Originally Posted by Ignazio:
“I didn't enjoy the show much tonight - possibly I was influenced by my disappointment at Jade's injury.
I thought Tess made an excellent job of filling in for Bruce, Claudia was equally as impressive doing Tess's job but Ronnie Corbett was an unnecessary distraction.
I thought Phil and Katya slightly undermarked - that 7 from Craig was harsh imo.
Ricky W and Natalie didn't wow me at all. On this occasion I did agree with Craig, the choreography stuttered here and there, I thought the 9's were generous. I wasn't impressed by his reference to injury, when we'd just witnessed Jade's awful pain.
Ricky G and Erin - it didn't flow, and I think Len overmarked, but it didn't affect the leaderboard, so no harm done.
Sorry Team Cola fans, but I couldn't believe the comments and marks their Paso received. In fact as soon as they started to dance I actually started laughing and I laughed for a different reason at Alesha's 9. Chris's face was a picture and not a pretty one; it reminded me of Tom's last year!
Laila and Anton - what can I say except that it was genuinely sad to see her in pain and so upset.
Natalie and Vincent - overmarked; 9's from Len and Alesha were bizarre.
Ali and Brian - a pretty dance, but she just didn't bring any passion to it. Again I thought 9's generous.
So there it is. Perhaps I'm being an grump, but I saw nothing to warrant a 9, which is disappointing at this stage of the competition.
Then to top it all - Phil who I thought gave a really good performance, went out!”
Afternoon my bit of DS totty

<smooooooooooooooch!>
I totally agree with you regarding both Natalie & Chris (and I said as much on their Appreciation Threads

!!).
They are my favourites, but the 9's they were awarded were just silly.
Len and Alesha have made a mockery of the scoring this year.