I can't see past them for a winner, they have the whole package, great partnership, likeability factor, she is good at latin and ballroom. The others have some of those traits but not all.

Agree entirely with this post. I don't get this near-forum-wide assumption that the woman's lazy. It seems one of those givens but... Evidence? She's laid back all right. She speaks slowly. She has got deadpan down to a D. But does that mean she lacks energy or commitment in her training? I think you need energy to be as counter culture and wry as she is managing to be. Me, I like her.



Agree entirely with this post too.
Chelsee and Pasha are the ones to shine, even if they don't eventually win. I hope they get to the final so we see them as long as possible. It'd go - slump - if Chelsee was booted out.

Robbie has the Samba this week - bye bye.
Anita is due a ballroom
Someone who knows the AT choreographer said there is 1 AT this weekend and maybe 2 so it will probably go to Holly
Jason has the Charleston
Harry is due another ballroom
Alex could have ballroom or latin so we will have to wait and see how that pans out but can't see her scoring lower than Robbie with the Samba (also can't see them giving Alex the Samba if Robbie has it, leaving her with Salsa, Charleston and AT)
Chelsee did Samba this week so could be another latin (if producers want all couples to have danced Jive by the Swing dance then Chelsee would be jiving)

So taking this into consideration:
Robbie: Samba
Jason: Charleston
Holly: Argentine Tango
Anita: Foxtrot
Chelsee: Jive
Harry: American Smooth
Alex: Salsa

Expect much gushing for Anita, slating for Robbie which is a recipe for both of them to fall into the bottom 2, Holly will have the bounceback and thus far the public seem to like Jason, Chelsee and Harry!

Haha complicating post

I find that when they are slated, they usually avoid the bottom two. It would be much better for the judges to be kind, then he may be overlooked in the voting and end up going

Well, going on previous SCD, given that Robbie's a sportsman, a learner, willing to plead emotionally for votes and with Ola, who is very clever at this, I can't see why he'd go for ages yet. I can easily see him in the semi-final, and in the final if he improves at all, especially as I can't see Harry or Jason showing huge improvement. His dancing is not good, and I don't think he's as lovable as, say, Gavin, but that's in the eye of the beholder, I'm still surprised people think he'll be gone soon. I can see him outlasting Anita, Holly and Alex, maybe even Jason or Chelsee. It's the have-a-go sportsman thing.

Alex I can't tell about. I really like her but I didn't think she'd last this long, tbh, especially as they're always putting her on early. James is being annoying erratic - angry, mocking, affectionate, etc - goodness knows how they really get on. (She'd have had a lovely time with Brendan or Ian.) But fair play to her, she's still there.

I find it hard to see past Anita as next to go.

robbie

Hope your right , his dancing is awfull and he is so playing the audience with his fake tears

Holly is doing the foxtrot not the AT

It's between Anita and Holly for me.

Hmm, Holly with the Foxtrot - might be difficult for her as she didn't really do many Foxtrot steps in her AS. I can't see her scoring highly so unless everyone has an off night I fear she'll be mid-table again.

Depends what dance Anita has - I'm hoping she gets the Viennese Waltz

Anita ... >>

I think you're right on Robbie. I've had a suspicion for a while that he could be a semi-finalist, or even finalist. He is popular, has a go and apart from week 1 hasn't been dreadful. As long as he watches himself that he doesn't whinge too much, but keeps it nice and humble, then his attitude appears good.

Jason has plateaued, so Robbie could overtake him.

Alex is a surprise, but she still has some very difficult dances left, including samba.

Anita & Holly have somewhat suspect fanbases. Even if they are propped up by judges scores, as the number of contestants lessen they could still go out. I think we could be looking at them for the next exits.

I suspect Robbie is doing well with the public and he has his own following and it doesnt hurt that his pal Chris Moyles tweets to his own 1.7m followers looking for votes for him.


I think Holly will top or come second on the Leaderboard and that will save her.

I think Anita will be in the bottom two or eliminated, good scores from her AT didn't prevent her from being there last week.

