1. So used to Tess & Claudia (in top form too) that happily Bruce never even entered my head.

2. Craig is the best judge.

3. Karen had the best frock, with Susanna a close 2nd.

4. What's going on with Tess and her boobs?

5. Dave made me laugh this week, but Mark made me sad.

1. Didn't miss Bruce
2. Didn't miss Natalie
3. Loved, loved, loved Susannah and Kevin
4. Patrick is beginning to really shine - Yay!!
5. Ashleys head was better but he lost the flow and looked stiff with the effort it took to improve.

Nobody knows.

1. I thought Mark had already done an Austin Powers routine in week one.
2. Abbey has the Scouse affliction of saying amazing in nearly every sentence.
3. Pity Patrick made a small mistake at the end. Great and risky routine.
4. I thought Dave in a kilt might be entertaining, then it happened.
5.Ashley was better but I'm sure I still spotted him sticking his feet out a few times, instead of pointing them.

1) Claudia had me and TOH in stitches at times
2) Abbey looks stunning with dark hair, lopsided or not
3) Mark should be given a routine which allows him to dance, he's better than Dave
4) I want to like Sophie but she's beginning to annoy me now. How many times does she need to be told to put more energy/ feeling into her dance.
5) Giving a 10 to a dance which is so obviously flawed devalues the competition.

[LIST=1][*]Darcy's 10 for Patrick was ridiculous considering the very obvious mistake.[*]Missed Natalie - no one else can rival her for sheer enchantment.[*]Brendan's choreo was fantastic. Sophie may lack the ferocity others bring to the table but I thought her technique and beautiful lines made up in some part for that deficiency. Their AT was undermarked.[*]Susannah overmarked again.[*]Abbey - that was a very good charleston.[/LIST]

1- Strictly hit a new series high yesterday, peaked at 11.4 million. So pleased for the show . Well done Tess and Claudia

2- well done Abbey & Aljaz: that routine was so much fun ; I couldn't stop smiling during it .

3-NOT my favorites but well done suzanna and Patrick.

4-really disappointed with Sophie AT and Iveta's rumba choreography .

5-Dave needs to go !!!

1. The show was so much less enjoyable without Brucie
2. The show was so much more enjoyable without Natalie
3. Mark is fab-u-lous !
4. Dave needs to go....
5. BRING BACK BRUCIE !!!

1.I want Mark to do better. Thought Iveta was fantastic with her teaching and choreography,but from last two weeks,she seems to be failing in both. The way she defended her choreography in ITT doesn't help much.

2.Liked Abbey's dance. She looked fantastic.

3.Happy to see Pasha cheering up for Patrick and Anya. They danced well.

4.Sophie is meh. Thought I'll like her,but no.

5.Liked Ashley and Ola's quickstep.

6.I know I'm in the minority,but will just say it.I don't like Tess presenting the show (or anything else for that matter tbh). Although I hate when judges don't get time to comment on the dance,I sorta prefer Bruce to present the show with Claudia.

1. Missed Natalie & Artem
2. Didn't miss Bruce
3. Loving Patrick more & more each week - hope this is being reflected in his votes after being in the Dance off the other week.
4. Breakthrough for Ashley last night
5. Abbey predictably overmarked by the judges to try & ensure she isn't in the Dance Off.

1) Show was so much better without Bruce.

2) Missed Natalie

3) Bens over praising and over marking is getting out of hand now, I just don't understand it

4) Anton was dire

5) Loved Patricks dance, such a shame about the fall at the end.

1) I find Susanna and Kevin boring and overly "nice"
2) Tess and Claudia should host every week
3) I felt embarrassed for Mark and that rumba
4) Patrivk looks good for 50
5) missed Anton messing up - what happened??

1 Didn't miss Natalie.... think her dances lack spark but has obvious talent
2 Pleased for Patrick but not a 10
3 Disappointed Mark didn't have more content in his dance
4 Dave showing no improvement
5 Fiona let down by Anton.... how can a professional dancer muck up his steps

1. better without Bruce
2. Sophie is lacking in passion and drive
3. Ashley and Ola are better than their scores would suggest
4. Anton cannot dance Latin
5. Dave should go now

1. Agree with a previous poster that without Natalie it feels like a proper competition again: back to the ethos of the show.
2. Ben danced a joyful jive and looked great.
3. Mark was let down by Iveta.
4. Fiona truly thinks she can dance well.
5. Don't want Ffaffing Fforsyth back, especially for the hysteria that is Blackpool week.

