"Strictly Come Dancing II" Ninth Round News

The recording of the ninth round will be on Friday the 6th.

The remaining six couples will send out one person to dance a solo to represent the couple. After that, they will also dance a routine with their partner.

Nancy Wu confirmed that she will be doing a Chinese dance routine by herself and will also dance a tango routine with Nathan Lee. Will they be doing the doughnut?

My guess is that there will be 3 guys and 3 girls doing their solos.

MengMa Team - Niu Meng Meng
I'm guessing Niu Meng Meng will be doing the solo because Ma Ming says that she is a better dancer and that she is smarter than he is. It would make sense if she dances because she does have a dance background.

TinLu Team - Chen Lu
Chen Lu will definitely be representing TinLu because she is an Olympic medallist and will get more votes from the audience.

Little Star - Yu Hao Ming
Yu Hao Ming is the most '人氣' (popular), so he will be doing the solo. However, if he does do the solo, he will just do hip-hop because that is the only dance he knows how to dance. Grace Wong can do other dances even though she is most familiar with hip-hop.

Blooming - Kevin Cheng
It is most likely that Kevin Cheng will be doing the solo instead of Myolie. He gives me the impression that he actually dances more than Myolie. Myolie's limbs are too long, so it looks very awkward when she has her arms out for cha cha or when she is kicking in jive.

Being of One Mind - Zhang Jun Ning
In this pair, they can send either Zhang or Yang Ruo Xi because neither of them stand out. Yang started off as a dancer, but she is always injured and complains constantly. Her audience points are rather low compared to the other girls. As for Zhang, he is actually being promoted by Hunan TV (as is Yu Hao Ming), so if they want people to be more familiar with him, he will be dancing the solo.

一定承功 (Team Success) @ "Strictly Come Dancing II"

Nathan Lee Loves Nancy Wu 李承鉉愛上胡定欣

TVB.com Man: Yo! 我係TVB嘅新星, 娛樂圈嘅希望, 荷里活嘅死茄呢啡! Yo! 我係正義嘅朋友, TVB.com Man! .com! This time, we've invited Nancy and Nathan Lee to be our guests. (He goes over to Nathan.) I'm interviewing you this time. You and Nancy have been dancing for a long time. Do you like Nancy? I see that you will take advantage of her and touch her. (Nancy laughs out loud.) Is this true?

Nathan: Yes, yes. (Everybody screams and claps in the background.)

TVB.com Man: You really like her? (He points at Nancy and goes over to Nancy.) Nancy, he really likes you. What do you think?

Nancy: He doesn't know what you are saying. (TVB.com Man and Nancy walked over to Nathan. As they were walking, TVB.com Man trips Nancy.)

TVB.com Man: I'm sorry, I tripped her.

Nancy: (She sits down beside Nathan.) You really like me?

Nathan: Yes, yes.

(Nancy pretends to slap Nathan.)

TVB.com Man: Do you know what you are saying (addressing to Nathan)?

Nancy: Do you know what you are saying (addressing to Nathan)?

Nathan: Ah.... (Everybody: I know, I know!! He copies them.) I know! I know!

TVB.com Man: I believe you need to explain what is going on here.

Nancy: (speaks loudly) You are useless, a complete mess!

Nathan: I know, I know.

TVB.com Man: I think you don't know. (Nancy: Yes!) Nancy, how about you use English and explain it to him?

Nancy: Ah.... Say what?

TVB.com Man: Don't lie. During this period when he was taking advantage of you, did you feel his love affection towards you?

Nancy: You can't really say that because taking advantage (TVB.com Man: You really enjoy it?) and liking are two different matters.

TVB.com Man: That's true. 咸濕還咸濕, 中意還中意.
Nancy: Yes.... Right? (asking everybody in the background)

TVB.com Man: Okay, let's not talk about him....
Nathan: Like, like, like.

Nancy: Crazy!

TVB.com Man: Ah, I'm afraid of you two. You two should kiss if you like each other.

(Nathan and Nancy pretend to kiss.)

TVB.com Man: Nancy, do you like Nathan?

Nancy: I obviously do like my partner!

TVB.com Man: No, not on the dance floor. I'm talking about personally.

Nancy: He already has someone. (They both ask Nathan: Right?)

Nathan: Yes. (Nancy laughs loudly.)

TVB.com Man: You don't even know what we're talking about.

Nathan: (quickly retracts his previous answer) No, no!!!
Nancy: Yes!
Nathan: No!
Nancy: Yes!
Nathan: No!

