We have a mixed bag of spooky characters ranging from the Ghostbustingly Ghastly Sid.... to the Terrifyingly Terrific Louis!
We have a Spinetinglingly Scary Set... Chillingly Creative Costumes... and Murderously Manic Make-up!.... And I'm done with the Awful Alliteration now you'll be glad to hear! :D
I did attempt to make Percy Pig cupcakes from a cupcake mix for my Strictly Snacks but the results were as scary as Halloween itself and Mary Berry would have been well miffed at my 'Soggy Bottoms' :-(
I settled for Haribo, Mojito and Monkey Nuts-o in the end.
Tess Dress : Even with the unnecessary belt, it was one of my favourites so far (8)
Pro/Celeb Opening Number: THRILLER
LOVED this start to the show! Our amazing pro dancers kicked it all off wearing an assortment of white spooky ghosts/ghouls and zombies costumes before the celebs joined in with the classic 'Thriller' moves.....Although to be fair some of them have unintentionally perfected some of these zombie moves over the course of the past few weeks......
*cough Nicky/Sid/Richard/Michael/....Anton cough*.....!
The set looks AMAZING and the lighting colours were fab! My favourite pro/celeb group dance for a couple of years although it soon slipped down to second place ...........
..... when this happened! GANGNAM STYLE!
Dani & Vincent: Cha Cha - Scooby Doo Theme
This was a great opening to the show and a real good fun routine with a cameo appearance from Anton! Unfortunate costumes for them this week with Dani (Velma) in an orange dress and matching orange knee high socks, a brown wig and glasses! I would be well miffed if I went on Strictly and that was my costume, even at Halloween... although probably Vincent had more reason to be miffed given he ended up looking more Boris Johnson than Shaggy!
Judges : 6 6 8 7 = 27
Me : 7
Dress : 4
Richard & Erin: Paso Doble - O Fortuna
I thought this was their best so far, even though it was all a little bit nuts! Not so sure I enjoyed Richards lacklustre Paso shapes but Erin was fab in her own crazy way... and I loved the music and set.
One of the best dresses of the night.
Judges : 5 5 7 5 = 22
Me : 6
Dress : 8
Lisa & Robin: Charleston - Witch Doctor
Not much Charleston in this and all of Lisa's latin style dances of which we have now seen 3 of in 4 weeks, have all blended together so much now that I can't remember what her other two looked like to make them different from this. Loved them in week one, but bored of them now and need to see something different next week.
Green 'Witchy' style dress although I could have done without the green tights.
Judges : 6 6 7 7 = 26
Me : 6
Dress : 5
Sid & Ola: Cha Cha - Ghostbusters
They had a really tough week with Ola having to go home to Poland as her mother was ill, so Iveta stepped in to train with Sid for the week. Unfortunately it was all a bit of a disaster and a really poor Cha Cha which had nothing going for it at all. The signs were there of how awful it would be as soon as we saw Ola in the playsuit! .... If all else fails get the catsuit/hotpants on! :D
Ola looked amazing but Sid looked like a petrol pump attendant.
Judges : 2 5 5 5 = 17
Me : 4
Dress : 3
Nicky & Karen: Tango - Weird Science
Better than ANYTHING he had done before but a lot of stomping about and his posture is still awful. I had really high hopes for Nicky in the beginning but I think too much time has passed for me to show much interest now.... Maybe if they have another couple of weeks which are good, I might get more into them.
Gorgeous red dress..... Red dresses always seem to come across really well on SCD
Judges : 6 6 7 7 = 26
Me : 6
Dress : 8
Fern & Artem: American Smooth - Killer Queen
Not much to this routine at all and definitely not Artems best work. I agree with the judges in that it just needs a bit more WOW..... ! Fern looks fab though and half naked Artem ain't bad either I don't suppose.
Lovely dress for Fern.... Burgundy satin with jewelled neck.
Judges : 4 5 6 6 = 21
Me : 4
Dress : 7
Denise & James: Cha Cha - Superfreak
This was another dance which I expected to be much better than it actually was. It wasn't a bad routine but I just didn't enjoy watching it. The first half of this show is turning into a bit of a bore and none of them are really doing as well as they could...... I have no doubt thought that Denise will be back on form next week.
Black/White/Red leotard type costume for Denise and a James is a Tom Jones look-a-likey!
