I don't think they love him at all. They are always criticising him and seem to expect more from him than the others.

I caught up with the show late- watched it on blissful fastforward so I could cut out the boring bits!!

On Liftgate - I'm with Craig - I loved it! The whole performance was fantastic for me, very romantic and beautifully danced. You're allowed to do lifts in the AS - who is to say when a lift is 'too showy'?? If it was Brian twirling Ali over his head then that would probably have been acceptable.

I was expecting to be horrified by Natalie and Vincent's samba - and I wasn't it. It wasn't amazing but it wasn't car crash TV. Still, it gives people lots of opportunity to make cheap digs at her again.

I LOVED Chris and Ola's dance and thought it was undermarked. The connection between the two of them is fantastic. And I loved Ola's little scream when they got through!

Ali - what is it about her? Why don't I get carried away when she dances? There's something about her that reminds me of a spoilt child - I'm sure she's lovely really, but I just have that mental block in my head.

Laila and Anton - she is so beautiful but I don't think she will ever rise to the standard of the paso she did - that was the only time the excitement of the dance matched her striking looks for me.

Ricky and Erin - I've really warmed to Erin this series, and I loved the things she and Ricky said about each other when they were voted off. But it was the right decision. And 'oh my eyes!' - that x-rated sesame street outfit!

Len annoys me more and more every week - last night he was more irrational than ever! People talk about Craig being rude and personal but I think Len surpasses this. He also didn't seem to be able to remember people's names at all!

I'm sorry Jade is gone - but it won't affect my enjoyment of the series!

If that's your thoughts fair enough but I haven't noticed that to be honest. Alesha thinks he's great and, bar Len's 'lift' rant they were all complementary about his dance last night, and pretty much every dance he has done. He gets the highest marks in the competition along with Ali, and rightly so. They would go nuts if he didn't get to the final.


I don't think Len was that irrational but he should have apologised for getting those names wrong as should Bruno have when he did it a few weeks ago. What is with these judges lol?

I thought Craig's comments on ITT in the week demonstrated what he felt about the Laila/Anton ankle business but my mouth did a fly-catching impression when he said last night "miraculous recovery darling" - or am I reading too much into a straightforward, take it at face value remark that he's pleased she's better?

Natalie is a very nice person, but when it comes to her dancing why am I reminded of images like hers?

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Even when Ricky W makes no mistakes he still gets criticised. He broke no rules so don't get Len's 8. He did redeem himself by saying Ricky and Ali were far ahead of the rest.
In a two person final much as I love Chris it would be a better competition with Ricky and Ali.
Think Lalia's time will be up next week.

Yep, if I were to guess I'd say no one behind the scenes is either a.) buying it or b.) buying it was as bad as it was.

Craig's comment was very telling........

I'll be rooting for Natalie and Vincent because well I'm a huge salsa dancer, and with the absense of any participants representing my dance, I'll have to go with the closest thing to salsa which is samba.

But to be fair they're all good sports on there, and I don't really have a favourite to win. Best of luck to all of them I guress, and hopefully they put on a good show.

Eh? The samba was last Saturday (and NatVin's performance was dire, I'm afraid). What will be is Rock n Roll.
Keep up.

Err.. Really?

So big?

I'm sure you're not!