From 1 to 6 - 1 best, 6 worst.

Here's mine:
01 - Colin & Kristina - what a surprise! I almost don't think the height got in the way. He was cheeky and fun the whole way through - perfect credentials for the dance.
02 - Denise & James - she can obviously dance very well, and I'm sure she will improve over the weeks.
03 - Michael & Natalie - pleasant surprise as well! Not a bad Waltz at all. Hopefully he can show off a character in the Latin.
04 - Fern & Artem - their chemistry is wonderful and it wasn't as bad as I expected.
05 - Victoria & Brendan - she started off quite good, but sadly she lost it.
06 - Nicky & Karen - very disappointing. Some of it just felt awkward to watch.

Copy and paste! Agree with your order exactly. My only uncertainty is whether to swap round Michael and Fern.

Joint 1st - Colin and Denise
Michael
Fern
Then trailing - Nicky
Victoria

(if in doubt I usually give the chaps a boost because I do feel it's harder for them unless they have stage-school experience)

Best Kristina and Colin
Worst Brendan and Victoria

Denise & James
Colin & Kristina
Michael & Natalie
Fartem
Nicky & Karen
Victoria & Brendan.

01. Colin & Kristina
02. Denise & James
03. Michael & Natalie
04. Nicky & Karen
05. Fern & Artem
06. Victoria & Brendan.

01 - Colin & Kristina
02 - Denise & James
03 - Fern & Artem
04 - Michael & Natalie
05 - Nicky & Karen
06 - Victoria & Brendan

Looking forward to seeing who leapfrogs who - not leapfrogging during dancing although I wouldn't put it past some of the dancers; but up the table.

Moreorless the same as the judges. They are all novices and the marks are fairly closely bunched.

01-Denise
02-Colin (Who I thought was excellent)
03 Michael
04-Victoria (Slightly contraversial but that was very difficult and the first 30 seconds was excellent)
05-Nicky (Again, potential in spades although the Waltz can cover up a lot so we'll see with the latin)
06-Fern (gave it a good go but considering she did the Xmas special I expected a lot more, she was out of time for a lot of it, arms were all over the place, no punch in the steps etc....)

Colin
Denise
Michael
Nicky
Fern
Victoria.

1. Nicky & Karen.
2. Colin & Kristina.
3. Denise & James.
4. Victoria & Brendan.
5. Michael & Natalie.
6. Fern & Artem.

Colin
Denise
Michael
Fern
Nicky
Victoria

I would rank them:

1. Denise & James (I don't care what previous dance training she may have had. I enjoyed that routine a lot)

2. Michael & Natalie. Again a routine I enjoyed, though not as much. Was oddly distracted by his posture at times.

3. Colin & Kristina. Aside from a few odd moments that I wasn't keen on, he didn't do badly at all.

4. Fern & Artem.

5. Karen & Nicky

6. Victoria & Brendan.

Top 2: Denise / Colin

Middle 2 : Michael / Nicky

Bottom 2: Fern / Victoria

1) Denise and James
2) Colin and Kristina
3) Michael and Natalie
4) Fern and Artem
5) Victoria and Brendan
6) Nicky and Karen

1) Denise & James (still never like them)

2 Colin & Kristina

3 Fern & Artem

4 Michael & Natalie

5 Victoria & Brendan

6 Nicky & Karen

I still think its not a fair comparison until they've danced both ballroom & Latin.

Enjoyed watching:

Colin
Michael
Nicky
Fern
Victoria
Densie

I know technically Denise should be higher (probably at the top) but I always find James's choreography just so bland and tedious that it switches me off. As a result I found her the most boring to watch - albeit I accept she was probably the best dancer.

Colin was the most fun to watch and I really enjoyed watching him. He made me smile all the way through.

Same as the judges.

Top: Denise & Colin,
Middle: Fern, Michael & Nicky,
Bottom: Victoria.

Imo the top and bottom places were obvious, it's the middle i had trouble with, so i just stuck them all together

1) Denise and James
2) Colin and Kristina
3) Michael and Natalie
4) Victoria and Brendan
5) Fern and Artem
6) Nicky and Karen

Agree with this.

I agreed with the leaderboard actually. But I was distinctly underwhelmed overall. I really hope there are some good dancers tonight, because so far we've got one quite alright dancer who's a pain in the neck (DvO) and the rest are dudders

1 Denise & James
2 Colin & Kristina
3 Fern & Artem
4 Michael & Natalie
5 Nicky & Karen
6 Victoria & Brendan

I wouldnt attempt to rank them - its far to early, nothing to go on