TVB.com Man: I'm going to leave you two alone. Look (points to his watch), I've got another mission, as you guys can see (his watch is flashing). I have to go and interview the next person. I'm leaving you two.

Nancy: Bye bye.

(TVB.com Man leaves.)

Nancy: Do you know what the question was?
(Nathan shakes his head.)
Nancy: He asked you: do you like me?
Nathan: Yes!
(Nancy turns her head.)

(TVB.com Man returns.)

TVB.com Man: Remember to watch TVB.com.
Nathan: TVB.com.
TVB.com Man: Yeah!
Nathan: Yeah!
TVB.com Man: Bye bye! (He leaves.)
Nathan: Wow!
Nancy: Ah, what a complete mess! (She shakes her head and leaves.)

*Credits to tvb.com

《王老虎搶親》 "Wong Lo Fu Snatches Wife" Costume Fitting

CREDIT IF REPOSTED

Temporary Chinese title: 《王老虎搶親》
Pinyin title: Wong Lo Fu Cheung Chan
Temporary English title: "Wong Lo Fu Snatches Wife"
Producer: Poon Ka Tak

Attending Cast: Chin Ka Lok, Louisa So, Sammul Chan, Nancy Wu, Lee Kwok Lun, Rain Lau, Nicky Law, Natalie Wong, KK Cheung, Gigi Wong, Mimi Chu, Bak Yan, Catherine Chau, Chun Wong, So Yan Chi, Poon Fong Fong, Fanny Ip, Karen Lee, and Irene Wang.

TVBE Clip

"Scoop" Clip

TVB8 Clip

Chin Ka Lok as Wong Tin Pau aka Wong Lo Fu (Nancy's brother).

Sammul as Chow Man Ban.

Nancy as Wong Sau Ying (Chin's sister).

This is not Chin Ka Lok's first leading role because, in 1999, he filmed Amy Wong Sam Wai's "A Matter of Business" with Ada Choi.

In the series, Louisa is a great fighter; even Chin Ka Lok is not her match.

Sammul has to pose as a woman in one the scenes in order to seduce Chin Ka Lok. Sammul also laughed and said that, out of all the siu sangs, his female look is the most realistic.

Nancy said that she will study Yam Bak's version of Tong Bak Fu and also Stephen Chow's "Flirting Scholar" as homework for the new series. She also added that she is bad at holding back her laughs, so she is afraid of NGs.

Rumoured Script: Sammul was dressed as a girl because Chin Ka Lok's family objects to Sammul going out with Nancy. Thus, Sammul and his friend, 'Juk Chi San', will trick Chin Ka Lok. Sammul dresses up as a girl to seduce Chin Ka Lok. Chin Ka Lik "snatches" girl-Sammul back to his house, and lock girl-Sammul in Nancy's room. The night goes by and, in the morning, they find out that Sammul was only posing a girl. Thus, Chin Ka Lok's family had to allow Sammul and Nancy to get married. Therefore, Sammul is the 'bride'. Ha ha...

Blessing Ceremony @ TVBE Clip

FYI: The official English title of this series is "A Bride for a Ride".
FYI: Marco Ngai played Chow Man Ban in "The Legendary Four Aces".

*Credits to www.sammulchan.org, 雪子, 狂愛TVB, sammulblog, appledaily, and the-sun

A Blast from the Past: Olympic Six Stars

(Sammul Chan, Kenneth Ma, Raymond Lam, Lai Lok Yi, Ron Ng, and Bosco Wong)

Olympic Six Stars

"Athens Olympics, TVB Number One!" was TVB's slogan for 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Olympic Six Stars MV

Olympic Six Stars @ Miss HK 2004

Opening Ceremony

In the blink of an eye, four years have passed and soon the Beijing summer games will begin.

At the time, Ron and Sammul were filming "The Academy", Raymond and Bosco were filming "Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion", Ma Ming was filming "Scavengers' Paradise", and Lai Lok Yi was about to film "Ten Brothers".

Raymond was not present at most of the Olympic functions because he was in Mainland filming LWOLAP; however, Bosco didn't have to film in all of the Mainland scenes. When he did go to Mainland, he and others went clubbing and was hit on the forehead with a beer bottle by some guys. When Bosco returned to HK, TVB held a press conference to explain the whole situation.

In the "Olympic Six Stars @ Miss HK 2004" clip, you can kind of see Bosco's scar on his forehead. Ron danced with Kate Tsui.

