I hoped Aled would go. That's my favourites through!

Cant believe ALED went. What a SHOCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO NO NO Poor Denise!!!!!!!

What a turn up!!! JULIAN top of the viewers' vote!!!!

Im sorry but how can u pick Julian over Aled. Dance wise u have to admit Aled is better. Am I the only one feeling for Aled? I cant believe I just said that. What is happeing to me? But why is Denise again in the final two and Julian first through. There is no justice in the world.

Aled is too needy. I'm not a fan, sorry - & I've always adored Julian.

Denise should win it but I don't think she will.

Denise is in the bottom two because the public havent taken to her arrogant attitude that weve seen from day one!!!!

Yes Aled is better than than Julian. BUT its not just purely about the dancing - I love SCD for both the entertainment and dancing. Julian brings more to the show for me than Aled.

Spot on. Its all about entertainment. We want to see people who can dance but we also want some personality. And Julian makes the series fun. Cause the other 2 couples in the final seriously dont bring the fun factor.

SHE IS NOT ARROGANT

Agreed. She's a world-class athlete who has put in hours and hours of training to get that gold in 2000. She has to be headstrong and determined, it's just her mentality. I don't think she means to be arrogant, it's just what her rigourous training programme and desire to win has done to her.

I don't think she is arrogant either (just very confident). If anything, her weakness has been a reluctance to come out of her shell; she had made such an effort to express her personality this week, but it doesn't seem to be enough.

I don't think she's arrogant either, although I think she has the potential to *appear* a bit arrogant, and trust me, the two are seperate. As I've said in a few threads this week, some of the things Denise did and said on last week's ITT spots and on the pre-dance video perhaps didn't go down well with the GBP (ie. telling Ian he wasn't fit enough and needed to train with her, saying she deserved to be in the final etc.) but as you say, that's what she's been taught to believe as a professional athlete and it has nothing to do with her personality which is clearly lovely.

I think the thing is, this is a very British thing. In the USA saying "I deserve to be in the final" and a clear confident 'I'm going to do this' attitude would be *the* thing she'd need to win. The Americans hate people who aren't ultra confident and competitive. We Brits on the other hand just don't take to that. We prefer Eddie The Eagle Edwards who cannot ski to save his life but goes to the Olympics and gives it a good old go and then laughs at himself. That's Julian definitly, even Aled.

Denise deserves to be where she is, and thank goodness she is, but I think her background may not go down so well with the voters. As someone else said, we prefer the one being picked on so we can vote for them out of sympathy. It's in our blood it would seem.

I find that a very interesting statement, and one I buy into. In the US, if you have a winning mentality, you are applauded. In the UK, if you are slightly less confident of your chances/ are the underdog, you come in for a lot of praise. I personally think the former is fairer, as we need to congratulate those who do well and are confident enough to believe they can succeed - but without the latter, life would be a little duller.

As an aside, our media have a "build 'em up, knock 'em down" mentality that drives me insane.

I lived in the USA for a year, went to school there, and there is a very definite hierachy of those who succeed and those who don't ("the geeks") and winning is EVERYTHING. It's highly highly competitive, even down to spelling competitions. It's great in one way because it gives people goals, somethign to work towards and the rewards of winning are so much more enjoyable when you've had to work to get there. There's a very positive 'you can do anything' attitude that's truly inspiring. On the other hand it's a very lonley life for the 'losers' out there.

In the UK, I think we're perhaps too far the other way. We now have a competition where someone who really cannot dance well is in a final with two phenomenal dancers just becuase the GBP think he's sweet/the underdog/bless 'im, he tries. It devalues winning, it devalues the work that goes in to getting there. Almost makes it pointless having a competition. There will always be those who deserve to win and we shouldn't be afraid to believe in ourselves and push ourselves. On the other hand, it is to our credit that we genuinally admire those who try and appreciate humility and a sense of humour.

If we could find somewhere in the middle of the two I think that would be the ideal.

As I've said all along, if Denise could change her attitude (not that it's a bad attitude, but the attitude of 'must win') she might find a more supportive GBP. I thought she did a much better job of that this week, and to prove it, she's in the final.

I was a fan, but I find any RTV involving Celebs makes me vote for their personality, not their skill.

Aled just got too intense, while Julian has made leaps in the confidence stakes. I want him to win just because he's made the most improvement and comes across as shy and not very confident.

I find that rather endearing. But I suppose it should be about the dancing, in which case Jill is the only logical winner.

I'm sorry but i find wanting to win and do your best can be different from being ARROGANT. Denise from day one has bossed Ian about and at times TOLD him what to do. I'm sorry but which ones the pro dancer? I dont think its Ms Lewis!!!! And at times on the floor as Arlene said a few weeks ago has been fighting Ian to be the one leading. And unfortunately for Denise on the dance floor the male leads. Like it or not!
I am not saying shes a bad dancer. Shes not. I just havent taken to her at all. Where as Julian has gone from a bag of nerves to confident. If anything id vote for Julian for the simple reason of the outstanding job Erin has done with him. She is by miles the best teacher in the show.

I was really upset to see Aled go - I think he dances wonderfully considering he couldn't really dance at all at the beginning! Plus it's much harder for the man to lead, I think he was brilliant. Also he just seems like such a lovely lovely person!!! He looks like the kind of guy who could never say a bad word against anyone!

But I was thrilled that Julian got through, I do have rather a soft spot for him even though he was the worst dancer

As for Denise and her attitude... don't forget that she is an athlete! Being a black woman it must have been very hard for her to get to where she is today due to the fact athletics seems to be a white male dominated world. You have to admire her in that respect - she gives everything her all and is strong and confident! Unfortunatley that kind of attitude works better in athletics than ballroom dancing

But i keep waiting to seE this transformation! What the hell was with that Jive?! In rehersals it looked really good but add the music.........it was just weird. I still dnt think shes arrogant. The things she said have been taken out of context. Its like when Ian said "Oh I dnt wanna be first every week". He actually meant sumthing else but people took it and ran with it and they played it over and over again making him out to be some conceited freak which he so isnt. They've worked their butts of throughout the whole show. They've taken the judges advise in order to make themselves better and what does the great British public do.....they put them in the bottom two and vote for the fool who cant dance to save his life but cracks a few jokes and makes fun of Craplinsky....Kaplinsky's dress. For shame.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE AND NADIA ALMADA FOR THE NEXT SERIES OF SCD3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wasnt a Julian fan at first. And certainly thought his comment to Natasha was below the belt. But he's grown on me in away none of the others have. I always liked Aled from word go. Julian makes the final alot lighter. It is only after all a competition for charity. Its meant to be fun. The Julians and Aleds have been the saving grace of this current series.
I dont have a problem with Ian. I knew that comment was said in a funny way. Infact i think the guys been a saint for not killing his partner so far. She'd have been out weeks ago if it hadnt been for him.

sorry to cut up your post but i needed to pick up on this part. if you say it's the work they put in that counts, then surely the ones who practiced the most (aled and lilia) or the ones with the most improvement (erin and julian) should be the ones to go through?

the ones who have worked the least are the ones who already had experience and have practiced the least surely?

I can't believe Aled has gone...but to be fair he was in the most vunerable position...he had an alright performance, with an average public vote!!
Definitley voting for Julian next week as I don't want Jill to win and Julian has the best chance at stopping them!!

Nat
xxx

I wish I had said this earlier. Do shut up. U have no clue as to what ur talking about.

I think everyone needs to calm down! - I thought we were a small friendly group of SCD followers, now everyone's turning on each other!

How so? I dnt see anyone turning on each other.