She's been landed with a muppet to dance with.

I mean, I know she does her best with him, but he clearly isn't a natural dancer. He should be voted off now, it's the kindest way.

Hopefully Laila will get a better celeb partner next year, who can better complement her professionalism, skill and experience.

Laila is the celeb....

Or am I missing the point and is this your way of saying she was actually better than her pro partner Anton?

I actually think they are well matched.

Laila so far has been pants at Latin, and Anton can't choreograph Latin. He was trying to get Laila through the routine tonight after last week, so maybe now they will BOTH get better.

The real outcry willl come when he gets someone good at Latin.

I don't normally critise anyone but Anton really does struggle with Latin & the last 2 weeks have been ,well,terrible.His Samba had far too much disco & looked so out of place.I think Laila danced beter than him & it's a shame she didn't have a better partner.His Ballroom is fine but his Latin seems to get worse.Sorry.

Absolutely!! Hahaha!!

A lot of the judges criticism today were of the CONTENT, which is Anton's responsibility.... I think he was looking a little uncomfortable tonight tbh..

I can be critical of my favourites, but hand on heart I thought Laila & Anton did a good job tonight and was so relieved after they finished their dance and was prepared for lots of "Laila is back!" and "Finally you've cracked Latin!" comments.

How wrong and disappointed was I!?

OK, the routine was a bit cheesy in places, but it was a Disco track so what choreography did the judges expect?

I thought the Samba suited Laila. She danced with rhythm and never went wrong.

I thought the judges could have been a touch more positive with their comments because it was a vast improvement on what we've seen from her in Latin up til now.

I agree with Sid

I really do think that the colour scheme let them down, I don't think white helped them at alld although she looked as amazing AS EVER it should of been carnival covers, Len was spot on with his comment

Laila was fantastic this evening, Anton not so much.

He really needs to step up his game & get more Latin training.

Yes, I said the same thing to my mum who was watching alongside (and pretending to be enthusiastic!).

The outfit was supposed to be Blue, I thought? That's what they had us believe on ITT.

And it looked too heavy on Laila.

Haven't been keen on her up to now, but I thought her samba had the most bounce of any of them and it looked at least like she had more fun doing it than anybody else tonight. Almost all the judges' comments criticised the choreography, rather than the way she danced it. So none of that's her fault. But if Anton's not good at latin, then he probably did the right thing. Judges might not like disco in samba, but I bet a large section of the public at home did.

You sure about that?

For me, Laila & Anton were the most improved latin couple of the night. I enjoyed the routine.

I think the judges were a touch harsh. It wasn't great but, as so often, I get the feeling that expectation is far too big a factor when it shouldn't be.

Yes. As I said, she did her best with him, but he's simply not good enough to progress.

Ah well.

I'm really worried for Laila now.

She looked really deflated and will probably lose all the conviction she had developed over the past week for Latin, thinking she was totally rubbish and that she will never get there

Only Alesha mentioned she'd improved. Shame on Len, who was so positive to Chris & Tuffers (despite them not being brilliant), for not giving the girl some positive feedback.

Laila's outfit was very badly chosen, she carries off bright colours beautifully and something vivacious would have accentuated the party feel of the dance.

She performed so much better this week than last (blessed relief) but is probably anticipating her next Latin dance with horror.

I wish Anton would get some advice from someone about his Latin routines, I'm sure Matthew or Brendan would oblige.

You missed the point.

The judges were criticizing Anton. All of them.

I'm inclined to agree with this. Laila did her best but there's only so much you can do with a partner whose Latin-style is more Ramsgate than Rio.

Antons Latin isn't ever going to get anyone anywhere. I wish Laila had been given Darren and Anton Lynda.

I see what you mean, and happen to agree. Just wanted to make sure you were using sarcasm.

I thought he did very well compared to last week's Jive. Laila had obviously worked him hard and came up with a choreography that didn't stretch him beyond his limitations.
We have seen his ballroom, it's up there with best..I think Anton will be with us for a few more weeks.

I sensed that.

I just think they could have been a bit more explicit in their praise for what Laila did.

Before this series, everyone was saying Anton "deserved a good celeb"... never mind what Laila deserved apparently! She would have been so much better off with Darren.

Being slightly serious, it does wind me up when the pros don't bother to learn a dance, you know?

Bloody Brendan and his AT last year. Grrrr.

Fair enough. Yes, Laila did well with the material she had, and maybe the judges could have praised her for that.

But they had to focus on the amateur, you know?


Oh and:

If in doubt, always assume I'm using sarcasm. It's pretty much my base operating state.

I think Anton has been very fortunate not to have had a really competent dancer before now. The inadequacies of some of his previous partners have masked his. His Latin really is very bad...