In the "Opening Ceremony" clip, Bosco stepped on Ma Ming.

In the "Olympic Six Stars MV" clip, Lai Lok Yi did fencing and high jump, Bosco did boxing, Raymond did basketball and javelin, Ron did discus and volleyball, and Ma Ming did shot put and soccer. Also, when the six of them were running, Ma Ming was the fastest followed by Ron, Sammul, Lai Lok Yi, and Raymond, while Bosco was the slowest.

遇強越勇 《2004雅典奧運》 主題曲 - 奧運六星

合：遇強越勇　不怕競爭
世界各國拋開紛爭
決定投入奧運
就如射箭飛往雅典
鬥快鬥勇超出水準爭取出線

林：是那位　能榮獲最後勝利
吳：興奮地跳起　快歡呼替他打氣
陳：是你嗎　又刷新世上紀錄
黃：興奮地喝采
黎：若沙啞也不理
黃：呼聲最高　中國體操的確好
馬：到了奧運日子不枯燥
吳：通宵也好　只要賽果可看到
林：個個碰面全是國寶

合：遇強愈勇　不怕競爭
世界各國拋開紛爭
決定投入奧運
就如射箭　飛往雅典
鬥快鬥勇超高水準爭取出線
La La......La La......

合：逐秒鐘　全人類也在哄動
吳：心愛是跳水　更不可錯失舉重
陳：別放鬆　為理想也為美夢

合：轉眼又揭盅
黎：是否他最出眾
黃：呼聲最高　中國體操的確好
馬：到了奧運日子不枯燥
吳：通宵也好　只要賽果可看到
林：個個碰面全是國寶

合：遇強愈勇　不怕競爭
世界各國拋開紛爭
決定投入奧運
就如射箭　飛往雅典
鬥快鬥勇超高水準爭取出線

*Credits to ronstation, rononline, www.boscowcc.com, and raymondforest

"Strictly Come Dancing II" Eighth Round

On the eighth round recording, Lau Dan was the guest judge.

The "bottom" three PK with each other. The pair with the lowest score is eliminated from the competition.

The remaining five pairs PK with each other. The pair with the highest score from the previous round (the seventh round) gets to choose which pair they want to PK with. If a pair wins the eighth round of PK, they are automatically safe; however, pairs that lose the eighth round of PK face elimination along with the two pairs that survived the "bottom" three PK competition and the pair that was not chosen. Thus, five pairs will compare their combined totals from the seventh and eighth rounds of competition.

Christine Ng and Eddie Kwan were the first pair to be eliminated on the eighth night of competition.

Niu Meng Meng and Kenneth Ma won the eighth round of PK against Yang Ruo Xi & Zhang Jun Ning.

Chen Lu and Timmy Hung won the eighth round of PK against Angela Tong & Gao Zi Qi.

Angela Tong and Gao Zi Qi had the lowest combined total, so they were the second pair to be eliminated from the eighth night of competition.

Nancy Wu and Nathan Lee danced a contemporary/jazz routine and scored a perfect 10 from the judges.

Here are the scores combined from last night (seventh round) and tonight (eighth round):

Myolie Wu & Kevin Cheng
Judges Average: 8.5 + 9.75
Audience Average: 8.5 (193) + 8.64
Total: 35.39

Yang Ruo Xi & Zhang Jun Ning
Judges Average: 9.5 + 8.75
Audience Average: (187)
Total: 35.21

Niu Meng Meng & Kenneth Ma
Judges Average: 8.75 + 9
Audience Average: (197)

Angela Tong & Gao Zi Qi
Judges Average: 9 + 9
Audience Average: (186)
Total: 35.08

Chen Lu & Timmy Hung
Judges Average: 8.5 + 9.5
Audience Average: (183)

Grace Wong & Yu Hao Ming
Judges Average: 8.75 + 9.25
Audience Average: (191)
Total: 35.32

Nancy Wu & Nathan Lee
Judges Average: 9.5 + 10
Audience Average: 8.99 (184) + 8.49 (176)
Total: 36.98

Christine Ng & Eddie Kwan
Judges Average: 9.25
Audience Average: (186)

Again, Hunan TV changed the rules! They just can't make up their minds. It's so sad that "Present Group" and "Tall Soup Group" are out. I bet there was a lot of crying when they left.

