Dancing With the Stars - Ireland

bejeezus · 13-03-2022 09:39PM

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I think she’s nervous and very conscious of the cameras and it’s coming off badly.

Pussyhands · 13-03-2022 09:40PM

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Even Daithi mentioned it on the Today show last week when Patrice was on. Said something about them banging and Patrice shushed it as if to imply they didn't want people to know. Yet Matthew is clearly making it obvious so seems Laura is the one who wants to hide it.

bejeezus · 13-03-2022 09:42PM

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I swear I think that’s all a PR stunt. No chemistry between them at all.

MintyMagnum · 13-03-2022 09:59PM

Nicolas dance off dance better than his first one, he was more relaxed. Nice guy. Will miss Karen.

_NAGDEFY · 13-03-2022 10:03PM

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Enjoyed him or his dancing 🤭

iamwhoiam · 13-03-2022 10:10PM

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Dancing !!

Fresh air helps! · 13-03-2022 10:15PM

I like Erica, the partnership with Denys is fantastic they were amazing tonight. Ellen is so good to felt sorry for her in the bottom 2 when we all know it should be Matthew, how he has lasted till the semi final??. Jordan and Emily were brilliant. Nina also very good. The top 4 are all excellent really but I would love to see Ellen or Jordan win it. I think Erica will win.

callaway92 · 13-03-2022 10:45PM

Don't quite see the hate for Erica myself. Comes across as a lot of fun.

Erica and Jordan are the best 'celeb' dancers for sure I think. Nina and Ellen are very good too obviously.

I was certain Ellen would win but being in the dance-off this week surprised me. Will still say she'll win but I'm thinking Nina is catching her now.

DebDynamite · 13-03-2022 10:51PM

Although they weren’t the top scorers tonight, I thought Jordan and Emily were fantastic. Jordan pulled of one amazing dance move called the resurrection (well Ashley Banjo calls it that anyway!), and I’ve replayed it a few times now.

Delighted they weren’t in the dance off and hope they win it now. I think Jordan is adorable! Shame Salome didn’t get to dance tonight as I’d say she’d have looked phenomenal dressed as an Egyptian.

As as aside, fair play to Ervinas for all the times he’s had to step in at short notice. He’s done great for someone who’s not a seasoned pro. Plus he’s a gorgeous looking fella 🙊

CFlat · 13-03-2022 10:53PM

There's a worrying amount of vitriol for Erica here. I also think she is a good bit of fun and don't get the comments made about her here. Difficult not to see her win now. Her only competition is Nina IMO.

bejeezus · 13-03-2022 10:55PM

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It’ll be left to popular vote though and so Nina will win. Either of them deserve it

iamwhoiam · 13-03-2022 11:15PM

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Just wondering but why is the fact that people are not keen on Erica playing the victim card worrying ?

Pussyhands · 13-03-2022 11:18PM

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She's not going to win. Winner is based on votes.

She's probably the best dancer but 99.9% of people watching would never have heard of her. Conroy is similar but still people would have heard of the Irish 7s in the news every so often.

Cody is simply unlikable, has used the race card before and has used it in this show too. Tribute week she did it for "all the brown girls at home watching" etc. I didn't hear Jordan mention his race or skin colour any time I've watched it. She's got a big ego too, full of herself.

Your opinion is a minority one I'm afraid.

road_high · 13-03-2022 11:22PM

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Missed this week. Christ, she’s still rabbiting on about her skin colour and the 24/7 oppression she feels as a result?

Best dancer but can’t stand her. Self absorbed fake idiot.

Pussyhands · 13-03-2022 11:25PM

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I didn't watch it today so I don't know.

CFlat · 13-03-2022 11:34PM

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Ph I was on here last year when some posters were hating on Lottie Ryan and I said that she was one the best dancers on the show and had the ability and talent to win it and if my memory serves me well, got put down then as well.

Being in the minority is where I'm strongest, but thanks for your faux concern.

