It seems every week he splits the judges. This week the picky one was Craig; last week Darcy and before that it was Len. Each week it's 3 against 1. Well I'm with the majority of the judges; well done Louis. Very entertaining as usual and technically very strong. Loved it!

I loved their waltz tonight. They are my favourites as Bruce would say.....

Should have been 4 9s tonight.

It bored me :yawn:

Me too he looks so smug !

I loved it too, brought a tear to my eye.

Exactly!

It was gorgeous!!


Craig totally ruined the whole mood of their dance with his ridiculous comments afterwards.... He totally blew everything out of proportion and he's better suited to his panto at Xmas!!!

Louis is the only one who is 'determined' and trying hard. Not the fake denise cow.

Len, Bruno and Darcey clearly felt really strongly that Louis's waltz was technically good and polished. How can Craig have seen something so different! Can't take him seriously.

He's my favorite celebrity and coincidentally he's dancing with my favorite pro dancer. You can imagine how thrilled I am when it's their turn to dance.

Point is that if Louis got a 6 from Craig how come nearly all the others get so much more? THAT is what I don't get. Putting Louis close to bottom of his personal leaderboard.

........and last week he was smokin'!

That's what really annoys me as well. I'm all for not overmarking a dance and giving a true opinion but Craig's scores for Louis in comparison to some of the others just don't make sense.

His score of 6 tonight really, really annoyed me. I used to find him the most (in my opinion) accurate judge but just lately his scores have left me slightly confused. He's being more critical of Louis than the others for some reason.

Totally agree......ohhh I'm so annoyed

I'd have been happy with 2 8s and 2 9s if I'm honest, but Craig's marking is looking personal. That's the second week in a row he's done it. Anyone know what Karen said? She totally ripped his samba opinion apart on ITT but meh, he should be alright, it just feels wrong and clouds your enjoyment when it's your favourite.

To create a storyline.

When will Craig relent and match the other judges' scores? Should resolve itself around quarter final time.

I was a bit underwhelmed by Louis tonight. There wasn't enough sway for me. Overall the score he got of 33 was about right but 6 was a bit low, 9 was a bit high.

I thought Craig's 6 felt quite scripted. Deliberately trying to cause outrage (and succeeding).

I turned the TV off after his comments I was so mad.

I don't mind Louis and Flavia getting marked down if it is deserved.... If a judge doesn't think it is good enough for a high score fair enough but he totally ripped them apart tonight which for a 'fun entertainment' show is not on. He ruined their dance with the way he was carrying on.

Louis should quit the show in disgust.

They have to make it interesting somehow, everybody involved in the show, and the audience, knows he's going to win it'll be boring if he got an easy ride, and I don't know why people get are annoyed about the scoring especially at this stage, there is absolutely no way Louis is leaving let alone in the bottom 2.

I was expecting this dance to be one that finally makes me 'get' Louis, sadly it didn't, I thought his tango was better. I'll watch it again later, as I didn't really like any of them tonight despite people saying how everybody stepped it up so it may just be me.

I'm not even particularly a Louis fan, but that waltz was sublime - absolutely beautiful. And then Kimberley quite obviously made a mistake in her waltz and Craig still gave her an 8! Eh?!

But why Louis two weeks in a row?

I thought it was a beautiful performance by Louis and Flavia tonight, I imagine they felt a bit disappointed when Craig started with his ridiculous nit picking.