I think as less people are left in the viewers votes become more crucial and the judges less so. When there are 14 people in, its nearly impossible to be voted out if you top the scoreboard. When only 6 or 7 are left it becomes more possible.

We can deduce from Saturday that Robbie is picking up a lot of votes. He is certainly polling more than Holly, Russell and probably (based on the Sat before) Anita too. Holly, I would imagine, probably got the least votes on Saturday. Obviously, we don't know what the margin is between the votes and whether or not there could be a swing, but from that, my gut feeling is that Anita and Holly will be the next two out. The only way they might escape would be by being top of the leaderboard.

I totally agree

I think the next person to go should be either Holly or Anita.Holly is an ok dancer and she still doesnt put a lot in her performance has Anita would for example(IMO). She has the foxtrot this week arguably one of the hardest dances so there is a chance that she could finish at the middle of the leadearboard.She might get the sympathy vote for last week but if she doesnt score above 32(which I dont think she will unless the judges overmark her) then she's in danger.
-Anita should last another week and I suspect she might have another ballroom.
-Robbie is incredibly popular probably more than Jason.At this rate he could make it to the final so I dont see him going next week even if he las low scores.
-Alex has the toughest draw so I think that she might be at the middle of the leaderboard next week(unless the judges overmark her again).
-I think the bottom 2 next week will be between Alex and Holly with Alex going home.

^^
this.

Id say Robbie may well be in the top 2 or 3 of the votes from the amount of followers he has and his "influential" friends. Im thinking he may be top 5 if he can avoid the chop this week (and since he hasnt yet been in the bottom 2, this is very possible), although with Samba its going to be tricky. I suspect that Robbie is the new bottom of the leaderboard but could well pick up some of the Russell voters.

Id say Anita could be in trouble if she has another dance that doesnt suit her. She was extremely lucky with her samba at Wembley because it was a crowd pleasing dance and she was the only one who cleverly started in the audience (so probably got a fair few votes from those people sitting in Block D). The samba is notoriously difficult for the older ladies (I think Cheri Lunghi also was eliminated with Samba?) and hers was not good.... it was just that Russell's dance was worse.

Holly will probably get the bottom 2 bounce this week but then is probably in danger again unless she can come higher on the leaderboard than 4th. Foxtrot this week will probably have some wow factor with it and could well get her into the top 3.

Harry, Chelsee and probably Jason (although his true audience vote percentage is yet to become clear) are probably safe this week.

It all depends on which dance Alex has. If she can avoid the fast latin's she has yet to do then she will probably be ok... although AT might also be a tricky one since James' knowledge of AT is limited (and from what I can remember last year, it was Pamela who taught him, as he basically didnt want to use the advice on offer).

With numbers dwindling there is nowhere to hide and its at this point that no-one is safe. Depending on the voting, the top 1 or 2 can suddenly become in danger.

I wait with baited breath to see what dances are listed for the others.

Holly or Anita.

Given the news that Anita is now apparently dancing with Brendan due to Robin having a hurty foot, she may well get sympathy votes. Could make for interesting results.

I agree!!! You can't say this series is dull can you?

They're certainly getting their money's worth out of Brendan!

I was going to say Anita until i heard she is dancing with Brendan, she may well get sympathy votes, so if thats the case will have to say Holly or Alex, mainly because i am in denial and dont want to see Robbie go but it could be a possibility

Depends on the weird scoring system when couples tie in the judges scores, and that brings the bottom score up from 1 point to 2 etc.

Should be marked- 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, then if scores are tied making it- 8, 8, 6, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, not- 8, 8, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3. As that brings the bottom score up only 5 points from the top instead of 7. Which changes the whole outcome and influence the phone votes have.

Time for Robbie to go. If Jason freezes again then it could be him, and if Holly looks as though she is planning what to do on Sunday maybe she will get the big E.

In terms of all round lack of dancing ability - Robbie.

Great hair and teeth though

Ah but don't forget they add the swingathon scores on as well next week so there should be fewer, if any, ties (fingers crossed).