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Strictly Come Dancing
Blog WEEK 12
SEMI FINALS week and with the standard at its highest ever,
whoever leaves the competition at this stage is surely going to be devastated, but
who is your favourite to be crowned Strictly Champion 2013?
Natalie & Artem
Salsa C10 D10 L10
B10 T40
As always a great presentation and performance from this
hard to beat couple showing great style and musicality, I personally would
prefer to see an earthier danced Salsa with a slightly stronger knee action,
yet as always, priceless.
Patrick & Anya
Waltz C9 D9 L9
B9 T36
An elegant and graceful Waltz with some very nice shaping
and poise from Patrick, I found the music very difficult to follow in the first
part of the routine which made them look to be dancing off time, but maybe it
was just my ears? Still a great job.
Sophie & Brendan
Paso Doblé C8 D9 L99 B9
T35
Such a dramatic Paso, full of attitude and presence, to
start with a continuous ‘Pot Stirrer’ which is extremely difficult to hold and
control and Sophie made it look easy and it was great to see Sophie oozing with
confidence.
Susanna & Kevin
Foxtrot C9 D9 L10
B10 T38
Foxtrot, the floating, flowing dance and flow and float it
did, there were a couple of little footwork issues from Susanna but overall a
great performance.
Abbey & Aljaz
Samba C9 D10 L10
B10 T39
For me I thought this was the dance of the evening a great
sexy Samba full of Brazilian spirit and no nuts! An amazing true Samba action
that portrayed a technically perfect routine and easily deserving a ten, and I
wish Craig would not keep going on about the double bounce action in Samba,
just for the record the only bounce action in Samba is through the hips and not
shown with any rise and fall or bobbing action in the rest of the body. (Bob Dale 1927 - 2005)
Natalie & Artem
Argentine Tango C9 D9 L10
B10 T38
A very technical performance again from Natalie but I did
feel it lacked slightly in the Argentine drama, I agreed totally with Bruno’s
comment on it being clinical as it did have a clean and precise almost balletic
finish which was not helped because of Natalie’s height and if she had just
softened the knee more it would have created a softer flow.
Patrick & Anya
Paso Doblé C7 D8 L9
B9 T33
Patrick really wanted to show his acting side and on the
whole his Paso did have attitude, however I thought his head line was too stiff
which then meant the Spanish lines and influences became slightly robotic but
he did do all the Matadors of the world proud.
Sophie & Brendan
American Smooth (Foxtrot) C8 D9
L9 B10 T36
This has to be one of the most glamorous American Smooth we
have ever been graced with, the control on the lifts was mesmerising, there
were a couple of little issues with Sophie’s head line whilst dancing solo, but
I loved it.
Susanna & Kevin
Salsa C8 D8 L8
B8 T32
For me this was a true Salsa, yes there were a couple of the
finishes that could have been slightly tighter but it had a Salsa groove and
earthy approach with enough to tease but do not touch.
Abbey & Aljaz
American Smooth (Foxtrot) C9 D10 L10
B10 T39
This was the most confident we have seen Abbey perform yet a
truly graceful, effortless performance with musicality and style, If you did
not have a smile on your face watching this routine then you need to seek
medical advice, the transformation from week one to week twelve has been truly
inspirational and if we could bottle it we would all be winners.
Sunday Results Show
A magical opening to our results show from our Strictly
dancers along with the world famous magician Dynamo, but what an unexpected
twist to our competition! Patrick & Anya and Natalie & Artem in the
dreaded dance off, Very unfair for Patrick & Anya who danced their socks
off, Patrick you entered Strictly as an accomplished actor and have left with
your head held high (and to the left) as an accomplished dancer.
It is going to be a very exciting close final Susanna &
Kevin, Abbey & Aljaz and Natalie and Artem.
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