Blondie, Olivia Rodrigo and Måneskin are on the playlist tonight. But whose performance will wow the judges – and who will stumble into trouble? There are several doublings-up of dance styles tonight. Lacey Turner and Graeme Hall tackle the tango, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Lawrence Robb are doing jives, with Cach Mercer and Will Best both on cha-cha duty. Should bring an extra competitive edge. We will also be treated to a Couple’s Choice by Tabby Stoecker and, excitingly, Strictly’s first ever all-female Argentine tango from Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu. An historic moment to savour. A mere 15 minutes until the sparkly curtain comes up… Craig Revel Horwood gives a one-word critique, eg “Fab-u-lous” or “Love” Mention of next week’s Halloween special accompanied by thunderclap/wolf howl/eerie green lighting Cute child or aged grandparent trotted out heartstring-tugging VT Shirley and Anton stand up to do a joint demo time of ballroom had Tango criticised for “too much rise and fall, this dance needs to fly flat” Reveal of which judge gets tomorrow’s casting vote is greeted with a half-hearted “Ooooh!” Over-elaborate food-based metaphor from Motsi Mabuse or Vito Coppola Couple marked down for “flapping arms”, “spatulistic hands” or “lack of straight leg action” Judges at total loss as to how to critique or score a Couple’s Choice routine, so make it up as they go along Johannes Radebe calls someone “darling”, “babe” or even “mummy” Continue reading...
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