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Nov 20, 2021, 12 tweets

Jazz hands at the ready! Yes, it’s Musicals Week on Strictly, which means costumes, props, full-on production numbers, and hopefully some great dancing.

Follow along with us here 🕺👇
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🌟 We’ve got a special guest judge: musical theatre leading lady Cynthia Erivo.

The British actress became a phenomenon over the pond when she won a Tony Award for The Color Purple, and she’s since played legendary women like Harriet Tubman and Aretha Franklin

❄️ Rose Ayling-Ellis is playing it cool again...

She scored a perfect 40 for her Frozen-riffing ice queen tango. Now, she switches from Elsa to Anna for a quickstep to Love Is an Open Door

🕺Tom Fletcher is too controlled

Fletcher delivered his routine to On My Own ably enough but without the operatic emotion to match the music

A 7 and three 8s was a disappointing score
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👞Rhys Stephenson is too footloose

He was perhaps led astray by the rebellious Kevin Bacon persona: he leapt ahead of the beat and got out of sync with his partner

A set of 8s will likely leave him in the danger zone
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✨AJ Odudu is back on top

With a romantic waltz set to Edelweiss from The Sound of Music, Shirley Ballas said she and partner Kai Widdrington looked like they should be in a Christmas snow globe

Two 9s and two 10s means she's back with a bang
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The Strictly Come Dancing 2021 professional dancers whipped out their jazz hands in the group performance

Follow our latest thoughts on tonight's show here 👇
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Dan Walker is definitely a morning person

The BBC Breakfast presenter lived out his dream of playing the Gene Kelly role in classic musical Singin’ in the Rain

Two 7s, an 8 from Du Beke and a 9 from Ballas - a mixed bag
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🏫 School’s out for Tilly Ramsay

Her performance was the most committed of the night, as she threw herself into the character of Matilda

A perfect score of 40 💯
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Can John Whaite find another level?

His Viennese waltz to Chim Chim Cher-ee from Mary Poppins was well executed but lacked impact

Rather muted comments from the judges resulted in four 8s
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👑 Rose Ayling-Ellis supplied a right royal quickstep

Her Love Is an Open Door routine from Frozen featured lovely unique touches like the use of BSL in the storytelling

Three 9s and a 10
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Will we see a shock final twist on this theatrical theme week?

Join us for the results show at 7:15pm on BBC One on Sunday night to find out 🎭

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