"Strictly Come Dancing II" Couples First Round

Couples First Round

The couples routine started last night and here are the scores for the TVB-ers and their partners:

Nancy Wu & Nathan Lee
Judges Average: 9.25
Audience Average: 8.46
Total: 17.71

Chen Lu & Timmy Hung
Judges Average: 9
Audience Average: 8.5
Total: 17.5

Christine Ng & Eddie Kwan
Judges Average: 9
Audience Average: 8.37
Total: 17.37

Niu Meng Meng & Kenneth Ma
Judges Average: 8.75
Audience Average: 8.25
Total: 17

Myolie Wu & Kevin Cheng
Judges Average: 8.5
Audience Average: 8.13
Total: 16.63

Angela Tong & Gao Zi Qi
Judges Average: 8.5
Audience Average: 8.05
Total: 16.55

Grace Wong & Yu Hao Ming
Judges Average: 8
Audience Average: 8.37
Total: 16.37

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Ma Ming is so cute because he gave all the credit to Niu Meng Meng. Appearance wise, they do match because she is very tall (same as Myolie Wu at 5'7.5"). Ma Ming was so worried that he would injure her. Niu Meng Meng did injure herself doing one of the difficult movements during rehearsal. Ma Ming didn't want to do one of the difficult movements because he didn't want to injure her even more, but Niu Meng Meng insisted and they were very successful. Ma Ming is so considerate!

Teacher Yang Yang gave Ma Ming and Niu Meng Meng a score of ten points. That is very rare because she is the unfair judge who is biased and favours the Hunan side. She said that the most important element in a dance is to touch the audience emotionally. She must have been touched because she gave them a ten. Even though the part where Ma Ming was nudging Niu Meng Meng with his antlers was not a dance move, Teacher Yang loved it and made him do it again.

Teacher Chou said Ma Ming is the competition's second miracle (he said Kevin Cheng is the first miracle) because he is able to make the impossible possible. He also praised Ma Ming for his ability to complete the difficult movements in the dance. Teacher Chou gave them a score of nine. Teacher Chou favours TVB-ers.

The fairest judge of all, Teacher Xu, gave them an eight. I agreed with Teacher Xu: Ma Ming and Niu Meng Meng did well, but the choreography lacked dancing elements. He gave Nancy Wu and Nathan Lee a ten.

Nancy returned to HK for a couple of days because she had to promote "The Silver Chambers of Sorrow", so Nathan was by himself in rehearsal. When Nancy returned from HK, Nathan was excited to see her. When Nancy found out that the teachers picked a Korean dance for their first couple routine, she said that is should be easy for Nathan because of his Korean roots. Then Nathan responded, "But I grew up in America!"

Overall, they danced very well, and I believe they had the best dance of the night, but they had to lower the difficulty level because Nancy injured her waist during rehearsal. Nathan felt very bad because he said that he couldn't protect his partner. However, Nancy said that, next time, she and Nathan will do the back flip they intended to do in this routine in their next dance.

*Credits to 狂愛TVB, tvb.com, and hifly