Lil' AJ Pritchard

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Dance 1 - Lauren and AJ - Tango

After last week, i had such high hopes for Lauren but i just dont think this was her dance. I mean her characterisation is getting better and better but you could tell that she struggled. You could see her head going a bit floppy and her miss a few steps. The main thing for me was that you could see AJ guiding her through the moves or counting and that sort of got rid of the drama. However, apart from that, she attempted to drive throughout and I loved the choreography from AJ - it is crazy to see how much she has improved but it was definitely not her best but it wasn’t bad at all.

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Lauren and AJ - American Smooth

I am so proud at how much Lauren has grown and we can definitely say that ballroom is much better for her. She had a really nice top line, she was pivoting beautifully around the floor and letting AJ lead her throughout the dance. The biggest thing for me is that we are starting to see Lauren’s story telling skills because I actually believed that I was watching a true love story between her and AJ. She was smooth, controlled and it looked like she absolutely loved dancing it - it’s crazy to see how far she’s come from week one and even how far she’s come from those Latin dances

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Dances - part 4 (I did the maths wrong haha)

Lauren and AJ - Paso Doble

You know what, even with the small timing issues and not as strong shapes, this was one of Lauren’s best dances and I was totally invested from start to end. This dance is all about passion and character and she was in character throughout and I couldn’t keep my eyes off the two of them. She portrayed this strong and regal character and I am so proud of her (even if AJ’s weave did annoy me)

Congrats to Lauren!!

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AJ’s like Imma kill Craig for that 4

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AJ be looking damn fine!

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Aren’t Lauren and AJ adorable together! I am so excited to see how well they do and AJ looks proper tanned this year :)

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Please tell me that that was actually AJ’s voice

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Mollie and AJ - Charleston

My favourite dance. One of my favourite pros, let’s see what happens! I mean can we agree that her dress is absolutely stunning? I like all the basic charleston stuff that AJ put in but, if you remember Pixie Lott’s one, she also has the case of widespread, ugly legs. They just looked uncomfortable when they were doing the swivel action BUT she had some nice energy, the other moves were nicely executed and the lifts were something of a spectacle! It was by no far the best Charleston I’ve seen but it wasn’t the worst! People said there wasnt enough content, but I saw a good amount just it wasnt all executed the right way. She also wasnt as cooky and quirky as I like this dance but, for the concept, it was a nice *just nice* dance!

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½ stills from last nights Strictly Come Dancing

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Molly and AJ - Foxtrot

It was semi-surprising last week that she was in the bottom two but it definitely wasn’t the best dance either of them have produced. She is definitely more comfortable in ballroom and ballroom (especially the foxtrot) is one of my favourite dances so this has to be a comeback for her! This dance is definitely a lot more Molly with the 1920s Hollywood shine and sophistication! The two of them do have this perfect chemistry *boo me* as they glide across the floor. I can’t not mention that quite obvious stumble in the middle of the dance but she got straight back into the dance and got back into the dance very easily. Even with the mistake, it was so much better and nicer to watch than last week… just don’t let that chemistry get too serious AJ!

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A still from Mollie and AJ from last night’s Cha Cha to Better The Devil You Know

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Mollie and AJ *my babe* - Cha Cha

AJ is definitely the devil ;) Yes baby you admire your perfect reflection! Sadly, I normally really love AJ’s choreography but this week it just seemed a bit lack luster, maybe that was just on Molly’s behalf. Yet, I can say that Molly was pretty good technically because I saw her straight legs and she did try to to get that hip action and character into the dance. I would have liked to see Molly let loose a bit more but I mean, the dance wasn’t that impactful and I don’t know if it’s one to remember…except AJ’s abs… Maybe its just I’ve seen more bigger and brighter cha cha’s but that’s not to say it was an awful dance because it wasn’t, it was pretty good! I just didn’t think the song was that good which maybe led to my meh feeling to the choreography, it wasn’t as dynamic as I’d like!

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STILL LOVE YOU AJ

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A still from Molly and AJ’s Viennese Waltz

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Doesn’t my baby look good?

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Molly and AJ - Viennese Waltz

This is my favourite dance so I really hope they do well! Doesn’t AJ look good AGAIN? I was actually really impressed with Molly this week and so so happy with AJ’s choreography! She was really elegant throughout and everything she did just seemed so effortless and beautiful - it all seemed to come together and it had a lot of really nice content including rotations, fleckles and armography! There was a really good attempt at a few fleckles and it just seemed so natural and I loved the story that was told in this dance, I feel like that’s a massive strength of AJ, he can tell a story through dance so well! I didn’t expect that much from Molly this week but I was pleasantly surprised. Let’s just hope this chemistry was just for the dance because AJ is mine!