Cheers Stiggy

I'm not a big fan of Jason, but I love Anita (& Robin) and I'm warming to Chelsee so I'd like to see them in the final.

Poor Erin's going to miss out again though.

At the moment I'd predict the final being between Jason, Harry and probably Chelsee.

Anita could well be there, but a major question mark still hangs over her Latin. Holly's obviously a front runner but I'm not sure if the viewing public will warm in sufficient enough numbers to her or her partnership with Artem.

Jason, Harry and Rory/Chelsea

But who knows who will emerge from the pack - if Ola can make Chris Hollins into a dancer, Robbie may improve when he loses his self consciousness

Holly - The new Kara ? Maybe not as good, but she's got ability and a hot pro to teach her.
Jason - Hard worker with some talent
Anita - Has some ability and people want an old bird to do well

The other two contenders would be Chelsee and Harry but lack of fan base could hinder them.

Can't see anyone else getting in the frame, apart from dancing skills, most of them lack a fan base.

You think Harry won't have a fan base?

Was thinking that myself...

Harry is the one with over quarter of a million followers on Twitter isnt he? Im not just dreaming that..

I sort of agree with this except:

Out week 2 - first elimination
Nancy - likely to be out first (ie week 2) unless
Audley - has horrible Salsa and no fan base (week2/3)
Edwina - think she may struggle for votes (although her dancing on Saturday was ok and she looks to be enjoying herself).

Weeks 3/4/5/6 (in no particular order)
Audley - just think he will struggle for votes (out by week 5/6
Edwina - probably out week 4/5
Dan - I think he will struggle for votes and charisma (he just came over a bit plankish on Friday (in the studio))
Lulu - likely to come over badly on ITT and unless there is some miracle will struggle dancing.

Weeks 7/8/9 (in no particular order)
Rory - I just cant see him surviving beyond week 6/7
Alex - Unless there is a miracle I cant see her surviving beyond week 6/7 ish
Holly - I think she is likely to be the shock elimination - cant see where votes willl come from unless she becomes the new Rachel/Lisa/Alesha (ie judges favourite and they overscore her). I didnt think that much of her CCC on Friday - in fact I was quite disappointed with Artem's choreography. She also didnt really look confident in her performance which suprised me as she is an actress/singer.

Week 10 ish
Chelsee - not sure she has the natural ability to take her further (and not sure where her votes will come from unless there is a massive improvement [Also Pasha is a new pro - no established fan base])

Week 11 (evictee not sure between these 3)
Russell - think he will confidently entertain till this point. OR
Robbie - Just have a feeling that he is going to be the surprising one this year.
Harry - a finalist unless one of Robbie/Russell pair prove more popular.
One of these 3 will develop into this year's marmite celeb and Im not sure which one yet.

Week 12
My finalists therefore are:
Anita and Jason
plus one between Harry, Robbie and as an outside chance, Russell. (likely to be Harry though).

Let me guess, a Tom fan

Actually no... I just hated the judges favourite scenario whereby their faults were overlooked.

I wasnt a fan of any of them really until the judges tried to fix things... (then I voted for Tom).

Id been voting for Austin till his exit.

As a big Vincent and Flavia fan, I suppose I should have been a Rachel fan but at the time I just couldnt vote for her...

You do realize that Lisa and Rachel were part of the same series

Jason and Harry are male, attractive (well, a lot of housewives remember the attractive Jason back in the day anyway) and can clearly turn it up. The only thing that could stop both of them from making the final is that the judges already seem to have a bit of a downer on Harry.

I reckon Chelsee is Louisa Lytton all over again - fine til we get to the dances that really require some adult emotion. I can't see her paso or rumba being all that. Likewise, I think Anita is this year's Cherie Lunghi; I actually thought Cherie's Latin would be good, but it never was.

So I'll keep my options open on the third finalist - still hoping Robbie shapes us as the man

After launch show I ranked 'em thusly:
14th- Nancy
13th- Edwina
12th - Chelsee
11th- Alex
10th- Audley
9th- Holly
8th- Anita
7th - Russell
6th- Jason
5th- Rory
4th- Lulu
3rd - Robbie
2nd – Harry
1st- Dan

After seeing them dance/perform for real I shuffled my list
14th- Nancy
13th- Edwina
12th - Lulu
11th- Alex
10th- Audley
9th- Holly
8th- Anita
7th - Rory
6th- Russell
5th- Dan
4th- Jason
3rd - Chelsee
2nd – Harry
1st- Robbie

Still rooting for Russell, Rory and Robbie but enjoyed being surprised by Anita and Audley. Harry’s giving me too many Matt di Angelo flashbacks at the mo but hopefully I'll get over it. Jason’s all thrilled with himself at the top of the leaderboard but I bet he gets passed out pretty soon by Harry/Chelsee once they’ve gotten in their stride. Holly will be a judges favourite but she’s not as good as she/they think she is and I expect her to be the shock exit. Really hoping Robbie does a Darren Gough - he's already streets ahead of DG when it comes to hands, one of the first things I noticed about him on Friday night, I wish Craig would comment on it. He just Ola needs to tailor the choreography better to show that he can move and isn't just a prop for her.

If either Nancy or Lulu go out next week I'll be a happy bunny.

Well there wasn't too many surprises when it came to the final 3 and it all panned out pretty much as predicted.

I got 2/3 right... a lot of people were wrong though