Our Loss Is UK’s Gain: Tristan MacManus Jives To “Happy” With Jenny Gibney In Strictly Come Dancing
Check out Tristan MacManus. He and his ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ partner, Jenny Gibney blew the audience away this weekend in the UK! TPTB should have never let Tristan get away. Thanks to Vin for sending.
I really miss Tristan! I’d trade him for Artem any day!
Gosh I miss Tristan!
I live streamed the show yesterday and made sure I didn’t miss Tristan’s debut! Sadly, even in the UK he gets a bit of an older/not-so-capable partner. However, what I did notice while watching yesterday, is that he seems a lot happier over in Strictly than here on DWTS. Maybe it’s just me, but that’s kinsa how I saw it. And his choreography was pretty amazing! Wishing him the best of luck on Strictly and hope he at least visits us next season 😛 for a little pro number at least.
I do miss Tristan. I’ve been keeping tabs on the UK Show as well. I’ve known about Artem before he came over. I wish Tristan all the luck in the world on his glitterball quest. And I’m happy that he’s happy to be closet to his family.
I think that dance didn’t blew anyone away:)) Wish him all the best, can’t say I miss him on DWTS.
DWTS made 2 BIG mistakes this season.
1. NO Gleb.
2. NO Tristan.
I absolutely loved this routine. Married life must be treated Tristan well, this was probably one of my favorite routines by Tristan. So happy and so fun!
@Vogue – Thank you so much for giving us this Sunday morning treat! 🙂
YW and thanks to Vin as I almost forgot about how Tristan started SCD this weekend.
WORD!!!!
Thanks for this treat, @Voguerista. Go, Tristan and Jenny!!
Giving a Jive for the first dance to an older contestant is kinda sadistic but she did a pretty good job considering. Miss Tristan
She is their Bill E. this season. There is are clear front runners this season on SCD apparently. My source in England says Pixie Lott and Frankie from “The Saturdays” are excellent.
Thanks for posting this Vogue!
I’ve tried to watch SCD on the website and it says I’m out out of the area or something like that so I have to catch clips on YouTube when I can. I’d much rather watch the entire show.
Congrats to Tristan on such a great first dance!
It was good to see Tristan having so much fun, it was entertaining for a first dance.
He got married and maybe that is why DWTS did not want him back. I saw an interview with Keo and he said they asked him 3 times if he was single. Interesting. That could be a factor for Gleb also, who knows. All the male dancers are single except for Tony and I think he gets requested and has that longevity as does Cheryl. I believe Artem is divorced. They are looking for a heartthrob as they thought Maks was, but I do not think Artem is the answer. I, too, miss Gleb and Tristan.
I guess I should explain why I know so much about SCD. In HS, I spent two weeks in England for a student exchange program and made some really good friends. This was in season 3 for DWTS over here. Anyways, I made some really good friends there and we kinda talk SCD and DWTS a lot.
Aww I watched SCD this weekend and Jenny sadly wasn’t too great but she had a great partnership with Tristan and he seems really happy to be back in the UK!
I love how the routines on SCD are so much longer than here in the US.
Danna (#5) — We all like different pros, but since Tristan was not one you cared for, I don’t get why felt you had to comment on this post. I think it would have been more appropriate to just move on to the next article. No need to rain on the parade.
I’ve been following SCD for a while now and made a special note to be sure I caught this premiere. Tristan and Jenny are a delightful team. I thought she coped with a week 1 Jive quite well. No, she’s not a contender, but she was better than the scores and comments she received from the judges. SCD & DWTS are different in a lot of ways, but some things are the same on both sides of The Pond.
What matters most to me is that Tristan seems a lot happier (as others also noticed). He always struck me as a true, honest Irish lad who was too much of a straight-shooter. Some folks just aren’t cut out to deal with the glittery falseness that permeates everything in Hollywood.
Loved the dance and indeed he seemed happier and his moves were amazing. As someone here said, i would trade him for Artem anyday. i would like to watch their training package – does anybody have a link?
The full video – including training and judges’ comments & scores is on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NFvyPEuR9c.
I really like Tristan, but
I think he danced really badly in this performance. Perhaps he tried to “dance down” a bit much for my tastes.
Much as I miss him on DWTS, SCD seems to be doing him wonders. Love his bit of Jivin’ Jig there. 🙂