Thanks to Brendan for all he's done to help Holly and Artem in the last two weeks from an Artem fan who has always had a soft spot for Brendan, gone to see his shows and voted for him regulatrly over the years. I know you'll be disappointed not to have Brendan partnering Holly this weekend but we're relieved Artem's damage is healing well. I hope Brendan gets a good and hardworking partner next time around. He deserves it

I am sorry Brendan will not be dancing again, but pleased that Artem is OK now. I was anyway thinking it would be better if Artem is able to dance as there has been some negativity towards Brendan creeping in to Artem's threads, not from everyone of course, but a few - and it is still ongoing. It seems that Brendan's fun nature and overwhelming happiness in his private life, which he often talks about, has been misinterpreted and hasn't gone down well. He is also a wonderful dancer and choreographer, I love some of his routines and the story he tells - there is a reason why he often gets praised by the judges, this year too.
I got the impression the three of them had a lot of fun working together and Artem was probably pleased he didn't have to say too much on ITT last night.
And Brendan is the last person who would want to take Artem's place and not wish him a speedy recovery.

The following photo says it all:
http://twitter.com/?photo_id=1#!/The...233664/photo/1

although our friend will no doubt have a lot to say about it, i.e. Brendan has placed himself in the front of the picture, clearly wont leave and has to be evicted from the training room by Artem etc. etc. etc.

Just popping in to say that a good deed has been done and hope that whoever does dance on Sat gets a high score and position on the leader board so that all concerned can feel proud.

Speaking for the hartem and kartem threads this was a v small minority and dealt with by posters today.
Most folks are very grateful to Brendan.

Fabulous photo, they all have a great sense of humour, loving Holly's tongue.

I got the impression they had a lot of fun together, Holly said that Artem and Brendan are 'good mates', which helps. I can imagine it gets lonely and intense in the training room sometimes and was no doubt a welcome temporary change to have Brendan there. I don't think Brendan minds nor do I think he particularly wanted to stay in the competition to the end. He knew it wasn't for long and will have known how much Artem's back has improved this week. Anyway, he has a tour to organise, a replacement to find for Nicole and is probably pleased he doesn't have to commute into London early every day.

I know it was a minority Clartem and I did see that a few had responded in support of Brendan. I do think it is good that the discussions should come to an end soon though, Holly is, after all, Artem's partner.

Looking forward to seeing Brendan in the professional dancing

Holly posted a pic of Brendan in a Union Jack mini (sorry,can't link) Not sure if it's in the show,hope so
Hope we get as much of Brendan as poss tonight,going to miss him in the comp.

Loved Natalie & Brendan's bit centre stage in the pro dance.Enjoyed Brendan & James playing around in Tess's room
Not too sure Wembley really worked well,too big a stage.Preferred Blackpool but the studio is best of all.

He was very much on camera tonight, noticed him bouncing around behind tess at the end of the show as well, it's all about location and he sure knows about camera-placement

Red trousers very interesting, don't know why he bothered wearing them

Again; do not read if you don't want to know!



The shock, the horror, how could they?


Wanna know now?

Here is the photo:
http://yfrog.com/oeycyxij

Plus last night's pre-dance VT, which was the highlight of the segment for me - I'm afraid, I didn't really like the dance. I think all the uncertainty wasn't good for Holly. Should something like this happen again, a decision should be made by Tuesday at the latest and stuck to regardless of whether the pro improves unexpectedly - after all, it is what is best for the celebrity that counts, nothing else.

Still a wonderful bromance has come out of it, I think Brendan and Artem really enjoyed working together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=higqQnUEZ24

But I love this quickstep from Brendan and Lisa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTKIi1zdYPQ

and their Viennese Waltz;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9zWK0VHSU

and Argentine Tango:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suyh4tGuScw:

Brendan is really good at story-telling with his choreography.

It was also lovely seeing him enjoying himself with James last night. I love seeing his obvious happiness and his unwavering enthusiasm for the show - I can see why he is always asked back.

And if anyone missed it, the opening pro-dance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiTBl6Isgoo

And, finally, did Brendan know what he was doing in his tweet when he chose a new team name for Artem and Holly, the LOL implies he might have!:
'.obviously good for him as he's all ok now, but of course I would have liked one more week tripping the floorboards. Go team Art'Hol lol'

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Thanks for all this, lovely to watch again.

Thanks for those clips Liz. Some of my favourites are the VW he did with Kelly and also their tango,again both strong on story telling.

Thanks for all the links Liz, see the mini made an appearance tonight.Love the AT clip.It was so good to finally see Brendan dancing the AT,hot stuff!

btw guess who's back!!?!?! well according to twitter!! And poss itt in a few x

They just can't get rid of him can they? Lol! Hope Robin gets well soon what are they doing to the pros this year??!!

he's by the far the most entertaining!!

If he keeps this up he'll be dancing in the final

Lol perhaps Pasha & James ought to be worrying!

and musicangel you are preaching to the converted we all think that on this thread

Great we've got 'Rentapro',sorry Brendan,back! Hope Robin's foots ok soon.Think it's the samba but hope they make it through.
I'm holding out for Chelsee next week! lol

But Anita did the samba on Saturday at Wembley

Oops! Must have got it wrong.

It seems they have already filmed the VT!:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...=feeds-newsxml