Speaking of which - doesn't he look young for 34

Also didn't realise Sophie had a baby last year. She mentioned her boys but didn't know she had such a young baby <or maybe wiki has it wrong>

And if Ben is still going to just stand there like a tree trunk, then I hope he would be voted out (sorry, Ben's fans).

And yet we were told over and over Ashley had a new baby. Oh wow...

Not to mention Abbey

To be fair, it was thatgrumpyoctagenarian who mentioned it last Saturday...

When you sign up for this show, surely you know what you are getting yourself into. Having a great chemistry ( especially on the dancefloor ) and good relationship with your pro is already winning half of the battle as far as progressing in this competition goes imo. I think that nay husbands/wives/girlfriends ...should be understanding of what their other halves is doing in the show. Sure it can be uncomfortable at times but hey sucks it up lol .

This reminds me of Ben telling Alan Carr earlier in the serie that the most awkward thing that happened for him , was when his wife who came to visit him walked into a session of him and Kristina grinding on each other during rehearsals ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA0LhI8S_5M at 7: 25 ) ....cant remember what dance it was lol .

And Sophie said during that same interview that : " she will never put her husband through that experience " .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA0LhI8S_5M at 7:50

We will see this saturday............

I love that whole interview btw .

I bet its much harder in reality, think id be so jealous on so many levels I may end up divorced lol

I'd happily have afternoon tea with Sophie, I think she'd be great company.

One of my friends was at a gay club in Blackpool at the weekend. Sophie came down from the Strictly cast & crew area to join clubbers and treated them to a performance of Murder On The Dancefloor. Said she was fab!

Yeah it probably is and BIB

I would say that they THINK they know whats in store but I would say its far from the reality of it when they get into training room! I think I've got rhythm but it's much more than that on this show. I can't twirl to save my life - I try it and fall off to one side!so I'm in awe of anyone who can do these dances!

True.

I think the reason for that was his wife was in labour while he was doing the live shows.

Well, to be fair he's usually only seen people dance once or twice by the time he's asked...

How sweet of her. She seems a really nice lady.

Me too. If I were Ben's wife I would find it very difficult watching his pairing with Kristina. Not only is she sexy as hell, she has become increasingly tactile with him over the last few weeks.

Just caught up, surprisingly enjoyable show. I did laugh at what I saw being called a "massive gap" between Sophie and Brendan earlier, there was barely an inch between them even closer before Brendan moved away slightly. Not sure why people are trying to manufacture hostility between them. I like their relationship it's not so overly friendly that it feels false, to me it's like he's a brother who finds it hard to see fault in her and she's not afraid to call him out on it knowing he means well.

Like I said earlier I think Rumba could be good for them, I think she's more comfortable dancing with Brendan now despite the speed of their quickstep I hardly saw any gapping.

Haven't read all the thread but that is definitely laughable

I'm not so sure that was intentional

Oh that was lovely of her .I too would happily sit and chat with Sophie , she seems so lovely .

Last night Craig demonstrated how mobile he is now.
I believe that he's only had the joint "re-surfaced" and not a full replacement.

Fans of USELESS STATISTICS may enjoy the following aside of the current twenty most-watched videos on the BBC's YouTube channel from the present series:

1) Sophie & Brendan's Charleston - 177,550
2) Susanna & Kevin's Jive - 97,795
3) Natalie & Artem's Cha-Cha-Cha - 93,596
4) Mark & Iveta's Cha-Cha-Cha - 72,240
5) Abbey & Aljaz's Waltz - 69,676
6) Susanna & Kevin's Samba - 69,222
7) Abbey & Aljaz's Cha-Cha-Cha - 63,107
8) Mark & Iveta's Salsa - 62,492
9) Ben & Kristina's Paso Doble - 60,281
10) Ben & Kristina's Salsa - 59,864
11) Dave & Karen's Cha-Cha-Cha - 56,930
12) Rachel & Pasha's Salsa - 51,049
13) Natalie & Artem's Rumba - 51,030
14) Ben & Kristina's Cha-Cha-Cha - 50,079
15) Sophie & Brendan's Argentine Tango - 49,442
16) Abbey & Aljaz's Tango - 41,646
17) Ashley & Ola's Cha-Cha-Cha - 41,572
18) Sophie & Brendan's Waltz - 38,489
19) Ben & Kristina's Rumba - 36,275
20) Susanna & Kevin's Paso Doble - 33,235

Haven't included any fan channels in the above count but the only notable one is a Sophie fan channel where her Charleston's attracted a further 90k viewers.

Where on earth is Patrick in this?!?!

On a complete table of all the YouTube videos his highest-ranked dance is #30 (his cha-cha-cha with 25k views).

Mark and Abbey have two dances each in the top 10 YT views yet they've been in the DO three times between them

If these stats reflect viewers tastes then I'm not sure Patrick will be in the final.

But Sophie just might be, she's doing well on YouTube