I think Kimberley is dull and Pasha's choreography is not very good this year. I just think they are boring. The judges will always mark her high to keep her in the competition she is one of their favourites!!!
I am also at a loss to think why she is allowed to perform at Wembley this coming week with Girl's Aloud (Urgh !!!) thats promoting her again.

Really? You think?

I didn't say it was the worst series ever. I said it was one of the worst - along with series 7.

So, why has Kimberley's vote collapsed ?

Because Girls Aloud got back together?....

I'd say at least 7 and 9 were worse than this one, I could also make an argument for 1, 2 and 3. 6 I was probably the most passionate about but hated the result the most. I didn't see 4 so can't comment.

The only ones I would say we're definitively better than this one were 5 and 8.

I suspect Kimberley has not been high in the public vote for a couple of weeks. Pasha seemed to be expecting the worst during the results show when there was still a reasonable chance that Richard and Michael might go.

Her quickstep was great and probably together with her jive the best dances she did last year (generally speaking, imo 90% of her dances were good to great).

Me again spriggan, not stalking you honest just think you make some interesting points.

I think Pash (and Kim for that matter) were freaking out because they had never been left that long before and I imagine you think the worst in that situation anyway, but it doesn't help when you know that the two others stood with you lowest on the leaderboard had done fun, upbeat dances and yours may have been 'forgettable' in the publics eyes.

I hope you're right. I just can't shake off a bad feeling that the force just isn't with these two for some reason. Joint second to bottom is a long way to fall. Let's hope the samba goes well at Wembley.

Indeed, I hope its not too much like the Salsa, which to my mind was very similar to their Cha cha cha just a bit jazzier, but I guess that's the choreography

Pash needs to pull some new tricks out the bag Sat.

I would say Len and the production team have brainwashed and manipulated us by one minute they like her, the next they don't sort of thing. She is trending quite nicely on Twitter ATM to get more votes, think they are showing Kimberley in a bad light currently, wheras other contestants like Nicky and Victoria are being shown as if they can't do no wrong, sorry I don't buy that Kimberley is unpopular it is people voting casually rather than formally what I am doing. That said we need to vote now to please the judges rather than the people behind the scenes. Kimberley gave a very good interview on ITT and that should hand her in good stead.

I find her as dull as ditch water

When she is due to dance I prefer to make a cup of tea as she is so uninteresting

True, no wow in her dances and just there for publicity for her band and solo stuff

I don't see it with 3 - 3 was a great series even or possibly because the best dancer didn't win.

8 was let down by a rubbish final - it had the best line up talent wise in a SCD final in years and yet all the showdances were pants and the final generally uninspiring - and I wanted to see Hamela's AT so was disapointed. What the final of 10 will be like is yet to be known.

I know all celebs use this show for publicity - to an extent - but for Kimberley especially, the subject keeps coming up. Personally, I just don't believe she is there solely for publicity, 2 reasons for this:

1. GA don't need extra publicity. They already have an army of dedicated fans who knew about this reunion prior to Kim appearing on the show.

2. Strictly seems to have its own audience. I doubt GA fans even watch Strictly. Judging by last weeks result, they certainly aren't voting if they do.

Agree with me, don't, whatever Its just the impression I get.

Yeah, GA fans are prob more akin to X factor, not that i have ever watched it and not SCD. I do tend to favour the dancers that give it 100% what ever there skill levels and make improvements, and of course there all there for publicity in some form

They're all touted round every show, seeking every opportunity. One wants his own unscripted fly-on-the-wall show (he thinks -- and may be right -- that people will be interested to tune in to watch him play computer games); they're all on quiz shows, chat shows, daytime tv, breakfast tv, at awards nights, film openings, in the gossip columns, yadda yadda, etc etc. It's a wonder they find time to dance. Then some of them have ongoing work they're committed to complete at the same time. Hopefully that will quiten down for Kimberley before she's off the show and then she can go back to just being touted round daytime, breakfast, chat show etc

Once it got down so far Kimberley & Pasha must have known because why would the producers pick on a couple second on the leaderboard?, it doesn't rack up the tension, it's just odd. They usually throw someone into the mix who is likely to be in danger - someone who's had a bad dance or received poor marks. Of course when it turns out they are in the bottom two that's a shock but if they had called them out last before revealing the bottom two then everyone would think what was that about? Fern, Richard & Michael were the likely candidates. The only reason for leaving Kimberley & Pasha that long after they'd performed well and got good scores, was because they were in the dance-off.

I'm not a GA fan particularly but have always liked Kimberley (she seemingly to be like Emma Bunton - the nice one - until Emma's stint as judge on DOI that is ) but my understanding of the word fan is that you would watch them whatever they were in, so although I think probably GA fans would prefer the Xfactor over Strictly - it would be a bit odd if they didn't watch a programme which featured someone they were a fan of and in any case there's nothing to stop anyone watching both (not that I want to fall out with you snoggles - I can't afford to lose friends )

I'm clinging to the hope that people thought Kimberley would be safe and voted for those that were a bit more in need. Three people have already told me this week that they will throw some votes Kimberley's way though they haven't before (as long as she's good that is). This may only be a temporary bounce back - I hope not but I think we need more than one Kimberley dance-off before we can say for certain that she's not a contender.

Not at all dazie, I respect your opinion because you give it so gracefully

I thought this was a great post and agree with all of it, but in particular this. I think we can make a case that the Girls Aloud fans wouldn't have been voting - will they now make more of an effort to watch and vote on Saturdays, particular with the group's reformation on Children in Need tonight? Difficult to tell how this week will go, but the result is likely to give us a better idea of how the public vote is going.