shirley came down weirdly hard on Nigel Harman and a few others, yet let a lot of sub-standard dancing pass. I also thought that with some of the poorer dancers, the judges gave no advice at all. In Les Dennis' case, I suppose they thought he was a no-hoper, but all the others deserve some decent advice. I have to agree with @Emerion - Les Dennis was so bad that I was in hysterics watching him. I read somewhere someone said he looked as though could have been auditioning for 'Dad's Army'...
I think the booing is part of the 'panto atmosphere' - possibly the BBC encourage it as a form of audience participation.
I missed Amanda Abington and a few others but Angela Scanlon was very good and I also thought there were echoes of Irish dancing in her elevations.
With Angela Rippon's performance, I thought her footwork was as light as a soufflé, lovely and elegant and her arms were held beautifully. I was shocked to see how stiff her neck and upper shoulders seemed to be though. Maybe arthritis or something like that. I think her strange rather sunken neck positioning and neck stiffness, along with the hairstyle/wig, made for an unfortunate pairing that made her look unnecessarily frumpy, but I thought her light footwork was a delight.
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Not a surprise to be honest. @star gaze lily, if you saw the results show, they replayed Lauren and Krishnan's dance with her microphone turned up. A lot of instructions, mostly to do with his elbows and smiling
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And yes a difficult dance for week 2, but I thought the same about Les Dennis doing a Samba.
That's true @KT53 😁
As Craig said I'd love to know what Lauren was shouting at Krishnan 😱 she could have been a bit more subtle.
I think the booing is part of the 'panto atmosphere' - possibly the BBC encourage it as a form of audience participation.
I missed Amanda Abington and a few others but Angela Scanlon was very good and I also thought there were echoes of Irish dancing in her elevations.
With Angela Rippon's performance, I thought her footwork was as light as a soufflé, lovely and elegant and her arms were held beautifully. I was shocked to see how stiff her neck and upper shoulders seemed to be though. Maybe arthritis or something like that. I think her strange rather sunken neck positioning and neck stiffness, along with the hairstyle/wig, made for an unfortunate pairing that made her look unnecessarily frumpy, but I thought her light footwork was a delight.
@star gaze lily, if you saw the results show, they replayed Lauren and Krishnan's dance with her microphone turned up. A lot of instructions, mostly to do with his elbows and smiling
As you say not a surprise. I wasn't surprised at the other couple in the dance off either.
@Obelixx, I totally agree. My comment was intended to be tongue-in-cheek.