CFlat · 14-03-2022 12:06AM

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The question I'm going to ask you is, do you have some inside information that would indicate that Erica's life as a black woman in Irish society was actually a walk in the park and she never experienced any prejudice at any stage?

The reality is, as you well know, Erica prob had a shite time growing up and she now has an opportuinty to air it on live TV and I applaud her for it.

freshpopcorn · 14-03-2022 12:08AM

freshpopcorn · 14-03-2022 12:22AM

I think in 2020 there wasn't anybody overly likable in the final and it helped Lottie pull it off in the end with how the final was sprung on people.

I think Nina seems to be liked this year and she has a rural following.

Matthew is getting votes somewhere also.

Erica and Jordan weren't very well known before this.

_NAGDEFY · 14-03-2022 12:27AM

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Many people had a shite time growing up. Some were bullied, some were abused, some had health problems, others had disabilities, suffered from depression and anxiety so on. They don't talk about every week on a dance show. She's not the only one on that show who suffered.

Nina doesn't go on about trying to make it in a man's world as a jockey.

Ellen rarely mentions her arm.

Jordan doesn't mention racism, Offaly wouldn't be the liberal capital of Ireland to grow up in as a mixed race child.

Nicholas parents marriage broke up as a teenager, that's not easy.

Aengus was a gay man when it was illegal up until 1993. Did he mention it?

CFlat · 14-03-2022 12:50AM

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Everybody deals with life in different ways. Are you saying that you know what's best for Erica just because someone else deals with their issues in other ways?

_NAGDEFY · 14-03-2022 01:00AM

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Speaking about it every night on a light entertainment show is disingenuous, it's not 'dealing' with anything.

It's poor me, playing the victim card. If she wrote an article about her experience growing up, did an interview for a paper, tv that's fair enough. But when someone plays the victim for votes every week it's not genuine.

Your line that someone as media savy as her has a coping strategy of bringing race up every week on a light entertainment show doesn't wash. She's full of her self, and very self confident. She's not a person crippled by racial abuse who needs to speak about it every week for therapeutic reasons. Like all the Insta generation she knows exactly what she's doing.

bejeezus · 14-03-2022 01:03AM

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Agree.

Pussyhands · 14-03-2022 01:07AM

How very presumptious to say "Erica probably had a sh!t time growing up"...that's quite something to say imo. So any non white person has a **** time growing up? What about all foreigners? I know Irish lads who have a darker skin tone than Cody, no lie.

Every kid gets picked on anyways. Tall kids get called lanky, short kids get called midgets, kids with glasses get called 4 eyes, fat kids get called tubby, kids with acne get called pizza face. So by your logic all kids have sh!t childhoods? Or is racist abuse as a child much worse than any other abuse? Because if you think getting racially abused is more hurtful than the other types I listed above, then I suggest googling of some tragic cases were kids committed suicide and it wasn't due to any racism.

Achilles Knee · 14-03-2022 01:14AM

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So race is the only thing that can lead to hardship growing up.

That's the ultimate in woke BS.

bejeezus · 14-03-2022 01:30AM

_NAGDEFY · 14-03-2022 01:44AM

Russia had a catchy number for this year. Hard on the boys..

https://youtu.be/hz_gOFRwTcg

Achilles Knee · 14-03-2022 01:51AM

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Are you hitting the bottle tonight?!

pjohnson · 14-03-2022 08:59AM

Jordan is the same colour as Erica and only mentioned his hard childhood once during dedications week. Iirc his mam had to leave his da due to domestic violence against herself and Jordan. THAT week was the time to get personal, and Erica decided on feckin Samantha Mumba as her idol.

Its amazing how gullible some are they buy any old rubbish. If its about bad childhoods Jordan beats Erica by a country mile. He was getting beat by his dad while Erica was doing Billie Barry.

bejeezus · 14-03-2022 12:53PM

Dancing With the Stars - Ireland

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