Hi all

Hope you're all loving this series of Strictly - feel it's much more of a difficult call and is much more of an evenly spread playing field.

OK, can only project as best as can with Natalie's injury worry, so here goes...

Highest Scorer
Sophie & Brendan

Lowest Scorer
Julien & Janette

Bottom 2
Julien & Rachel

Evictee
Julien

oooh difficult one!!!!

Highest Score
Natalie and Artem - obviously if she dances if she doesnt Sophie and Brendan

Lower Scorer
Dave and Karen or Julian and Janette

Bottom 2
Julian and Janette and Ben and Kristina

Knocked out
Julian and Janette

Highest Scorer
Sophie & Brendan

Lowest Scorer
Dave & Karen

Bottom Two
Julien & Janette and Deborah & Robin

Eliminated
Julien & Janette

Highest
Sophie & Brendan

Lowest
Dave & Karen

Bottom two
Julien & Janette / Deborah & Robin

Eliminated
Julien & Janette

Highest
Suzanna & Kevin

Lowest
Dave & Karen

Bottom Two
Julien & Janette / Patrick & Anya

Eliminated
Julien & Janette

Highest
Sophie & Brendan

Lowest
Dave & Karen

Bottom two
Julien & Janette / Patrick & Anya

Eliminated
Julien & Janette

No idea of the rest, but surely Julien will be in bottom two.
He didn't get the bottom 2 bump up the scores last week so won't get it this week either.

Ditto for me unless Natalie really pulls it out the bag then joint first

Highest: Natalie & Artem
Lowest: Julien & Janette (think they'll be looking to get rid of him no matter what this week)
Bottom two: Julien & Janette / Deborah & Robin
Eliminated: Julien & Janette

Highest: Natalie/Artem
Lowest: Dave/Karen
Bottom 2: Julien/Janette and Deborah/Robin
Evictee: Julien

Highest Scorer
Sophie & Brendan

Lowest Scorer
Dave & Karen

Bottom Two
Julien & Janette and Deborah & Robin

Eliminated
Julien & Janette

Hi Olive hope you well

I think perhaps (imho) Ben much more popular than you may think

top Ashley and Ola

bottom Julien

dance off Julien and Patrick

elimination Julien

Agreed. I actually think the public are seeing more that he is a genuinely nice guy who is loving dancing.

But me agrees...I don't think there will be enough of a 'bump' even then to save him from the bottom 2 Think Julien will go this week...

Top: Ashley & Ola.

Ordinarily, I think it would be Natalie, but discomfort and a lack of training might hamper them. I think Sophie's training didn't look all that brilliant so don't think she'll be top either.

Bottom: Dave & Karen

Bottom 2: Julien & Deborah

I love Deborah but I think the jive isn't going to suit her. I also think there's a good chance that Dave might be in bottom 2 as it's a waltz, it's boring, there's no room for the genius/awful performance.

Julien going.

Top: Natalie or if she is limited by injury, Abbey.
Bottom score: Dave.
B2: Julian's the best bet but I think he might be safe this week. Also in danger are Mark, Deborah and Fiona. I think Patrick will score highly enough with the judges to be safe.
Eliminated: Julian if he's there, then Mark, then Deborah, with Fiona the most likely to be saved of the four.

I think Dave will stay in until the first 'shock exit' and then go.

Agreed. I actually think the public are seeing more that he is a genuinely nice guy who is loving dancing.

But me agrees...I don't think there will be enough of a 'bump' even then to save him from the bottom 2 Think Julien will go this week...

Top -- Sophie & Brendan
Bottom -- Julien/Janette
Dance Off -- Julien/Janette, Fiona/Anton
Leaves comp -- Julien

Top - Abbey/Aljaz
Bottom - Dave/Karen
Dance off - Fiona/Anton & Deborah/Robin

ELIMINATED - FIONA/ANTON

Hmm i can't edit my post but I already want to change my mind on highest score. I have a feeling it'll be Ashley & Ola now. Natalie's QS may hinder her due to her injury and lack of training and Sophie's Foxtrot didn't look as great as I thought it would (but then again maybe they're hiding the best bits to surprise us?)... and I have a feeling the judges/show would want a new celeb to top the leaderboard and the VW suits Ashley and looked really promising in the rehearsal clips, so he could be the perfect option, all things considered. But lol I could change my mind again by tomorrow.


Highest Scorer
Ashley & Ola

Lowest Scorer
Dave & Karen

Bottom Two
Julien & Janette and Deborah & Robin

Eliminated
Julien & Janette

Yes, Ashley seems like the perfect fit for the top of the leaderboard (after three females in a row).

It is a hard to tell from the training footage how the dances will go (as some are clearly only marking of the dances, seems like some of the friday videos are from monday/tuesday??).

Do think that Abbey might have a problem with her tango, as her legs seem to be tired (which in the tango is kind of a thing, yeah).

As for Rachel, she has to dance quickstep against Natalie and the ghost of Chelsee's qs (funnily enough she has had the same dances and in the same order as Chelsee had, so by that notion she should have Charleston next ).

I suspect they're going to try to avoid having a male top the leaderboard if they can help it this year.

Dave has the Waltz. He will really try and do a proper dance as you can hardly blag comedy out of a waltz.

So...

Highest - Natalie & Artem (Again)
Lowest - Deborah & Robin (Jive!!!!)
Bottom 2 - Fiona & Anton / Patrick & Anya
Eliminated - Fiona & Anton

Slightly under the assumption Julien escapes the dance off. Casual voters will feel sympathetic I think. Like they did with that awful Richard Arnold.

The more they avoid a male winner the more I am supporting Ashley. Also supporting Sophie and Susanna. Natalie Gumede don't get me wrong she is nice but I think everyone watching is slightly underwhelmed when someone is "great" each week.

Top
Natalie (if she isn't injury restricted) or
Sophie

Bottom
Dave

Bottom 2
Patrick & Dave.....Dave leaves

Twitter & this forum has been quite vocal this week on giving Julien a chance so I am leaving him out of the dance off.