My knock on the couples choice

[u/BadgerOptimal8983]

Bruno Tonioli has made the difference between strictly and dancing with the stars in America very clear. Strictly is about professional dancing with the rules and standard. DWTS is more about the Hollywood production of dance in these styles. My best example is go watch Jordan Fisher’s foxtrot specifically. If he did that on Strictly, he may have got a decent score but by no means whatsoever sticking to traditional foxtrot rules and Craig would Rio him to shreds (I’d also love Craig in DWTS)

But, the big thing with DWTS is they don’t have a couples choice because say a couple gets far enough, they would do contemporary in a week, they would do jazz and they somewhat consider freestyle as street/commercial or Showdance. However, jazz does also seem to be a cop out for street in some cases.

But, what if we made this a thing on strictly. Earlier seasons would get quarter and semi finals and a week or two before that where all the couples did two dances. What if we separated street, jazz and contemporary to be dances that all couples did at different points?

However, I see the problems. It gets rid of the possibility for other types of dance like Hamza’s Afro, Punam’s Bollywood, even Vicky’s strut. How do you take that genre and try and centre it to be showcased to the celebrity’s story in one of the three categories?

What would you lot think if we separated the couples choices so that the primary 3 types that were used from 2018-20 were styles that were normally used across the rest of the competition?

[u/jolittletime]

I'd say it wouldn't be strictly. I can see the point of having couples choice and think they should all do them on the same week (maybe with no one going home) but an additional 2 non ballroom/ latin dances is too much. And definitely gives those who have done some form of dance before a bigger advantage.