Me too, was looking forward to seeing them on CC, no such luck.

A good show, but was ruined a bit by the (pointless) Chris segment.

What a legend Claudia is.

Nothing like being honest is there?
When Claudia asked Phil Tufnell's wife if she encouraged him to accept the offer of "Strictly," she replied: "Yes, because I wanted the tickets!"

Step forward with left foot on the diagonal so your legs are slightly crossed, step to the side with the right foot and replaced the weight. Do the same the opposite way. With bounce action.
& It's bota fogo.


I lol'd.

I thought we were going to find out that Chris had a famous dancer in his family and was waiting for the reveal.

It was just a lead up to his mother being in the studio ....... so glad she defined the fact that Chris has a 'very serious gf and they are buying a house together'. Wait now for the paps to get hold of that one.

Mother's eh ..... who'd have them? Bless her!!

I like Darren's assertion that it is the partnership that is the key to winning Strictly. My hopes for Ricky and Erin have shot up

Erin looked SO pretty tonight. She always looks gorgeous on ITT, the hair and make-up people for the actual show should make her look like that.

It was my home town but, as soon as I hit 18, you couldn't see me for dust

The friends and family was a bit of a waste of time ...... do hope Susie whatsername doesn't get invited onto SCD, she is just just as bland as the rest of the Footballer's Wives cast they have had on it.

Mine too (well, that's a lie, I'm from Lytham), but I still have an... ironic soft spot for the place. Oooh, the memories!

His dad was a really good footballer.

John Hollins played 592 games, and scored 69 goals in his first spell at Chelsea, and was part of the successful Chelsea sides of the mid-1960s and early 1970s, at one point making 167 consecutive appearances, a club record.

He was one of the Chelsea "Hs" who played in the team in the late sixties.

Hollins, Hudson, Harris R, Harris A, Houseman, Hutchinson.

He accomplished far than his son ever will.

Mardi Gras, Mecca, Adam & Eve - I'd better stop with the nostalgia fest (I'm showing my age with those clubs too) Never ever went to the Tower Ballroom though - maybe it is magic

I have! Christmas Tree Ball, which was the same night as the Strictly series three final! It wasn't quite as... formal as it is when it's on Strictly..!

Evening all

Dunno why, but haven't enjoyed the last couple of episodes of ITT as much as previous ones.

Claudia still makes me laugh out loud but lately she's been trying a bit too hard to be funny.

Maybe I just need a fix of Nat & Vinny or Laila & Anton or Chris & Ola.......Craig and Ricky G just don't do it for me and Jade was very quiet tonight.

Sorry for the grumpy post!

Sidney, I agree with you about today, but it was mainly the second half which fell flat for me.

Embrace the grump. Grumpiness is fun.

I know what would cheer me up.......

Don't apologise Sid, I'm feeling a bit grumpy too.

Enjoyed Jade and Ian, and that's about it really.

Have preferred Karen's contributions to CC.

No Nat and Vincent on Claudia's sofa for over 2 weeks now and not on tomorrow either.

May have to give them a couple of extra votes at the weekend to cheer myself up.

A cold shower?

Hiya Red

Maybe you, Zan and I can share a snog to cheer us up

And I was meaning to comment about CC as well but forgot, so thanks for reminding me. Darren & Lilia not a patch on Karen Hardy (especially Darren whose every other word was "again" - did you notice that!?).

Haha, not quite in the same league as Karen "BIG points!" Hardy

In all honesty, I found the explanation of collection points and something else that escapes me now all rather interesting. I like Darren and Lilia

That always makes me laugh

Depends if I'll have any company


Hey Smokey!

I do like them generally, but for some reason I prefer the Hardy. I could listen to her talk choreography all evening......

Look in your little black book, Sid, I'm sure one of them will join you!

I'm fairly indifferent towards Darren, Lilia and Karen when they're dancing on Strictly, but I love Karen in CC. She's very good at explaining dancing to the layman.

Hello!

I'm just watching now. How come they didn't have Ali & Brian in CC? I would have been interested to hear what Darren had to say about it (even though I do prefer Karen on CC).


Loved Ian (as usual) and Jade.

Sorry to all you Ricky fans but, for me, he is in no way a contender at the moment. Looking back over his AS, I still think that it wasn't great. I don't enjoy watching him dance.