Denise Van Outen no matter what anyone says is a trained dancer if you have watched any of her shows and her first performance shows she has unfair advantage over everyone else in the competion. IF someone is a trained dancer no matter how many long years ago they dont lose that talent. It's just cringeworthy she is doing this show and bbc must be desperate if she think she is a non dancing celeb?

seems all very contrived from the bbc and her

Awwww come on... She has had as much "training" as any other stage school brat......

They get taught basic modern / jazz dance as part of their curriculum but they never have done formal ballroom dancing before.

We have had numerous so called "ringers" in previous series... Emma B, Kelly, Louisa, Matt dangelo etc etc etc... And yes, they start with an advantage, but they find it harder to show a week on week improvement than a rookie does so it all nets out in the end.

Don't forget that Lisa and Sid are also stage school brats - and have probably had as many dance lessons as Denise has had

Ive always liked Denise..... but...

....found her to be really irritating on twitter in the the last few weeks. The ongoing banter with james and constant retweets of people telling her how amazing she is... yawn!

I dont think she'll win. SCD is very revealing of personality not only dance....

She needs to be good to get over the fact that she is remarkably irritating and fake. And yes, she is a ringer.

This show should be for people that can't dance and Denise has been able to for years.

That is so VERY true!

She does come across as super fake, really annoying aswell. She had a fairly good dance tonight, but not worthy of getting top points of the night imo.

But she'll get to the final. They haven't brought the dance off back for nothing, you know.

I like her

Why is no mentioning Kimberly in all this?

She went to stage school, has appeared on the West End and spent the last 10 years doing dance routines with Girls Aloud.

She has done more dancing than Denise in her career. Denise has mainly been a presenter.

Yes, if anyone has studied dance they would be able to see she can 'spot' etc, all the dance techniques she knows them. I'd rather vote for someone who's started at the beginning and can improve.

The shows name is stricly come dancing not strictly come dancing again !!!!

This.

I can't see why Denise is being singled out all the time.

We'll get to Kimberley tomorrow.

Maybe it's because Kimberly isn't from Essex.

I'm not too sure about her yet.

She said she wasn't a particularly good dancer in the VTs (surprise surprise, they all do), but when Len made the comment about her footwork she looked incredibly shocked.

Let's not focus on tomorrow yet - ther's a good few hours to point out that DVT is a ringah - a great big massive ringah!

Exactly. I knew it when I saw her training video, but I used to teach dance so I know what to look for. This is a bit of a set up but I suppose they had to have some good ones in with the others.

Colin is a nice languid surprise. I hope they stop dressing him like a twit though!

Denise does have an unfair advantage, attending stage school and also starring in a west end show. It seems to me that the BBC really want her in the final three.

There are contestants who have NEVER danced at all in a professional manner.

I used to like her, but find her irritating now

She is as hard as nails - the heavy black mascara made her eyes look like **** holes in the snow and her chin is starting to look like Brucies. I believe after a certain age your personality starts to show in your features.

But it had to because it was the best executed dance of the night, whatever you think of Denise. That's why she was on last - her efforts were expected to be good.

I have never liked her lairy Essex girl act. I have seen her in Chicago and she is a pro.

I will support anyone but her.

No training - LOL!

I enjoyed Denise's dancing this evening. I thought she was elegant and poised and I'm looking forward to seeing her next time. She isn't the first contestant on Strictly to have attended stage school and she won't be the last.