I know this is probably a bit late to start this thread, but week 5 is getting mixed up a bit with week 4 etc .... so here we go:

Chuck & Julienne VW should be smooth and elegant; Chuck was stiff and awkward, and Julienne looked a bit manic - the phrase "over dancing" springs to mind. Sometimes on the vt clips Chuck looks so blank - and dare I say - bored, I wonder if he really wants to do the show at all. [23]

Lawrence & Edyta Great music - but that's the only positive I can think of. Like last week, Lawrence did very little, and let Edyta do all the work. Lawrence needs to understand that to dance ballroom & Latin, you actually need to move! [20]

Shawn & Mark Overall a very nice VW; Shawn needs to work on her footwork, because this would give her more power and movement. [26]

Melissa & Tony Hated the music, (not a paso) but loved everything else - the costuming, the routine, and the performance were all great. I know she had a few mistakes, but this happens when someone tries really hard to tackle what was quite a complicated routine. [25]

David & Kim Stiff, awkward and generally uncomfortable to watch. [22]

Gilles & Cheryl I initially watched the youtube clip and thought Gilles paso was amazing. On tv it was slightly less so - but only very slighty. The fault wasn't Gilles, but the fact the music was too fast which made the dance look manic. But Gilles and Cheryl? WOW! [29]

Steve & Lacey VW - I realise they were dancing to a French tune, but VW is from - hey big surprise! - Vienna, so the costumes looked strangely bizarre. And I hate to disagree with Bruno, but the timing was definitely off in places. [18]

Ty & Chelsie Again dreadful music for paso. Ty has absolutely no sense of rhythm or musicality - Bruno said he looked like a robot, and I can't think of anything better. Also, I don't think I have ever seen anyone with such a blank, expressionless face. [21]

Lil Kym & Derek Their VW was smooth, elegant and it really moved; I found it quite mesmerising. If the footwork had been better I'm sure the marks would have been higher [26]

Result

In the dance off David scored 24 and Lawrence only 20, so clearly the public must have voted heavily in Lawrence's favour after the main show. Personally, dance wise, I didn't think there was much to choose between them, but felt maybe Lawrence tipped the scales on likeability?

Sorry, probably my fault for mixing weeks 4 & 5 but, being new 'round these parts, didn't want to go starting new threads. And, hey, who could blame me for getting carried away over Gilles' paso?

On the result, I wasn't too sad to see David go. Maybe it's a British vs American humour thing, but - like Kim - I just didn't get him.

And I agree with you on the music for most of the couples. I often find that with DWTS they choose music which I don't feel suits the dance - perhaps they're choosing US hits which they think will appeal more to the voting public. Maybe I'm just being a bit of a traditionalist, or perhaps I'm just not a fan of American rock-country which seems to be wheeled out rather too much. But, hey, that's just my taste & they seem to get the audiences on their feet, so I'm sure they wouldn't agree with me.

I enjoyed the show again this week, i'd not really paid attention to DWTS before but must admit to being a newly initiated member of the Gilles & Cheryl fanclub

No apology necessary, as far as I'm concerned you can post on whatever thread you like, and start new threads - the more the merrier.

I don't think it is just dwts that chooses obscure music, SCD is no better. I think the program producers feel that if they use too much strict tempo music then non-dancers might get bored..... An insult to non-dancers, to my way of thinking! And strict tempo doesn't have to mean stuff that was recorded when Noah went into the Ark - there's loads of new recordings on the market every week. But, as I said once before, maybe by using obscure music they hope to disguise the fact that many of the celebs can't dance on time!

LOL! Probably very true.

Agree with you completely. I love it when they pick a piece of modern music which I would never have thought would fit a dance and then, every time you hear it after that, you can't help but imagine the routine (I find that with I'm Still Standing & Gnarls Barkley's Smile & loads of others I can't think of first thing in the morning). But, saying that, I get a real shiver when they choose to dance to a traditional piece of tango music rather than a piece of soft rock (of which Brendan Cole's particularly guilty on SCD - awful music taste IMHO). Oddly, before my SCD/DWTS obsession began, I wouldn't have considered listening to any 'Latin' music, but I now have some on my ipod.

I love Latin music, though a lot of what you can buy on the "High Street" is not strict tempo so not really suitable to dance to. But often it isn't long before strict tempo cds are produced using slightly adapted versions of the same tunes.

Sadly, there's usually very little tempo to my dancing

Remember, the definition of Dancing is 'moving to music' ... if you make up your own style, no one can tell you that you are wrong, 'cos it's all yours!