Oct 18 2014

Strictly Come Dancing: Who’s dancing to what in week four

DJ Scott Mills will be hoping he doesn’t have ‘a total eclipse of the heart’ on the dance floor

Scott Mills will be dancing to Bonnie Tyler

The final titles have rolled on movie night, the bright lights of Hollywood are a distant memory for the dancers, but don’t worry there is a bit of Bonnie to celebrate this week.

The songs and dances for week four of Strictly Come Dancing have been revealed and DJ Scott Mills and his partner Joanne Clifton will be performing the American Smooth to Total Eclipse of the Heart by Welsh songstress Bonnie Tyler.

The list also reveals there will be a bit of Destiny’s Child, Tina Turner and even Elvis Presley.

So, will Frankie and Kevin top the leaderboard again with their Cha Cha Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen, and we have high hopes for Jake Wood’s jive to Elvis Presley’s All Shook Up.

Here is the full list of songs and dances:

* Alison and Aljaz will be performing the Samba to Bootylicious by Destiny’s Child.

* Caroline and Pasha will be performing the Quickstep to We Go Together from the musical Grease.

* Frankie and Kevin will be performing the Cha Cha to Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen.

* Jake and Janette will be performing the Jive to All Shook Up by Elvis Presley.

* Judy and Anton will be performing the Tango to Jealousy by Billy Fury.

* Mark and Karen will be performing the Quickstep to Tiger Feet by Mud.

* Pixie and Trent will be performing the Rumba to Stay With Me by Sam Smith.

* Scott and Joanne will be performing the American Smooth to Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler.

* Simon and Kristina will be performing the Charleston to My Old Man (Said Follow The Van).

* Steve and Ola will be performing the Salsa to Jump in the Line by Harry Belafonte.

* Sunetra and Brendan will be performing the Salsa to Turn the Beat Around by Vicki Sue Robinson.

* Thom and Iveta will be performing the Foxtrot to Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations.

* Tim and Natalie will be performing the Paso Doble to The Best by Tina Turner.

Strictly Come Dancing's Frankie, Thom, Sunetra and Jake — VIEW GALLERY

Judy Murray is the favourite to waltz out this weekend with bookings listing her at the 6/4 favourite to go. It’s 9/4 Tim is eliminated or 3/1 Scott’s comedic dances come to a grinding halt. Let’s hope Bonnie can save him!

Frankie and Jake are fancied as 5/2 chances at the top of the outright betting.

Jessica Bridge of Ladbrokes said: “There’s been more than a few double faults in Judy’s performances and the odds suggest the judges will call her out next.”

Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday at 6:30pm on BBC1

Oct 18 2014

Strictly Come Dancing stars Kevin Clifton & Frankie Bridge waltz into Grimsby & Cleethorpes

Kevin Clifton and Frankie Bridge were pictured on the promenade as they filmed for the weekend’s show. They are pictured with Adam Wood. Submitted picture
Waltham dancer Kevin Clifton celebrated his birthday on Monday. Here he is pictured celebrating with fiance Karen Hauer, partner Frankie Bridge and friends. Submitted picture
Kevin Clifton and Frankie Bridge at Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway. Submitted picture by Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
Kevin Clifton and Frankie Bridge were pictured on the promenade as they filmed for the weekend’s show. They are pictured with Adam Wood. Submitted picture
Waltham dancer Kevin Clifton celebrated his birthday on Monday. Here he is pictured celebrating with fiance Karen Hauer, partner Frankie Bridge and friends. Submitted picture

Comments (1) STRICTLY stars Kevin Clifton and Frankie Bridge danced their way through Grimsby yesterday on a flying visit.

The duo, who are dancing together on this year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing, were seen filming in a variety of locations in the town for this weekend’s show.

They were spotted by shocked passers-by at Grimsby Town Railway Station, before taking in a spot of fish and chips by the promenade in Cleethorpes and visiting Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway.

Adam Wood, from Bradford, was visiting the resort with his young child when he came across Kevin and Frankie by the promenade.

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He tweeted the picture saying: “Nice to see you Kevin and Frankie. Thanks for the picture and good luck for Strictly.”

Fellow Twitter user Larissa Cowen added: “Much excitement! Bumped into Kevin Clifton and Frankie Bridge filming at Grimsby Town Railway Station. Yay for Strictly!”

It comes after the duo topped the judges’ leaderboard last week on what his dad Keith described as one of Strictly Come Dancing’s best ever weekends.

They scored the first ten of the series – awarded by guest judge Donny Osmond – as they racked up an impressive 45 points on Saturday night’s show.