According to the on-set fan, Myolie and Kevin Cheng danced a fast routine. Were they really that good? How come their scores were so high? I'm surprised they're still here. They must return to HK to film "Burning Flame III".

Some sources reported that these episodes will be aired on Friday, June 13, 2008, during summer holidays. With the show not being aired live, it takes out the whole purpose.

*Credits to baidu

Ada Choi Not Leaving TVB

Recent news speculated that Ada Choi would be filming ATV's "Who Is the Winner 2008". However, Ada's manager responded, saying that Ada still has a per series contract with TVB, and she is not backstabbing TVB. Ada will be filming a Mainland series called 《金錢本色》, which is not "Who Is the Winner 2008". The series will revolve around gambling, and her character is very similar to her real personality. However, her manager still cannot reveal too much information yet.

Ada's manager also revealed that "The Gem of Life" will be this year's TVB anniversary series and will be airing around October. Also, in October, she will be filming a Chik Kei Yi series for TVB.

This Mainland production company will be bought out by ATV, and the series will be aired on ATV, so it may seem that Ada is filming for ATV. Ada's manager also added that, before accepting this series, they had discussed the terms over with TVB and had gone through the proper protocol. This will not affect Ada's relationship with TVB, and her manager also expressed that Ada works well with TVB.

*Credits to 狂愛TVB

"Strictly Come Dancing II" Not Live

Due to the earthquake in Sichuan, China, the next two rounds of SCD will not be live. The TVB artistes have returned to Hunan and have recorded the next episode earlier this morning.

This is the information that fans got from this morning's recording:

Derek Li was TVB's host.

Kent Cheng was the guest judge.

The pair with the highest score from the previous round gets to choose which pair they want to PK with.

Myolie Wu & Kevin Cheng
Judges Average: 8.5
Audience Average: 8.5 (193)

Yang Ruo Xi & Zhang Jun Ning
Judges Average: 9.5
Audience Average: (187)

Niu Meng Meng & Kenneth Ma
Judges Average: 8.75
Audience Average: (197)

Angela Tong & Gao Zi Qi
Judges Average: 9
Audience Average: (186)

Chen Lu & Timmy Hung
Judges Average: 8.5

Grace Wong & Yu Hao Ming
Judges Average: 8.75

Nancy Wu & Nathan Lee
Judges Average: 9.5
Audience Average: 8.99 (184)

Christine Ng & Eddie Kwan
Judges Average: 9.25

Myolie and Kevin Cheng will join Nancy, Nathan, Christine, and Eddie in the bottom. They will eliminate one of these couples on Friday.

After that, the couple with the lowest score of the remaining seven couples will not have do the PK round because they will go straight into elimination.

When the host (Derek Li or Teacher He) asked Judge Shen to give MengMa couple (Niu Meng Meng and Ma Ming) some professional pointers, Judge Shen laughed and said that they look very compatible and that they don't need to dance. Teacher He made fun of them and said that, next time, they don't need to prepare a dance routine because all they have to do is hold hands and walk in a circle, and their scores should be high.

Nancy and Nathan are the best technical couple, and they have to stay until the end. They did a contemporary routine and were praised for having the best dance of the night. Nancy is a very good dancer.

Hunan TV keeps changing their minds. First, they didn't want to air the show. Later, they said they will air the show live. Then, they decide to record the show in the morning and air it in the evening. Not only that, they even changed the rules in the middle of the competition. Originally, the most popular couple of the night is supposed to pick which couple they want to PK with. Now they changed it to the pair with the highest from the previous round.

It sounds to me that Myolie and Kevin Cheng will be the next couple to be eliminated. The two of them need to return to HK to film for "Burning Flame III". Also, it doesn't seem as though Christine and Eddie are going to be eliminated yet. By changing the rules, they have saved them. Their judges average is 9.5, and I believe that the audience loves them and would like to see them stay a little longer.

*Credits to baidu

TVB-ers Back in Hunan

TVB-ers have flown back to Hunan to prepare for this week's "Strictly Come Dancing". Apparently, there will be two episodes of dancing this week. I'm not too sure if they will be eliminating two couples or not.

Here are more pics on MengMa team's jazz & rumba.

Upon returning to HK after Sichuan's earthquake, a Ma Ming fan took these pics from the airport.

Nancy Wu clawing Ma Ming. "Would you like some 'chicken feet'?"

Nancy Wu pulled down Angela Tong's hood and revealed her messy hair. Angela refused to get her picture taken unless she puts her hood back on.

*Credits to hifly and wilson's blog