Those Magical Mystifying Musicals

Saddle up, it's Musicals Week and Craig is taking us on a crazy ride through Hello Dolly-land whilst standing on a wedding cake. I barely know what's going on anymore. This basically set the tone for a very odd evening, with the theming unsurprisingly suiting some more than others. Tess and Claudia really upped the glitter stakes with their seriously spangly dresses though, what are they going to wear at Christmas now?!

Chris and Karen
Chris is doing something in ballroom hold, Karen is wearing one of Bruce's old wigs, this is going to be a weird weird evening. The last time Chris did something this traditional ballroomy was the AS (sometime around April, I think it was), he at least got to do something classic and Hollywood, this was a bit too heavy on the urchin for me. However, there was a presentable top line in the foxtrot and a clear progress from back then. Miming a harmony was also unintentionally hilarious. Are his massive fanbase going to come out for him again?

Alex and Neil
Another odd song and dance composition, but my gosh Alex and Neil sold it for all it was worth. Her performance has come on leaps and bounds in the last few weeks and there's just something so enjoyable about watching someone have a wonderful time. Even in denim dungarees with a bustle. I saw bits of samba, but the technique wasn't amazing, but both Alex and Chris have suffered unnecessarily with the theming this week.

Kelvin and Oti
Now here was something for Kelvin to get his teeth into, literally and figuratively, it was so hammy I could smell the bacon. This song lent itself to a VW more than what the others have had to contend with so far. This is what Musicals Week theming should be - an accent not an obstacle. With added gratuitous fleckerls and Kelvin enjoying messing around in a wig once again. Jolly good fun, but not one for the ages.

Karim and Amy
I feel like I've seen this dance before, not just cos of the LEGENDS that are Mark and Iveta, but also because a Hairspray jive in Musicals Week is so darn basic. Saying that, this was easily the best dance of the night so far and would have been a good jive in any week. They just chucked everything at it: sharp kicks, bouncing til tomorrow, 10 pirouettes at the end for no reason! It was so good I even forgot about Amy's poodle hair.

Emma and Anton
Another appropriate song and dance choice which could've happened in any show, and all the better for it! This was probably my favourite dance of Emma's, it felt both more polished and enjoyable than her Fosse Couples Choice. She had the loosey-goosey aspects of the Charleston down rather than just hyper-swivel and gurning. Anton was relegated to a backing dancer, but the dance didn't suffer for it, make of that what you will.