1. A real shame about the lift but Patrick's AS was a perfect ending to the show
2. Dave has to make bottom 2 this week - he can't go to Blackpool
3. Worried for Natalie, it looked quite serious
4. Anton & Fiona looked like two people who didn't have a clue what they were doing on the dance floor.
5.Contraversial I know, but I expected a bit more from Abby's Charleston. Not enough slapstick, humour or fun

1- I agree. I find it a bit off-putting and " fake "

1. Tess looked like a swivel headed hunchback. Come on Tess, on your wages you must be able to afford a consultant and I don't mean that t**t with earrings and '50s glasses or his ditzy companion with the rat.

2. The marking. Only half way and we are getting scores that should be awarded to pro-like status (mind you, watch their group dances and see how poor their synchronisation is). Where do the judges have left to go by the end of the series? Even Craig gets a bit carried away at times with some 9s.

3. The music. It's all very well choosing the right time signature for a dance and then spoiling it by using tunes/songs that have the wrong rhythms and speeds. S&B's AT music was way too fast, which is why she looked as if she was being flung around like a floppy doll. Dave's Tango - the music was barely suitable for a tango but would have been fine for a March.

4. Len' lens. Now this used to be informative. I guess as he seems to have lost his critical faculty, I can't grumble about the producers' choices.

5. The whirling dervish. Needs to have a wider angle lens fitted to the camera so that we can the dancers' feet. No wonder we didn't get to see the kicks and flicks that I'm sure Brendan would have put in the AT.

1. I love Claudia, she was the best thing about the show saturday night
2. Exciting American Smooth from Patrick and Anya, she really does good choreos
3. Quick quickstep from Ashley and Ola, the two dances I most enjoyed tonight were from male celebrities, unusual this year
4. That rumba was pants though, Mark is a much better dancer than that, what is going on with Iveta?
5. Susanna emotional is a lot less gurny and a lot more likeable

1. Loved Susanna & Kevin's beautiful, smiley, old-fashioned waltz and her meringue frock. It was like watching "Come Dancing" again ( That's a good thing )

2. Abby's Charleston was as good as S.E.B's

3. Would have loved to see Natalie jive. I hope they can do it for us as soon as she's better.

4. Watched the after-dance chats again without fast-forwarding because the vastly more entertaining Claudia was doing them instead of Ms Bland.

5. Glad to see the back of Dave.

1. Patrick's AS, style over substance
2. Susanna and KFG, should have been a 10!
3. Didn't miss Natalie, rather surprised about that
4. Ben and Kristina, not brilliant but really enjoyable
5. Felt so sorry for Mark not a good dance for him at all

Susanna and Patrick both showed old-fashioned glamour and proper dancing is the best way to go (well done to KFG and Anya for the choreography)

Mark was fortunate to get through tonight - if the judges had judged 'on this dance alone' then he would have been gone

Dave is a lovely bloke even if he is a rubbish dancer

When Tess is 'front of house' as it were, she needs to learn how to chivvy the judges along - it was embarassing that, having just done the best dance of the night, there was no time for Claudia to talk to Patrick and Anya.

Anton forgetting his steps - it comes to something when an average celeb outdances her professional partner

Totally agree!

1. Didn't miss Natalie or Artem, sorry. It felt like normal Strictly, anticipating each act, wondering how they are going to do, which is what I love about Strictly.

2. Anton's choreography, there is such a chasm now, its a major cringe.

3. Not a fan of Susanna, but it was a beautiful waltz.

4. I am a huge Mark and Iveta fan but she has let him down badly the last couple of weeks. So disappointed.

5. Getting so frustrated with Sophie, there was no passion or intensity at all and I am sure we will get, for a second week running, Brendan bleating on ITT about negative comments.

1. Merkin-watch -- Fiona this week

2. "Hello Sailor!" Ben -- not in a good way

3. Patrick & Anya -- Yeah a 10 .. The lift malfunction was in last seconds

4. Please Sophie ... EMOTE!!

5. Overmarked Charleston .. no swivel. no Abby personality