Strictly Come Tweeting (24.11.18)


Tonight I committed the cardinal sin of forgetting to take part in the Strictly vote.

I only just remembered a few minutes after the deadline, which was frustrating as I really wanted to vote for Lauren tonight as she’s doing exceptionally well, but doesn’t seem to get the recognition. As I say below, I feel the judges choose mark each contestant based on their individual traits rather than casting an eye over everyone and marking them accordingly - and for some reason despite coming on in leaps and bounds Lauren is still talked to like she’s not putting anything into it.

Here are my tweets about tonight’s show:

7:13PM: I think @glyndoggett and I took a show to Edinburgh in 2008 called 'The Bounce Debate'. 7:27PM: Worth remembering next time Tess does one of her soulless, wooden, dead-behind-the-eyes links. 


7:30PM: Nice work if you can get it.  
7:31PM: Small balls, big balls, Ed Balls.  
7:33PM: Shut up, Tess: I want you to stop.  
7:36PM: Charles' pointy beard is a Brucie-chin tribute.  
7:38PM: Charles has come disguised as the Milk Tray man.  
7:39PM: "Father Charles-Venny".  
7:44PM: Dancing to Eleanor Rigby and had trouble keeping his thumb up; you know who Charles should have turned to...  
7:46PM: Don't let Jim Davison see this or he'll think there's a chance of a prime-time return for Big Break.  
7:47PM: I think Lauren's great. She's really grown across the series.  
7:55PM: How about a special mention for how exceptionally Lauren does with choreography other dancers might naturally benefit from being able to put weight on both arms? It seems to have been completely forgotten.  
7:58PM: Yes, Stacey's great, but what about how good Lauren is? She doesn't come from a performance background and yet her acting's getting stronger and stronger and she's subtly versatile.  
7:58PM: As opposed to 'waffly versatile', which is something else.  
8:03PM: I feel most of Lauren's feedback is based on the judges' perception of her as a person rather than her actual performances.  
8:07PM: They should have got Theresa May in to adjudicate the Lindy-Hop-A-Thon; it would have gone so much better. (https://twitter.com/David_Ephgrave/status/1066417206886625280 

8:10PM: "Smoking pot-pot-pot..."

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