I don't think it will be Pamela this week; she and James are a great team and try really hard - with the entertainment and the dance.

I think Patsy is in for a hard time this week though. But really, who can tell ? Good luck to them all.

Pamela's training looked good and the Charleston is a fun dance........I think Patsy's number is up this week just be interesting to see who is in the bottom 2 with her.

I'm guessing Patsy and Gavin botton two with Gavin to go.

I don't think it will be Pamela. Her Charleston training looked great.

This week its hard to predict how the top four will be tabled by the judges, but Pamela should have a chance of being top.

There is quite a gap dance-wise to the other three.

Next week the two dances a week starts AFAIK, which should help Pamela and Kara, as Scott and Matt will struggle for time and energy, and without a dance-off you cant just concentrate on having one good dance like in previous years.

If it is Patsy and Gavin in the bottom I think it would be Patsy going.......I wouldnt be at all suprised if Gavin is getting more votes than Patsy by a long way. Patsy will have to be well up on the leaderboard to avoid elimination whereas Gavin has been just above Ann several times already and never been in the bottom 2.

I predicted Pamela in the bottom two with Patsy, but that was before I saw the Charleston training, which looked really good.

I now think it will be Patsy/Gavin with Patsy leaving.

Amazing! Are we watching the same show?
Kara might be the best dancer Strictly has ever had.
Pamela, on the other hand, is good for her age but can be quite ungainly and really didn't deserve 10 last week.......IMO

Total nonsense.
I suspect some winding up going on here

I think she only looks ungainly because of her age and size. Kara is young and has a great figure, so she'll always look like a better dancer. I do agree that Kara could be the best dancer that has ever been on Strictly. Matt and Scott are very overrated IMO.

Our Strictly expert (Tina Ballerina) thinks Pamela is going to go this week. Gavin could be in touble, but it should be Pamela's turn to underperform based on her mis-Jive of a few weeks ago. http://www.freebetsfreetips.com/blog...g-tips-27nov10

I still think that her jive was largely underwhelming because of the mistakes she made. It looked much better in the training room.

The mistake, but it was also lacking in timing and her kicks lacked flick, a sure way to upset the judges. She's great, our Pam, but she's on the way out we feel.

Her Charleston training looked excellent though. I always thought her Jive would be weak, and it was- not just because of the mistakes. As a dance it didn't suit her and she didn't look particularly good at any point in it, regardless of mistakes.

I think she can bring enough character in to the Charleston, and after Chris getting 50 last year I don't think anyone is under the illusion that the judges mark on technique for the Charleston.

Agreed.

Pamela said that she didn't hear the first note, which threw her off during the dance. I think she could have performed it much better than she did.

To be fair, the marking is very off in general this year. Patsy didn't perform a proper jive, and Michelle's jive was more of a showdance.