1. Dani and Vincent were brilliant and marked fairly
2. Michael and Natalie & Kimberly and Pasha were my 2nd and 3rd faves of the night
3. Denise out-performed/out-swivelled James & was overmarked
4. Still love Louis & Flavia and Lisa & Robin even if the latter overmarked tonight
5. Taxi for Mr Arnold

1. Dani and Vincent, Michael and Natalie deserved 10's
2. When Victoria arrived on the podium she stood as if waiting for a bus
3. Denise and James good BUT if that deserved a 10 see comment 1
4. Richard and Erin poor.......well Richard was
5. Camera work chaotic, don't like Wembley as a venue but the atmosphere looked electric

1. Natalie Lowe rules us all <3
2. Flavia and Louis should pull themselves together or they could be a shock bottom 2.
3. Denise was awesome.
4 ERIN ISLAND on stage <3
5 Victoria looked any moment, like she just about remembered her steps.

None of the judges picked up on Lisa's footwork and the bit where she went wrong.
Victoria's routine - OMG - awful
Denise's Charleston - FANTASTIC routine, music crap
Can't understand Flavia's choice of AS choreography - a mistake IMO.
Michael now my firm favourite.

1. How long are the judges going to keep overmarking Lisa, and still not call Robin on his choreograhy?
2. Natalie is Queen of the world and we should all just worship at her goddess like feet
3. Louis, you need a 'hell yeah' dance, and you need one soon, Strictly is a silly, camp, glittery show, embrace it soon if you want to win. Other pro sportsmen/women have managed it.
4. Kimberley, pleased, she went for it and I really liked that. on the verge of a 'hell yeah' dance
5. Nicky, such promise in training, such a let down on the night

1) BBC really need to bring in a team who know how to film and produce a show at such a place as massive as Wemberley for us viewers who don't happen to be there.
2) Would have preferred Bruce to not have been there.
3) Lisa overmarked. 7's would have been generous, never mind 8's.
4) Really don't like the Charleston.
5) Michael and Nat - though not perfect, dance of the night for me. It was the only one that 'worked' and didn't get as lost in the abyss of the stadium as the dances before them. Loved it.

Can I just say that I like this thread?

1. The whole Wembley 'extravaganza' was too much and the hyperness of it all gave me a headache.

2. Usually like Lisa but that dance was dire and her dress was an eyesore. Pink and orange? Ugh. Julian should wear it on ITT for his fashion slot.

3. The singers were awful!

4. Denise's Charleston was accomplished and deserved to be top of the leaderboard but it was somewhat lacking -I got bored. The song was terrible.

5. Victoria's bike was pointless but I thought her dancing had improved.

1 Wembley is SOOO wrong for the TV audience - we can't appreciate footwork from such distant cameras

2 adore Lisa and Robin, but fear she is not improving much more now

3 wish people would stop saying that Denise is a professional just because she went to stage school.. I like watching her and James, and I'm beginning to think this series is theirs to lose

4 Michael is a revelation, all credit to Natalie .. he has the judges on his side now too

5 I have to agree, Louis doesn't seem to have the spark at the moment ... both he and Victoria going for the gimmick (gym moves/ bike trick) to bolster their support

1 Agree the venue is too large, BUT it does allow fans to attend who would not otherwise get studio tickets, and it is for CIN
2 Dave Arch-please do something about your wonderful,wonderful singers
3 Lisa-embarrassing and way overmarked
4 Louis-grow a personality
5-Natalie Lowe- you are brilliant

1. too many coloured flashing lighting effects and cameras on the move for us viewers to see the dancing but it had to be like that for Wembley audience

2. preferred it when they took the show to Blackpool - better than Wembley.

3. getting worried that Lewis is looking like a bored teenager

4. have seen far better charlestons in previous series

5. C'mon Michael and Natalie - how hard they have worked and they are my firm favourites now.

1) Lisa & Robin - didn't look like a Samba, looked like a generic latin ie same as their cha cha/jive etc.
2) Nicky & Karen - good energy but ordinary and Nicky's kicks were rubbish
3) Denise & James - techincally excellebt, but lacked a sense of fun
4) Victoria & Brendan - bike was a waste of time, lots of skirt wafting, but no attitude
5) Michael & Natalie - loved the routine, but why did the camera switch to one of the support dancers on the final lift!!!

1. Wembley - never again please
2. Singing was dire
3. Lisa's salsambajivecha -whatever, old now, splits had my eyes watering.
4. Denise, good, but disturbingly unengaging for me.
5. Now for the positive Natalie is a dance godess.