It was enough to ensure their safe passage through to this weekend’s programme, alongside Kevin’s sister Joanne Clifton and his fiancee Karen Hauer.

This is not the first time Kevin – or “Kevin from Grimsby” as he has come to be known – has been to Grimsby to film for the hit BBC show.

He visited 14 children from Clifton’s Dance Academy last year with his celebrity dance partner Susanna Reid. The children were left starstruck as the duo – who made it to last year’s final – performed one of their dances.

The pair travelled to town by train – Kevin from London and Susanna from Manchester – accompanied by a Strictly film crew.

The visit was supposed to be hush-hush, but Kevin let the cat out of the bag by posting on social networking website Twitter that he was visiting his home town.

Kevin, from Waltham, also showed TV presenter Susanna where he used to dance – the studios in Abbey Road, Grimsby, and where he used to play snooker at Cue World.

Kevin also celebrated his 31st birthday on Monday in style, having dinner with Frankie and fiance Karen, as well as meeting up with former dancing partner Susanna.

Oct 18 2014

Find out what the celebrities and their professional dance partners will be performing on this weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing

Joanne Clifton and Scott Mills will dance the American Smooth on Strictly Come Dancing this weekend.

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Comments (0) An unforgettable Movie Week truly brought out some star-studded performances last time out and this weekend Strictly Come Dancing returns with the remaining 13 pairs vying for your votes.

So from 6.30pm on Saturday, October 18, the following routines will be performed by to live music from Dave Arch and his band:

After receiving the first 10 of the series, Frankie Bridge and Kevin Clifton should have some fun as they perform the Cha Cha to Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen.

Joanne Clifton and the resilient Scott Mills will take on the American Smooth to Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler.

Karen Hauer and her celebrity Mark Wright will be performing the Quickstep to Tiger Feet by Mud.

After finishing in second place last week, after the judge’s scorecards, Pixie Lott and Trent Whiddon have chosen Stay With Me by Sam Smith for their Rumba.

Always impressive are Caroline Flack and Pasha Kovalev who look certain to please the crowd with their Quickstep to We Go Together from the musical Grease.

Perhaps the surprise package so far of Jake Wood and Janetter Manrara will dazzle once more with their Jive to All Shook Up by the King – Elvis Presley.

The audience will certainly eagerly-anticipate Alison Hammond and Aljaz Skorjanec doing the Samba to Bootylicious by Destiny’s Child.

Judy Murray will be hoping to hold her serve, or her nerve rather, when she and partner Anton du Beke perform a Tango to Jealousy by Billy Fury.

Hoping for a more memorable performance this week will be Simon Webbe and Kristina Rihanoff as they do the Charleston to My Old Man (Said Follow The Van).

Steve Backshall and Ola Jordan will perform a Salsa to Jump in the Line by Harry Belafonte.

Sunetra Sarker and Brendan Cole will also attempt the Salsa to Turn the Beat Around by Vicki Sue Robinson.

Former rugby star Thom Evans and Iveta Lukosiute will give the Foxtrot their best go to Build Me Up Buttercup by the Foundations.

And finally, the eternally loveable Tim Wonnacott and his partner Natalie Lowe will dance the Paso Doble to The Best by Tina Turner.

It promises to be yet another superb week.

Oct 12 2014

Scott Mills preparing for big night on Strictly Come Dancing

First published Saturday 11 October 2014 in Entertainments Daily Echo: Photograph of the Author by Melanie Adams, Crime Reporter

CAPTURED on camera, these are the first tentative footsteps onto the dance floor taken by Hampshire’s Strictly Come Dancing star.

As he prepares to take to the Strictly ballroom tonight, the Daily Echo can reveal this never seen before photo of Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills.

Taken when he was around eight years old, the young Scott smiles as he dances with his nan, Pat Mills, who would regularly take him to Hamble Social Club and take him around the dance floor.

His dad, Pete Mills, who runs the New Forest Motor Company with Scott’s step-mum Sue, said: “His nan was massively into her dancing. She did ballroom dancing and used to drag Scott around the floor. He went for the music. She would be so proud of him doing Strictly.”

Pete and Sue know how tough learning to dance has been for Scott and are helping to drum up support with a sign outside their business, urging people to vote for Scott.

If he is to stay in the running for the famous glitterball trophy, he is going to need all the votes he can get from viewers in Hampshire.

Tonight Scott, who grew up in Eastleigh, will take on the notoriously difficult samba as Strictly hosts its movie night.

