Don't write off Nicky and Karen yet. Karen watch and learn how other pros choreograph ballroom dances ie James, Natalie and Erin.
All ballroom dances should not look like an American Smooths. More in hold please.
Latin dances should have at least some basic footwork. Not just posing please.
Well done Robin. Great choreography. You played to Lisa's strengths.
Judges need to give more credit to dancers who work on footwork. It is not just about performance.

1. The reason Pendletons' rubbish is because she's used to being off her feet - the only bike on this show is Jerry Hall.

2. Not sure about this gymnast, I get the feeling the Olympians expect automatic praise due to their summer exploits - they need a rude awakening.

3. So glad the two biggest ar$eholes on the show have been paired together. The song&DANCE woman and the mouth.

4. Which member of the Ball family can we expect to see next year - what about Fat Boy Slim Ball?

5. Was glad to see the long awaited return of Tess's chest.

1. I hope Karen doesn't keep going down the rule breaking route. You have to show you know the rules before you start breaking them.

2. I felt bad for Victoria and hope her confidence won't be too dented. I'm sure Brendan will be encouraging because she seems like a hard worker which would impress him.

3. Ola and Sid's routine was better than I expected.

4. Colin did a surprisingly good dance in one of Bet Lynch's castoffs and it's nice to see Kristina looking happy with a partner who has potential.

5. I think Darcey is allowing for contestants being nervous because she might be too. Her helpful style of criticism won't suit every couple but it's better than some of the generic phrases we've heard over the years.

1. LOVED Louis and Flavia! Great first dance and they have so much potential, such an exciting partnership!

2. Very pleasantly surprised by Lisa and Sid, not sure they'll be able to keep the momentum up though as now they have expectations on them to keep the high standard.

3. Liked Kimberly and Pasha too, looking forward to seeing more of their dances.

4. Thought the dancing on the Saturday show was much better then the Friday. My top 5 dances were all on the Saturday.

5. Very pleased the judges were scoring relatively sensibly and not handing out 8s and 9s to everyone in the first week. Gives everyone somewhere to go now, although I didn't quite agree with all the marks.

1 ) Kimberley & Pasha, danced an Cha Cha Cha, with the moves and turns - was an actual dance, and so together, Team Pasherley Go!!! , what they showcased this week was Pasha's way of showing us this is what we can do so far and what they can work with.... and their build up will be great to watch as the weeks go by

2 ) Flavia and Louis, need a bonding session, coz he seems gormless most of the time, i rather see Russell Grant with Flavia all over again

3) Lisa and Robin were great, spot on commentry, what they lack on technical will make up for it in entertaining everyone

4 ) Sid was good...... lets see his latin

5 ) Pasha Pasha Pasha..........

1- Colin- um- wow!!
2- Pasha- um- still pashing for Pasha- and he can still choreograph a proper number- Karen take note!
3- Flavia and Louis- potential- loved them in training but he needs to do the concentrating face less!
4- Surprised by Michael and SId- both much better but look at the fantastic pro's they have
5- Who will fall to the Ball even tho they are better??

Can I add :

6- too embarassed to watch Jerry and Anton or Johnny and Iveta....

1. so happy strictly's back!!

2. suprisingly, this is the first series i havn't had an instant favourite (and my instant favs have always made the final 2...)

3. not liking the new trousers some of them seem to be wearing- what was wrong with normal latin trousers??

4. Actually found myself warming to Artem. hope he keeps up the niceness for a while yet

5. i've seen kimberley's dance 4 times already but i still havn't noticed a step she's done

1 I loved Lisa & Robin. Such joy.

2. Such a shame Denise is paired with horrid James.

3. Well done Natalie

4. STFU Brucie & retire.

5. I loved Erin's dress.

A continuation of thoughts from last night:

6) I've just been shaking my Cha Cha groove whilst re-watching Kimberley. She kind of got forgot in the Lisa hype - her and Pasha are as predicted hot!
7) The dances I've re-watched the most have been Denise, Sid & Kimberley - will be grabbing the audio from their songs.
8) Despite the above, I still loved Lisa's dance as the Wow factor and it deserved to be top of the leaderboard.

1. Lisa was a revelation but was overmarked. Her Cha Cha Cha wasn't as good as Kimberley's or Louis's IMO.

2. Sid was another big surprise and did much better than I thought he would. His waltz was very good.

3. People are being overcritical of Louis and Flavia. Yes he has to work on the performance aspect of dance but on that showing he's the best male celeb this year by a distance.

4. Victoria's tears will alienate some but only made me want to root for her even more. She still showed real potential and I really hope she can turn it around next week.

5. Loving Jerry's personality but really hope Anton can put the effort into making her the best dancer she can be and isn't content on just being the comedy turn yet again.

1. Loved Michael & Natalie

2. Hated the "spontaneous" standing ovations at any better-than-mediocre dance and Bruce's "Look - this is for you!"

3. No props

4. Darcey was really good

5. Colin looked like a pimp