Tag: Finalists

18th December 2021

Strictly Come Dancing 2021 Finalists – John and Johannes

Here we are with the final part of what has become a 2 part series taking a look at this year’s finalists and their journey to the final. Following the withdrawal of AJ and Kai we will be continuing and concluding the series with John and Johannes

Worst Dance

Back to week 4 we go for their worst routine when their American Smooth scored 29 points with the judges (6,7,8,8)

Best Dance

John and Johannes have fallen 1 short of a maximum on 4 occasions this series. The first was in week 3 when their Pirates of the Caribbean inspired Paso Doble had all the judges bar Craig reaching for their 10 paddles (9,10,10,10)

Craig was the hold out in week 10 too when their Argentine tango came close to a perfect score (9,10,10,10)

Then in last week’s Semi Final Craig again denied them perfect scores with their couples choice and Jive both scoring 39 (9,10,10,10)

Average Score

John and Johannes have amassed a total of 454 point across 13 routines making for an average of 34.9. This is the highest average of the 2 finalists

Number of times in the Dance Off

John and Johannes landed in the dance off during last weekend’s semi final however their Jive (above) dispatched with Rhys and Nancy with all 4 judges putting them through into the final

Can they win?

It’s going to take a lot to overturn the momentum that Rose and Giovanni have been building throughout the series but I wouldn’t discount John and Johannes quite yet. They too have the journey as Strictly’s first all male couple and have been showing that two men dancing together can create every bit as beautiful Strictly moments as a male/female couple. They have built up a wonderful partnership which resonates with many of the Strictly viewers and whilst their competitors have been making advances for the deaf community John and Johannes have been doing the same for the LBGT community and have demonstrated that two men dancing together, in 2021, is something completely natural and beautiful.

Ultimately with a strong final and if they pick up floating voters from AJ and Kai they could possibly do it however I must mention that only 12% of visitors to this site wanted them to win after the semi final though AJ and Kai’s retirement may have changed that.

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17th December 202117th December 2021

Strictly Come Dancing 2021 Finalists – Rose and Giovanni

Here we are with the first part of my 3 part series taking a look at this year’s finalists and their journey to the final. We will be taking them in the order of qualification which means we begin with Rose and Giovanni…..

Worst Dance

As it probably should be we have to journey all the way back to week 1 of the competition for their worst routine. Their Jive during the first show of the series scored 22 points with the judges (6,6,4,6)

Best Dance

Rose and Giovanni have had all 4 judges reaching for their 10 paddles on two occasions this series. The first was the earliest maximum score ever and came in week 6 following their Tango (10,10,10,10)

The second occasion came during last weekend’s semi final. With Rose continuing her strong Tango performance this time during the Argentine Tango (10,10,10,10)

Average Score

Rose and Giovanni have amassed a total of 447 points across 13 routines making for an average of 34.4. This is marginally the lowest of the 3 finalists but all 3 finalists do have similar averages

Number of times in the Dance Off

Rose and Giovanni are the only couple this series (barring Robert and Dianne who withdrew) to have never landed in the Dance Off this series

Can they win?

The better question is can they lose. Momentum has been building and building for this couple since about week 3 of the series and they have been the odds on favourites with the bookmakers for weeks on weeks now. 71% of visitors to this website want them to lift the glitter ball tomorrow night.

The final is a lot closer in terms of ability but in terms of public support, the journey this couple of been on, how Rose has embraced Strictly despite not being able to hear the music she is dancing to and the beautiful partnership Rose and Giovanni have formed its going to take a very strong final and a massive shift in the public opinion to see anyone but Rose and Giovanni crowned as champions tomorrow

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Stay tuned as later today we’ll be continuing this series with ~~AJ and Kai~~ John and Johannes

14th December 201914th December 2019

Strictly Come Dancing 2019 Finalists – Karim and Amy

With the final just a few hours away it is time for the final part in my series where I take a look at the finalists and their journey so far. Taking them in the order in which they qualified for the final we finish with Karim and Amy

Best Dance

Karim and Amy got the first 40 of the series back in musicals week when their Jive made Craig dust the cobwebs off his 10 paddle and join the other judges in awarding maximum points (10,10,10,10)

Worst Dance

Their week 3 Samba scored 26 points with the judges (6,7,6,7)

Average Score

Karim and Amy have amassed a total of 452 points from 13 routines making for an average score of 34.8. This is the 2nd highest (or 2nd lowest) average of the 3 finalists

Number Of Times In The Dance Off

Karim and Amy are the only finalists to have survived a dance off on route to the final. And they’ve survived 2 of them.

The first came in week 10 when they were joint top of the leaderboard following their Couple’s Choice in the style of Contemporary which scored 38 (9,9,10,10). Saffron and AJ fell in what was a pretty one sided dance off

They also fell into the bottom two from second on the judges leaderboard after last week’s Semi Final. Opting to perform their American Smooth again which scored 38 (9,10,9,10) they easily dispatched Chris and Karen in another one sided dance off

Odds Of Winning

Bookmakers are offing prices in the range of 12-1 on Karim and Amy lifting the Glitterball although one of my Facebook fans did say they managed to get odds of 20-1 on betting exchanges which would probably be a great opportunity to lay off for a profit during the final

Can They Win?

There are a lot of barriers for Karim and Amy to get over if they want to lift the Glitterball. Well actually that might not be true because they are a strong couple. There is however one massive barrier……

The Public!

The final is decided on public vote only and we know for a fact that Karim’s public vote is weaker than both of the other two finalists as there is no permutation of votes last weekend where Karim receives more public vote than Emma or Kelvin but still ends up in the Dance Off

Does this mean we should write them off? I’d say no. It would take a turn around in their public vote in order for them to be crowned champions but it can happen. Ore won three years ago despite landing up in the Dance Off twice just like Karim has so these things can happen. It will depend entirely on how their final goes and how many floating voters they can pick up in the final

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