Monday
- The response to her elimination has reaffirmed Clara's faith in the goodness of humankind.
- Clara realised she was going wrong during the kicks section.
- Aljaž is never going to leave. By 2084 it'll just be him, Anton and the cockroaches, dancing abominable sambas forever.
- Aljaž wants HRVY to win because he's with Janette.
- Luba doesn't think a woman will win the fleckerl pro challenge.
- Luba managed 15 fleckerls with zero disqualifications, putting her currently in second place.
- We have a new segment where Ian and Gethin look at classic dances from the archive.
- It is jarringly weird to see the old judges' desk with them all crammed together.
- Ian thinks Abbey did the best lady waltz ever on the show.
- Gethin is still a bit bitter that he didn't win the Christmas special.
- And he seems to think getting 40 at Christmas counts, bless him.
- Ian is very clear that it does not, however.
- Gethin loves Nancy Dell'Olio's waltz.
- Gethin thinks Fiona Phillips loved doing this show, despite all evidence to the contrary.
- Ranvir finds it weird that you don't really get a chance to speak to your partner after you've done the dance to find out if they were happy with it or not.
- Giovanni basically confirmed that their lifts were low-key because things were going wrong in rehearsal.
- Ranvir screams a lot.
- Ranvir has never been a waitress. Zoe has, and she made good tips doing it.
Tuesday
- The Christmas songs have started, but the set is yet to be trimmed.
- Jamie is really bad at remembering when he has to bring fancy clothes to wear on It Takes Two.
- Karen does not approve of wearing shoes without socks.
- Karen was fuming for half an hour after their dance and Jamie was confused as to why, but it turns out it was because she knocked over a chess piece.
- Karen doesn't know how to play chess.
- Jamie decided their leg work at the chess table alone meant he'd at least get a 4.
- Karen thinks Jamie's musicality is fine but perhaps Shirley's comment meant he needed to elongate more.
- Jamie and Karen are jiving to 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie', and it shows restraint that the producers didn't throw that song choice on him earlier in the series. Also: my hopes are high for Jamie in drag. Also also: I was at the first press night of that show in its original run in Sheffield and it was one of the best theatre experiences ever, not least when the real Jamie and his mum were brought on stage during the curtain call and everyone was blubbing.
- Joanne Clifton is a fan of eyebrowography.
- Joanne thinks Maisie needs to work on her elbows.
- Joanne calls the Clauditorium 'Claudia's area', fnar.
- Joanne's tip for the Viennesse Waltz is for Ranvir to feel Giovanni's body pressing against her contact points, the absolute filth from Ms Clifton tonight.
- When doing the jive you should imagine sponges in your feet and knees (it made more sense when you saw what Joanne meant, something to do with not smacking your feet on the floor).
- Joanne wants to point out that the professionals are only trained in the traditional ballroom 10 dances. We would like to point out that some of the pros aren't even trained in those.
- The pros are allowed to modify the routines from the guest choreographers if they want to.
- Johannes dressed like a pimp to discover his pro challenge results.
- Johannes thought he did 'very well' by spinning like a loon and wobbling all over the place. It paid off because he completed 21 fleckerls and had 0 steps disqualified to top the leaderboard. He thinks Graziano and Oti are his biggest competition.
- 'Rescue' is a song that's been part of JJ & Amy's warm-up for a while.
- Amy is still crying about their Viennese waltz.
- Zoe wants to be a background dancer for JJ and Amy's Charleston.
- JJ is still scared of The Child Catcher even now.
Wednesday
- Ian didn't think JJ's charleston was going to be any good but now he's changed his mind.
- Ian thinks Maisie should have got 30 last weekend.
- Janette would love to win the pro challenge, possibly because it would mean on next year's launch show she could be introduced as "Pro Challenge Winner Janette Manrara".
- Janette thinks fleckerls are hard for short people.
- Janette completed 20 fleckerls with 2 disqualifications, giving her a score of 18 which puts her joint second with Aljaž.
- Zoe would like to meet HRVY's family in person.
- HRVY's family did not know they were being recorded when they were reacting to his scores at the weekend.
- HRVY hasn't seen many musicals in theatres, just the film versions.
- Shirley got stuck in traffic so Motsi had to do the judges' chat slot by herself.
- Motsi thinks the best thing about Jamie is that he is so into it and so happy.
- Motsi thinks that watching Ranvir and Giovanni is like watching the essence of ballroom dancing.
- Motsi is looking forward to seeing JJ having some fun.
- Motsi thinks Maisie is the most musical dancer in the cast.
Thursday
- Oti did the pro challenge in a very warm-looking jumper. She tried to turn mid-way and then realised it was a mistake.
- Oti is not known for her fleckerls.
- Nancy is a 'finished beauty'.
- Oti completed 21 fleckerls with 3 disqualifications, placing her on 18. Nancy completed 22 fleckerls with 1 disqualification, placing her joint top on 21.
- The Priscilla pro dance will feature Giovanni, Gorka and Johannes as drag queens. Somewhere, Michelle Visage is smashing a fan in rage.
- Gorka thinks Giovanni enjoyed wearing heels a bit too much.
- Johannes accidentally attacked Aljaž with his headpiece for the Priscilla number during rehearsals.
- HRVY will be doing some tap dance in his American smooth.
- Maisie will be playing Audrey in her Little Shop of Horrors dance.
- Janette can cope with whatever you throw at her. Surely that should be 'with however you throw her'?
- The hair'n'makeup segment has been updated to feature Johannes recreating Craig's 'Hello Dolly' drag, and he even shaved his beard.
- Johannes can't apply lipstick very well.
- Bill thinks he went wrong on Saturday because he was too excited.
- Bill's wife is quite an exciting cook.
Friday
- This week's Friday panel is Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ore Oduba and the ever-elusive Tom Allen.
- Something very weird was going on with the camerawork on Gethin's Non-Homoerotic Studio Adventures.
- JJ isn't super enthused about using props in dances. Suspect he's not alone in that.
- Maisie taught Gorka how to cartwheel. It was a struggle.
- Maisie blames her little foot error on suddenly realising she was on Strictly.
- Maisie always wanted to make it to Musicals Week and getting there is as good as winning as far as she's concerned.
- Despite having been here forever, Anton's still only on his 6th pro challenge.
- Anton completed 19 fleckerls with zero disqualifications, putting him in third place.
- Janette has never done Musicals Week before. (The only time she got this far, they did Around The World Week instead.)
- HRVY doesn't watch It Takes Two, and his mum texts him with pictures of the costumes from Vicky Gill's segment.
Tom Allen doesn't think ALW has cashed in enough on the popularity of masks this year.
- Tom Allen thinks the Phantom of the Opera is a very camp character because "he falls in love with someone called Christine".
- ALW thinks live shows are so important. Book him now for a live revival of his star search shows, doesn't matter what the musical is, Starlight Express, Evita, that stupid Ben Elton football one, whatever.
- Tom thinks Jamie is going home ("he's old money, he doesn't need it"), Ore thinks JJ, and Andrew thinks it will be Ranvir.
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