Posts Tagged ‘dancing’

TV Review and gallery: Britain’s Got Talent

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Simon Cowell said that this years Britain’s Got Talent was “better than ever” and for once we’re inclined to agree.
Over the past four weeks we’ve seen a number of amazing acts from dogs to very young children, which have blown away Amanda Holden and new judges David Hasslehoff and comedian Michael Mcintyre.
However, if we have one criticism of the show so far, it’s that there’s none of those really bad acts. It could just be because there is far too much talent, or that producers are going through a new change. An example of this was clearly shown this week when we were just given an hour of pure talent. Kicking off the long list was gymnast Valerie whose flexible nature and of course er, talent had the Hoff all hot under the collar. The same could be said about girls, Girls Roc, whose skimpy outfits and and suggestive moves were almost too much for the Baywatch star.
Then there was New Bounce, who proved that despite appearances they weren’t the new Jacksons after a terrible song. However, after being given a second song choice by Amanda the boys did well. Another surprise came in the form of Robert wh  looked all masculine but there was nothing laddish about his high feminine voice.

However, our top three of the night were clear. Artist Nathan’s artistic Marmite and toast picture of judge Micheal showed that you didn’t have to be a dancer or singer to have talent, while autistic school boy James moved the judges, and I, to tears with his stunning performance. Also making it into our top three was Michael.

Although not technically British – he was from France  and wasn’t too good with English – the dancer blew us away with his popping dance moves. By far my favourite of the night.

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Dancing on Ice:Chloe Madeley terrified of solo routine

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Chloe Madeley is terrified about performing a solo routine on ‘Dancing On Ice’.

The 23-year-old TV personality – daughter of legendary presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan – was upset when ITV1 producers revealed contestants will have to choreograph and perform a routine without their professional partners this Sunday (20.03.11), as she doesn’t think she can cope without professional skater Michael Zenezini.

A source told The Sun newspaper: “Chloe finds it hard to control her nerves at the best of times but the one person who can calm her down is Michael.

“But on Sunday he won’t be by her side to keep her strong. Chloe is terrified she won’t live up to her usual standard without him.”

Under-pressure Chloe – who has topped the leaderboard for the past two weeks – has previously revealed she has been so “overwhelmed” by the anxiety of performing live on ‘Dancing On Ice’ that she has enlisted a specialist to help her cope with her panic attacks.

She said: “Doing a show like ‘Dancing On Ice’ can get quite overwhelming. Recently, I started having a panic attack in the middle of my routine live on air. As soon as it ended, I ran off crying. I thought to myself, ‘That cannot happen again.’

“So I’ve started to see someone who is basically helping me to not have a panic attack again and it’s really working.”

Strictly Come Dancing: Ann Widdecombe dances her way out

Monday, December 6th, 2010

It wasn’t a good weekend for the “older ladies”. Mary Byrne got the boot from the  X Factor and Ann Widdecombe, self confessed “dancing elephant” got the chop from Strictly Come Dancing last night.

The 62-year-old, went out gracefully claiming she had had ‘the time of my life’ with her dancing partner Anton Du Beke, who lifted her up one last time after hearing the vote.

Props to the former Tory minister, who lasted for ten weeks in the show and this week, but sadly lost out to soap heart throb Scott Marsden. She waltzed out with her head held high and also graciously claimed that her time on Strictly had also inspired many older women to give dancing a try.

However this week was her last with judges describing her as a “dalek in drag.”

In the past she had managed to cling on because her routines were so entertaining but as the competition heats up, it’s understandable that she had to go.

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Coming soon: Kylie Minogue’s ITV1 special

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

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In many ways it feels like the pint-sized pop princess hasn’t even been away, such has been the media’s constant surveillance of her throughout her cancer treatment, but now as Kylie gears up to release her first album in four years, she is planning an hour-long ITV special. The programme will see Kylie shake her ass and belt out classic tunes from past and present, though don’t expect to see former flame Jason Donovan in the audience (apparently the two have fallen out over allegations in Donovan’s autobiography that Minogue dumped him for former INXS front man Michael Hutchence – ooer!)

Kylie is clearly looking forward to the show (no announced air date yet): “Working with ITV on this special has been an incredibly exciting experience. My creative team and I are preparing a fabulous evening with a mixture of old songs, new songs and lots of surprises thrown into the mix as well.” While ITV are similarly thrilled by what is sure to be a ratings hit, with their controller of music and events, Guy Freeman, explaining: “We are delighted to be bringing Kylie to ITV1 in what will become the must-see TV event of the Autumn.”

[via Digital Spy]

Set the video: Dancing with the Stars, UKTV Gold, Friday 28 September, 8pm

Friday, September 28th, 2007

I’m not very good at recognising the ‘famous’ faces of contestants on celebrity shows, and the new series of Dancing with the Stars is no different. I’m not incapable of a bit of online research to put a bio to a face, but out of the 12 sashaying stars I could name about four. One that everyone here in the UK knows is Spice Girl/ Eddie Murphy baby mother Mel B. The pop strumpet known as Scary will be shaking her animal-printed booty on the show which starts its UK run tonight on UKTV Gold, but she will not be the only Brit participating, with Jane Seymour also having a go.

The judging panel includes Strictly Come Dancing’s Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman to help make Mel and Jane feel at home, but I wonder what American audiences will make of the Spice Girl’s broad Leeds accent. Will she need sub-titles or will Len be able to translate? For those of you who might not be able to devote your entire Friday night to the dancing competition (it does go on a bit) here is a taster of Mel B in all her cha-chaing glory. It make me feel quite exhausted and light-headed just watching it.