Au contraire...I find her clumpy efforts absolutely cringeworthy.

I love Natalie's enthusiasm and her partnership with Vincent, you can tell there's genuine affection there

Her Samba tonight though? Not good IMO As the judges said it was far too much in hold and it certainly didn't scream 'party!' to me unfortunately. Why does the Samba seem to be the bogey dance for everyone this year? Most of the couples seemed to struggle with it

From the look on her face when their names were called so did she.
I'm glad they survived the 'bogey' dance but sorry to see Laila's attempt win over Ricky's for once.

I like Natalie in spite of normally disliking Soapy personae, and Ricky G wormed his way into my affections as well. They both come across as really nice people doing their damnedest with what they've got.

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I cannot STAND it when she talks over the judges

It's the non stop talking. I can't remember Vincent ever being so quiet. Enthusiasm..rubbish it's just an excuse to promote herself. As for her dancing, cringeworthy, graceless and awkward. I wish she had gone last night.

I find her very annoying, despite myself.
As a lady of size myself, I have tried so hard to like her, just in case it IS that she's not a standard stick insect that people don't like her.
I admire her enthusiasm.
I think she's lost a lot of weight and it looks good - memo to self: try dancing.
but
She comes over as self absorbed. I first noticed her totally disinterested face behind Tess when Laila and Anton came off, and thought it was a comment on them. However, she looked just as bored verging on disgusted by subsequent performers, indeed, when anyone else at all was talking, that it looked really sullen and 'if it's not about me I'm not interested'.

My Mum does neither and Natalie makes her want to throw things at her tv

Same with my Mum, who tends to be as disparaging about her as a lot of people on here! I have this feeling now my Mum is over 60 she's given in even trying to sugarcoat stuff.

She loves Chris though, I think she wants to adopt him

Yeah, and anyone that criticised them (especially Kelly) was accused of being "Jellus" of their prettiness, slim figure etc. Now the response to Natalie's critics is "just because she ISN'T slim, etc" (that old chestnut again). Seems you can't win on this forum, which is obviously no longer a platform for people to air their differing views. Oh well.

I find it difficult to watch Natalie, she looks clumsy and awkward.

I know Natalie isn't exactly slim, but the fact that they have paired her with Vincent hasn't helped, he is so slightly built that he would make Kate Moss look fat.
It's a shame that people comment more about her shape than her ability to dance. I also think it is her constant going on about how fabulous it all is, her bubbly personality and her Eastenders fans that are keeping her in.
She should definately have been in the dance off last night. But we all know by now that this happens every year,good dancers leave and rubbish ones stay on.

If natalie goes it will be DULL DULL DULL. Without Tuffers and Ricky Groves she is the only celeb with any personality...

Bhoy, you're certainly putting in the effort in to try and make your bets come to fruition arent you? Its not going to happen, none of the people you have bets on (and what a small amount of cash you put on them for all this effort) are going to win. Give it up and talk about the dancing instead.

I really think she should go - don't rate her at all - clumpy & awkward. Too keen, too enthusiastic, too earnest - she repeats the same thing over & over. I mute now when she's on - don't like Vincent either - looked like he was wearing jogging bottoms last night

I noticed her 'gaping mouth' while dancing from the off, and now cant watch her because of it.

I think the vast multitude of Chris Hollins fans might disagree with you there!!

I'm not one of them, however, and I'm resigned to the fact that the only person I like on the show will be exiting next week.

Dont get me wrong, I really like Chris Hollins and I think he has done very well and deserves to do well. But he isnt the best dancer out there and therefore shouldnt win (in my lowly opinion obv).

I think he might though you know.

I always feel it's a little like the Emperor's New Clothes when he dances. I feel like everyone is seeing something I don't...lovely, average bloke but I'm at a loss.

Thought that Natalie sulked and pouted through everyone else's comments and scores - very bad loser, went down in my opinion and I hope she goes next week. Perhaps Alesha can score her as a dancer next week not as comrade.

Well if he wins, I guess it will be like when Tom won last year for some. I loved Tom and was estatic when he won but I know a lot of people werent happy as he wasnt the best dancer on the show.

Natalie Cassidy must be the most irritating person on British Television.

People say she is enthusiastic - enthusiastic my foot - the woman is a sychophant and a brown-nose. Most weeks she gushes and cloyingly creeps round the Judges and, in turn, they over-mark her. Yesterday when they criticised her and more or less told her she wasn't as wonderful as she thought she was ; was she gracious - no - she just sat and sulked through the rest of the dances.

I am utterly fed up to the back teeth with how much she loves Strictly, how much she loves The Judges, how much she loves Vincent - it has a hollow ring to it. I think we saw the real Natalie Cassidy yesterday when she dropped her "Pollyanna on Crack" routine. She had a face as long as a wet weekend and looked extremely put out that the Judges actually had the effrontery to criticise her dancing.

I thought her dress did her no favours - her routine was as clumpy as usual, the gob was wide open as normal, and she had absolutely no style or elegance on the dance floor. The badly designed dress revealed her huge thighs and big backside and made her look like a pink pig. In fairness to Natalie that wasn't down to her as she is a healthy weight - the Anne Summer designer this year should be shot at dawn for crimes against Natalie, Erin and the world of dance in general.

To sort of quote the immortal words of Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore,

"Goodbye, goodbye, please leave us now, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye."

She has delighted us long enough.

She could tone it down a bit, I suppose.
How irritating? Well, judging by this forum, she's as irritating as an army of fleas on a fox.

I'm just glad she has SOME personality as I feel I have not got a handle on Ali or Laila at all. Zero.

I think Ali is a sweet girl who just gets on with it and doesn't complain. She comes over to me as hardworking, charming and extremely talented. She doesn't need to show off - her dancing says it all. Laila is a good ballroom dancer but has struggled in recent weeks but I prefer her personality to that of Natalie Cassidy. Of course it all comes down to personal choice.

oh dear Bhoy.......now Natalie gets the Bhoy treatment just because you are not too sure if she is more popular than Chris or not.