Judges : 7 7 7 7 = 28
Me : 7
Dress : 7
Michael & Natalie: Quickstep - That Old Black Magic
WOWZER! How did that happen? What a difference a week makes....Practically booted out last Saturday, and this week on top form! By far the best dance of the night so far and well done to both Natalie & Michael as they really must have put in some work to achieve this! I reckon this will have given Michael a great big boost and he could hang around for another few weeks yet.
Lovely silver fringed dress for Natalie
Judges : 8 8 8 7 = 31
Me : 8
Dress : 8
Victoria & Brendan: Tango - White Wedding
What a big improvement for Victoria although I still feel she is getting half dragged around the floor, albeit not near as much as in her last dances. Good routine from Brendan and maybe like Michael, this will give Victoria a confidence boost for next week too.
FAB outfits for both with Victoria as the goth bride with amazing eye make up!
Judges : 7 8 8 8 = 31
Me : 7
Dress : 9
Colin & Kristina: Salsa - Superstition
I don't think I have found many positives to write about Colin and Kristina in any week, and again I'm not really getting this at all.....
Colin is a wizard and Kristina a black cat.....
Judges : 5 7 6 6 24
Me : 4
Dress : 4
Louis & Flavia: Tango - Disturbia
WOW, this was absolutely AMAZING!! Brilliant choreography from Flavia, and Louis zombie performance was FAB! I loved every single thing about it from the song, to the routine, to the performance, to the costumes and all finished off with a semi back flip handspring thingy(?) and straight back into zombie mode! Fab routine and most definitely the dance of the night. They are just getting better and better every week. Very exciting!!
Gorgeous green/black/beige dress for Flavia with fab eye make up and dusty old tails suit for Louis with veeeery FREAKY eyes!!
Judges : 8 9 9 9 = 35
Me : 9
Dress : 9
Kimberley & Pasha: Paso Doble - Hungry Like The Wolf
Well this has certainly been a show of two halves with most of the best performances in the 2nd half. Loved this from Kimberley & Pasha and the whole thing looked like a childrens fairy book brought to life. Could have had a bit more paso aggression but I really don't see Kimberley getting into that kind of mode so it was a good performance from her I'd say.
Lovely blue dress although not very 'Red Riding Hood'(?)..... and Pasha unrecognisable as the big bad wolf.... in a pair of 'One Direction' coloured jeans!
Judges : 8 8 7 8 = 31
Me : 8
Dress : 8
So that is it.... Top of the leaderboard are Louis and Flavia with 35 and bottom is Sid and Ola with 17.
Special shout out to the set designers, costume, make-up and SCD Band..... Themed weeks aren't everybody's cup of tea, but love them or hate them I would say that this was altogether a really good production. For saying that though, I will be glad to get back to a normal ballroom/Latin theme for a couple of weeks.
RESULTS
Brilliant Gothic masked ball(?) style routine to 'Toxic' which was so very stylish and vogue-like. The dresses were gorgeous and fit the style of the dance perfectly, long red gloves, red shoes and glittery eye masks completed the look for what is already one of my favourite pro dance of the series. I'll watch this one a lot! :)
I do like Tess and Claudia hosting the results show and I'm kinda glad that Brucie has took a back seat for this part of the show.... or took to his bed rather!
Paloma Faith is the guest performer with her new song - Never Tear Us Apart which I like, although maybe not quite as much as the original. Anyway, only Paloma could go on SCD and make EVERYONE else look under-dressed! She's as mad as a box of frogs and has a whole garden centre worth of flowers in her hair and painted on her face..... oh and she has brought some skeleton dancers with her, who also have flowers in their hair.... as skeletons do!?!
What happened to the days when the pros danced to the music acts? Most times now they bring their own dance troupe with them, and while our pros already are probably over worked, I would like it to go back to the way it used to be where the eliminated pros would dance to whoever the guest is!
Bottom 2 are Sid & Ola and Colin & Kristina. I can't say I am surprised at either as neither of them were too great tonight. Anyway, three of the four judges save Colin & Kristina which means bye bye to Sid and Ola. He didn't really look like he had been enjoying it much over the past couple of weeks, and he never really did match that week one waltz that he did. Ola has a lot on her plate too with her mum being unwell, so maybe it was a good time for both of them to go.
That's it for another week..... Next weeks theme is ballroom and latin .... YAY!
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