Strictly Dance Fever Archives

Clive Uter and Helga Helgdottier tonight made their first and last appearance on BBC1’s Strictly Dance Fever. When the public vote was counted and combined with the judges scores they joined Mark Williamson and Jennifer Mistry in the bottom two couples. Graham Norton just minutes ago revealed that Clive and Helga are the first couple to leave.the show

Their exit was something of a shock for viewers, contestants and the judges alike. The judges comments about Clive and Helga’s first two performances were less than impressive.

“I saw great spins , I saw a lousy lift, but I saw something that was catastrophically boring,” said Arlene. “It was very clean very precise but very boring,” agreed Stacey. “There was no heat together,” added Ben

But during the group routine the pair seemed to realise what was at stake and danced amazingly. Both Stacey and Arlene chose them as the pair that most stood out from the rest of the group.

But it wasn’t enough. The public had already decided. For Clive Uter and Helga Helgdottier their first night was their final night.

Strictly Dance Fever Finalist Dawn Nelson has a special wish for tonights show, she hopes her estranged dad is watching.

Dawn who is 24 hasn’t seen her dad since she was 16 and is hoping that he will see her perform tonight with Rob Glover and that the show will prompt him to get in touch.

“I’d love him to see me and be proud of me,” said Dawn.

“I hope my dad gets in contact because I’d love nothing more than my dad to share one of the biggest moments in my life.”

Who would have thought that there were over 80,000 budding dancers lurking around the UK? Tonight’s first episodes of Strictly Dance Fever showed the barrage of hopefuls whittled down to just 100 and then to 50 by the shows four judges Arlene Phillips, Wayne Sleep, Stacey Haynes and Ben Richards.

We caught the second episode at 9:30 and had great fun trying to predict who would get through to the actual live competition. It’s a bit like X Factor, really - the editing focuses more on the people who are interesting or who eventually got through.

Take Katie, for instance (the one with the mad afro-thingy) - she got plenty of camera-love and by the end of the show it was obvious we’d be seeing her next week.

Look at the lover’s tiff between Rammi(?) and Maria - they bickered constantly during the rehearsal and got through despite their performance being less than amazing. Despite getting through, poor Maria wasn’t so sure she wanted to continue after the ordeal with her boyfriend. And we think Rammi was an arse, by the way!

JP was the street dancer who Wayne Sleep said didn’t have “what it took” to get through. However, he excelled at the salsa and our money’s on him to get through to the final 10 couples.

Next week’s show will continue to whittle the auditionees down to 20 (that’s 10 couples) and the competition begins in earnest the week after.

What are your predictions for the final 20 contestants? Leave a comment and let us know!

Auditions were held all over the country earlier this year, the contestants were chosen and very soon we will see the new series of Strictly Dance Fever starting on BBC1.

Unlike Strictly Come Dancing, Strictly Dance Fever will not feature celebrities, but rather the best of Britains unproffesional, amateur boogie boys and babes.

The show will be presented by the camp as ever Graham Norton and genres of dance will include tap, tango, street dance, body popping, salsa and lindy hop.

The contestants will be put into pairs and will have to learn a new dance each week. They will then face the public vote after each live show.

Watch this space for all the news and gossip on Strictly Dance Fever over the next few weeks!