Season 7 episode 17 is called, "Eight Crazy Dates". The extended synopsis for this episode is, "Henry's arrangements for a special date gets derailed when he is forced to select a new song for a dance routine, and every dancer wants to weigh in. Meanwhile, Emily receives a series of thoughtful gifts and tries to determine who they are from, only to discover her secret admirer is the last person she had ever expected it to be." 

The sneak peek that was put up on CBBC last week shows Emily sitting in her office typing on her computer, and then Jude walks in, and hands Emily a present and a card, then walks out of the office. Emily opens the card and it reads, "You are the highlight of my life". Inside the present is a small packet of highlighters, which Emily states that whoever sent them knows her very well because these are her favourite highlighters. Nick then walks in and asks "Embo" if she wants anything from The Next Steep, and then says, "Oh, those highlighters that you love! That's very thoughful of someone!" Soon after, Emily starts to suspect that Nick is her secret admirer.

Although some people have predicted that the secret admirer is Nick, there is some evidence to say that he isn't. Firstly, the synopsis says "the last person she had ever expected it to be". Obviously, judging by this, it couldn't be Nick. Also, the extended synopsis for episode 18 says that it is revealed to be "someone from her past". Nick isn't from her past, he's from her present.

The first suspect is Michelle. After working together for so long, she would know Emily's favourite brand of highlighters. She would also be considered a "person of her past" after she decided to leave the studio earlier this season.

Although Michelle is one of the main secret admirer suspects, there are other people that could be it, such as West and Hunter. Although it is unlikely that Zac (who plays Hunter) was available for filming, it would be nice to see Hunter return. As for West, he hasn't been seen since the end of season 5 when he was a choreographer. What has happened to him, has he travelled any more of the world like he said he was going to in season 4? Or maybe it's one of the OG girls trying to cheer her up, or grab her attention? We'll just have to wait and see.

And the title. "Eight Crazy Dates". Could this have any relevance to when in the trailer, Piper, Finn, Amy, Henry, Kingston, Lily, Richelle and Heath are all standing around a phone? It's 8 people and most of them are couples/romantic interests. Furthermore, they're wearing the same outfits as they are in the picture for episode 17 shown on CBBC schedule. If we are correct, why are Richelle and Heath there? Are they friends or are they more than that?

Again, if we happen to be correct, why are they standing around a phone and why are they all cheering? Did they just make reservations to a date night? Or has Henry found the perfect song that he was "forced to select", and that's why most of A-Troupe are dancing around Amy's phone?

Published On: Wednesday, 24th June 2020
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A/N: Hey guys! Not long till the episode! We are both so excited! Who do you think Emily's secret admirer is? And what do you think about these supposed "dates"? Let us know! ~R&A