Strictly Come Dancing, week 1, recap ⤵️ 📺 Week one is perfect to me – a few surprises and no-one goes home
is always a kind of TV contest utopia. Everyone’s box-fresh, panting, tearful and grateful, a few pleasant surprises on the talent front and no one gets sent home: I almost wish we could leave it there.
The timing on display from everyone was pretty impressive. Only “mummy” and “daddy” Adams really seemed to trail behind the pack in terms of natural rhythm, and her stiffness was undoubtedly down to nerves. You know when they let you straddle a giant gold cannon in week one that you’re this year’s Widdecombe. And that’s OK, because Tony Adams seems happy just to be there. He’ll last a week or two because I suspect the audience will love him, despite the protruding rump and duck feet.Molly fits nicely into the “she’s young and good and I haven’t got anything to hang on to yet” category. I always start out shrugging and end up loving these ones.