The former Crestwood School pupil and his professional dance partner Joanne Clifton will be performing to the song Under the Sea from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which will see Scott dressed as a crab.

Scott, who admits he is not a natural dancer, found himself at the bottom of the leader board after his first dance, but he moved up to second from bottom after last week’s tango, scoring four points more than in week one.

He said: “I was really pleased. Twenty points is a lot better that 16, so I am so happy.”

His partner Joanne added: “I am so proud. He is what the competition is about, every week improving, getting a little bit better. Even Craig said he improved.”

• Watch Scott perform his samba on BBC1 from 6.30pm tonight.

Oct 12 2014

Mixed night for Grimsby’s Strictly Come Dancing stars, with Kevin Clifton and Frankie Bridge wowing, but Scott Mills and Joanne “drowning”

Super performance from Karen Hauer and Mark Wright
Kevin Clifton and Frankie Bridge in action on Strictly Come Dancing
Scott Mills and Joanne Clifton show off their Samba
Super performance from Karen Hauer and Mark Wright
Kevin Clifton and Frankie Bridge in action on Strictly Come Dancing

Comments (0) Grimsby’s Kevin Clifton and his dance partner Frankie Bridge are going into tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing at the top of the leader board.

The couple’s paso doble to America from West Side Story saw them score a sensational 45 points – and the judges to award the first 10 of the series, describing Saturday’s singer Frankie’s performance as being “on fire”.

However, his sister Joanne and her partner – Radio One DJ Scott Mills – fared less well with their samba to the Little Mermaid’s Under The Sea.

Scott’s make-up was bizarre to say the least and, while all agreed it had been entertaining, Bruno suggested he should have been “Swimming, not drowning”.

They scored just 25.

Karen Hauer and her partner Mark Wright, from TOWIE, also had a mixed response to their Superman-themed paso doble, with Darcy seemingly unimpressed, but compliments from Len and guest judge Donny Osmond.

They scored a safe 35.

Log on later today for more on tonight’s show – and don’t forget to log on to Twitter from 7.20pm, for live commentary throughout.

Oct 10 2014

Strictly Come Dancing songs are revealed for Movie Week – Who do you think is going to wow the judges?

How will Joanne Clifton and Scott Mills get on in Week Three?

Comments (0)Strictly Come Dancing is set to get even more sparkly this week as the show embraces the glitz and glamour of Tinsel Town.

It’s Movie Week and each pairing will be dancing to songs that we all associate with big Hollywood blockbusters.

So get your popcorn at the ready because the celebrities will be cutting some serious shapes to the following tunes:

Frankie Bridge and Kevin Clifton will dance the Paso Doble to America from the popular Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim musical West Side Story.

Also doing the Paso Doble are Mark Wright and Karen Hauer, who will be dancing to the John Williams penned theme from Superman.

Scott Mills and Joanne Clifton will perform a Samba to Under the Sea from Disney classic The Little Mermaid.

Alison Hammond and Aljaz Skorjanec will be Jiving back to the 80s as they rock out to Kenny Loggin’s Footloose from the film of the same name.

Caroline Flack and Pasha Kovalev will perform the Rumba to Aerosmith’s I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing from 1998’s Armageddon, starring Bruce Willis.

Jake Wood and Janette Manrara are Waltzing to the Godfather Waltz by Nina Rota from the unforgettable mobster flick The Godfather.

Jennifer Gibney and Tristan MacManus will perform the Foxtrot to Abba’s Mamma Mia from the 2008 film of the same name.

Judy Murray and Anton Du Beke will be doing the Quickstep to Don’t Rain on My Parade originally sung by Barbra Streisand in the film Funny Girl.

Pixie Lott and Trent Whiddon will also perform a Quickstep to Be Our Guest from Disney’s enchanting Beauty and the Beast.

Simon Webb and Kristina Rihanoff are set to perform the Rumba to Berlin’s Take My Breath Away from the film Top Gun.

Steve Backshall and Ola Jordan are also preparing for a Quickstep to the joyous I Wanna Be Like You from yet another Disney charming tale – Jungle Book.

Sunetra Sarker and Brendan Cole are performing the American Smooth to The Way You Look Tonight originally sung by Fred Astaire in Swing Time.

Tim Wonnacott and Natalie Lowe will be dancing the Charleston to Money, Money from the Bob Fosse musical Cabaret.

Thom Evans and Iveta Lukosiute will also perform the Charleston to New York, New York from the soundtrack of the Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra musical On The Town.

Who are you looking forward to the most?

Who do you think will be top of the leaderboar