Strictly come Dancing 2021 #22

[Fillyjonk]

So, if she's allowed to, the first time she will try to dance again is on live TV?

 

[Imainlylurk]

So gutted for AJ and that we might not see her dance this Saturday The three that have made it to the final are all amazing, really will be a shame if we don't get the final everyone deserves
Happy with Rose or John winning but AJ is my personal fave and just want to see her in the final ep!

 

[Captainmouse]

this is a thing that always bugs me when the public talk about this show - and i’ve had strong conversations with people in work about it too ultimately a lot of people take dance lessons as children. the majority of the young actors and actresses they want on this show will have been to stage school. it doesn’t make them “trained dancers”. however, once the public get that in their minds about a contestant then there’s no way they can win.

the ultimate trained dancer on this show was debbie mcgee, who was an actual professional ballet dancer though no one ever mentioned it

We’re you asleep? They never stopped

 

[Vanelope]

No one wanted this to happen. I wanted her to be there. It means we as viewers are robbed of three dances and all the chat - the producers must be frantic to find some filler.

What a sad end. We don’t get to see a Kai and AJ show dance, poor both of them.

 

[soccergirl]

Once again, the unsung heroes of this season are Ugo and Judi, both of whom dragged themselves back onto the dancefloor for an inevitable elimination, thus saving us from would now be looking perilously like a one-person final..

 

[Captainmouse]

I’m going to be one of those annoying people who will say AJ was robbed!! AJ will be my new Danny Mac!

Sorry she’s no Danny

 

[Moonbeams]

Would have loved to see AJ's jive again. It was a messy season for Strictly. They were so close to making it to the end until this happened! Maybe next year they need to take on more celebrities to compensate for the inevitable ones who have to leave along the way. If they don't leave, just have a double elimination one week.

 

[Blue_ocean]

I suspect Friday will be the day of reckoning Strictly's Dr will have to sign off on it.

On her recent instagram post she says she wont be able to rehearse before the final, I think everyone involved knows she simply won't be able to do it at all.

I can't see any way that she will be able to dance in the final in 3 days time without making things worse.
Has there ever been a final with just two couples or as somebody questioned would they bring back rhys and Nancy?

 

[Imainlylurk]

I just watched the street pro dance from last week's results show and it cheered me up it was so hilariously bad. Whose idea was that?! And Neil leading it?? I think Karen and co managed to pull off the Janet Jackson tribute (in the previous week) with swagger and skill but I'm not sure this was the right choice!

 

[Fillyjonk]

I can't see any way that she will be able to dance in the final in 3 days time without making things worse.
Has there ever been a final with just two couples or as somebody questioned would they bring back rhys and Nancy?

It was mentioned a few pages back but it did happen with Chris Hollins and Ricky Whittle. I hope they pad it out a bit. I'm self isolating with covid but I was looking forward to donning my glittery rara skirt from TK Maxx and drinking wine for two hours.

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

We’re you asleep? They never stopped

Absolutely this! Maybe there’s a Bizarro World Strictly happening somewhere, where Danny Mac won and nobody ever mentioned Debbeh’s years with the Iranian National Ballet?!

 

[LaBlonde]

We’re you asleep? They never stopped

i was probably looking in the wrong places. or, as you point out, asleep, i suppose.

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

It was mentioned a few pages back but it did happen with Chris Hollins and Ricky Whittle.

and

Also Mark Ramprakash & Matt Dawson (Jimmy Tarbuck withdrew early in the series for health reasons), and Alesha Dixon & Matt di Angelo (Kelly Brook withdrew after her father’s death)

They’ve never before brought anyone back to fill a place in the final.

 

[soccergirl]

AJ looks sad arriving at ITT. For Kai fans, he looks hot in a burly tweed sort of way:

Strictly's AJ Odudu arrives for It Takes Two filming on crutches

The presenter, 33, was accompanied by her dance partner Kai Widdrington as they headed into the BBC studios, after being forced to miss a day of training due to an unexpected foot injury.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[jfletcher]

I’m gutted for AJ. I thought it was press exaggeration at first. She’s been brilliant throughout the series and this isn’t how her Strictly journey should be coming to an end.

If she can’t put weight on it now, I can’t see how she’ll be ready for camera blocking on Friday and dress rehearsals on Saturday . They’ve got three dances to run multiple times so that’s at least 12-15 dances she’s going to have to do before she even does the live show And what if her injury flares up again suddenly after one dance? I can’t see the BBC taking that risk.

 

[MidCenturyMadOne]

AJ looks sad arriving at ITT. For Kai fans, he looks hot in a burly tweed sort of way:

Strictly's AJ Odudu arrives for It Takes Two filming on crutches

The presenter, 33, was accompanied by her dance partner Kai Widdrington as they headed into the BBC studios, after being forced to miss a day of training due to an unexpected foot injury.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Yes he looks completely gorgeous, and adoringly supportive to his lady.

 

[Renegadedancer]

Don’t think it’s been mentioned but Tilly Ramsay has posted to say she has tested positive so no final appearance for her either.

 

[queenamber]

Gutted for AJ. But I do wonder if it's a bit overblown for production value. Guess we'll find out on Saturday!

 

[Gym&Tonic]

There have been a lot of injuries over the past few series. Do they not have physios etc on hand?

 

[Vanelope]

Just watched it takes two, I don’t think that’s put on, she’s absolutely gutted.
I think Janette was really trying to keep positive but it was clunky when she is telling someone who can’t currently walk they are going to do three dances in a couple of days