1. The music and singing just did not work in Wembley Arena and distracted from the dancing

2. Lisa and Robin need a new act and Lisa needs to close her mouth while dancing

3. Bizarre overmarking made it somewhat of a farce, only Dani and Kimberley seemd sensibly marked to me

4. What was the point of the bike in Victorias routine? The music did not suit a Paso at all, Poor Brendan

5. Glad Kimberley went for it, pity the camerawork was so poor, nice to see Pashas chest though, much prefer it to the overworked man boobs of others

Michael & Nathalie was the best one yesterday, they deserved 10`s! Hope Richard or Victoria will leave.

Missed the live show as I was out so watched the recording when I got home.
1. Gold star for Michael and an even bigger gold star for Natalie for giving us the best dance of the night.
2. Lisa's dress was so awful that I kept looking at that in horror all through her dance.
3. Please put Richard on the first bus that goes past Wembley.
4. Dani and Vincent got lost in the images of dancers whoever did the lighting put on the floor - poor work by the technical crew.
5. Louis looked bored.

1.Wembley too big.
2.Lisa too many marks.
3.Kudos to James and whoever else for choreographing any dance let alone a charleston to that music,but not worth 3 10s.
4.Michael and Danni best dances of the night.
5.Thought Nicky would have been better after seeing his training on ITT

1.hate Wembley week
2. Please get rid of Bruce and use Claudia
3. Don't get all the hate for Denise - thought she was fab
4. Don't get the love Lisa - think she is dreadful. If she is in top 3 I will part company with Strictly!
5. For God's sake choose better music!

1) Lighting was excruciatingly garish.
2) Denise out danced James
3) Please can Victoria be put out of her misery.
4) Great opening & finishing numbers from the couples.
5) Someone shut Bruce up or lock him away.

1) Thought it felt a bit flat last night, I don't think the atmosphere translates very well, wembley is too big to see the dancers when the cameras pull away for a long shot, and the accoustics are terrible.
2) Richard bending over and showed Darcey his backside wins most random event of the night.
3) Michael's American Smooth was my favourite, a joy to watch and imo undermarked
4) I was looking forward to Louis, but thought his AS was a bit disappointing. He looked light on his feet and he was quick though, so now I have great expectations for his QS.
5) Bruce, stop with theh pasta jokes!

1. Singing was pitiful - must be something to do with the acoustics?
2. WTF? How did James get a Charleston out of THAT music?? Kudos to Denise for pulling it off, though I hope she doesn't win.
3. Usually like Louis, but think Flavia miscalculated with that choreography.
4. Wembley left me cold as a venue.
5. WTF? How did Brendan get a Paso out of THAT music?? Poor Victoria!
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1. Michael & Nat were wonderful - shame we couldn't see the lifts properly.

2. Thought Nicky was as rough on the night as he was in training. Also stop the Elvis impersonations.

3. Flavia, who is usually the best dressed, had on a shocker of an outfit. Plus what was the story of their dance?? Just didn't get it.

4. Three fit men in Speedos or Erin on her island??. Should have been Richard pushed into the sea (with no mattress to land on).

5. Kimberley dancing her day job again.

1. Lisa's overmarking had me peeved from the start. Her dancing looked like a rehearsal walk thru.
2. Hated Denise's routine and music but it was technically flawless, especially that spinning lift. Her desperation look for high marks always makes me titter.
3. The Bike. The Cape. The Leaps. The Horror.
4. So disappointed in Nicky's jive. It looked so good in training!
5. I will throw something at the telly when Len blathers on the results show about this being the most amazing Wembley ever.
5b. Natalie looked amazing and she did an awesome job of hiding Michael's lack of dancing skill. It was very entertaining.

1. Sound was better then last year's Wembley, but the venue is far too big and at times the dancers seemed to disappear into the scenery when there were aerial shots down onto the multicoloured floor lighting.

2. Denise danced well but the performance was too clinical and the music choice made it fall flat for me. Overmarked, too, in my opinion: I thought Dani deserved to top the leaderboard this week.

3. Why was it OK from Len for Nicky to do a jive without proper jive steps, but not OK for Louis to do an AS that wasn't in his opinion AS? (Was, for the first time, disappointed with Louis' dance though.)

4. Loved Lisa's dance in week one, but wish she'd learn a new dance now.

5. I know they used THAT music for Victoria because it says "bicycle", but is there ANY dance that would go with it??

1. Wemberlee was as bad as expected, awful acoustics and far too cavernous.
2. Lisa is crap and her mistakes were glossed over as usual.
3. Victoria is hanging on by a thread, and so it would seem is Brendan.
4. James was shown up by his celeb
5. Louis needs to buck up his attitude or he could be toast

I don't need to add anything! Full credit to Kimberley, she went for it. Michael and Natalie, ZOMG, just adorable and if they get chucked out am really NOT interested in the final.