strictly preliminary predictions

So far, I'm voting Scott Maslen and Matt Baker as stand-outs.

Seriously, do we know if Scott has had any training or is he another Ricky Whittle - discovered dancing feet he never knew? Bruno's 'Sco-tt' is fucking hysterical. Natalie is probably punching the air and praising the gods for getting this much talent two years running.

Goldie I liked for sheer style - the jazz foxtrot was seriously fun. But he's gone. SULK.
Jimi Mistry - pretty good, suspect will make more of an impression as the crowd thins.
Gavin Henson - oh my lord, week 2 really did prove the pretty but dumb stereotype. Not a wiggly bone in his body. maybe he'll make up for it with ballroom but soooo dumb and vain.

Girls -

I know they say Kara is lovely and talented (and you can see that) but she's just not impinging much once she's offscreen. Either she needs more personality or Russian hotness Artem needs to take his shirt off more.
Pamela Stevenson, the judges keep gushing, but I think it's a live vs tv thing...
Patsy Kensit - she did that with 3 hours training and being overstressed? The fuck? (suspect party girl experience helps)
Michelle Williams - meh. better on the foxtrot but still so stilted.
Anne Widdecombe - all hail. Suspect she will wipe the floor with all those who're not bad but a bit average by sheer comedy value. Audience and judges laughing so hard they could barely breathe is so much better than the John Sargeant factor of being merely bad.

rec time!

http://cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com/356799.html

Inception Royal Ballet!AU. yes, you heard me.

I have weaknesses. I'm not afraid to admit it. And this is gorgeously written, Arthur-POV Eames/Arthur and has Dom and Miles as Co-directors and Mal as principal female and Ariadne as a terribly perky member of the corps and Yusuf the sadistic physio.

And then she goes and has it that Eames was the Swan/Stranger in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake earlier in his career. Which is NOT FAIR. Sadly it's not for very much, but the images are enough to make me something chronic and my New Adventures-obsessed hindbrain is now pointing out Tom Hardy's little resemblances to Brick Shithouse and Richard Winsor. :kicks it: No, really, brain, stop whining about New Adventures-focussed AUs and Billy Elliot fic.