1) how did Ben get an 8 and Sophie and Abby a 7 from Craig?
2) where's Natalie's hair gone?
3) poor Anya - she looked really upset as the dance was worthy of 10s before/after the mishap - but what professionals her and Patrick were
4) Susannah and Kevin have this in the bag (Strictly twitter feed states the decibel record was broken for a dance in the show with the applause for their dance)
5) surely all the couples should be able to keep in time by now when Bruce & Tess do the 'Keep Dancing' bit at the end

1. Susanna and Kevin's Paso was off the chain! Susanna thrives on the big stage. This is theirs to lose now. The momentum is with them.

2. Sophie isn't the best dancer but I thought she performed that Quickstep to the best of her ability. It was good enough for me. Also, he's got his critics, but I thought Brendan choreographed the routine perfectly - there were some really lovely touches.

3. He had the moves and the aggression but I found the cowboy theme for Ashley's Paso totally baffling and distracting. Wasn't keen on the music either. I felt Ola let him down choreographically.

4. For the amount of gapping alone, I really didn't think Abbey's dance deserved three 10s.

5. I just can't call the bottom two tonight.

1. Susanna and Kevin best dance of the night with traditional paso music
2. Bruno was doing his best to inject fun and excitement into the show
3.I hope Mark gets through for one more week
4.liked seeing the kids, hope we see more of them on the results show
5.Bruce, one of the worst compereing shows he's done, I felt embarassed for him

1. Three of the judges were clearly on the sherry - and Craig may also have had a sniff of the cork whilst marking Ben

2. Sophie's dance was lovely

3. Underwhelmed by Natalie's dance and starting to wear a bit thin with the "I'm so ill me" routine - it feels like a plea for popularity. I've quite liked her up to now but made me cross tonight.

4. Mark does not dance - he gurns a lot though. god knows what will happen if he gets to do a charleston, and 3 8's was ridiculous.

5. Kevin from ... oooh I forget where .... OLE!

great post

1. For the first time in a long time I am not psychotically invested in any of the contestants this year - but they're all very likeable.

2. The return of Bruce is ... painful.

3. The return to Blackpool is ... welcome. Let's forget Wembley ever happened.

4. Crazy crazy marking but at this stage we're all so inured to it, though my head hurts from all the eye-rolling.

5. Gosh, that Kevin is cute.

1. Every dance overscored YET AGAIN!!
2. Bruce embarrassing YET AGAIN!!
3. Too much faffing and too many gimmicks YET AGAIN!!
4. Very few couples actually used the big floor to their advantage. It was extremely disappointing.
5. Tess looked an absolute dish in her dress

1. The movie the Great Gatsby must not have been a hit in GB since the Wil. l am Bang Bang song is getting so much flack. Artem's choreography for the song didn't help much either.
2. Never seen a Pro on one of these shows overdance his partner so much as Kevin does Susanna. It's definitely the Kevin show.
3. Abby's elbow doing it's own flapper dance during their routine and she got 10's for it.
4. Can Sophie and Brenden get any more boring.
5. Is Ashley still on the show? He doesn't get much attention even on this DS forum.

1. Loved the traditional paso music and style but that dance was all Kevin, I almost forgot Susanna was there.
2. WHY are the judges so determined to convince us Ben is dancing well. Do they think we are totally stupid! An 8 from Craig????
3. The cowboy paso really wasn't a good idea.
4. Thought Patrick's samba was one of the best male sambas ever. Boy does he have rhythm!
5. Bruce really needs to go now, very rude to Mark for the second week running.

1. FInd it fascinating that the old traditional routine/music/costume wins hands down (Kevin's Paso, was gobsmackingly good)
2. Very disappointed with Natalie's dance. Again, the music was important here - it let them down. Stuff like that just doesn't whip the audience into a frenzy (see Kevin's paso again)
3. Loved Ashley's Paso too.
4. Mark did better tonight - hope he survives.
5. Bruce really got on my nerves tonight FGS.

1. The scores tonight felt very scripted.
2. Natalie's Charleston was very pedestrian.
3. I volunteer to console Anya
4. Think that the battles of the same dances was each time won by the older contestant.
5. Those kids at the beginning were both cute and terrifying.

1 - Marking to many over marked
2 - extra dancers (not saying they were bad dancers but I found it to busy)
3 - Natalie's hair
4 - Glad to see Bruce back and yes I know I am on my own
5 - I love Patrick

Yes I got the same feeling. It was as if the judges had decided beforehand who would get what regardless of what actually happened.

1. i know wardrobe like to push the boat out but i think dressing the ladies as giant samba flowers in the opening number may have been a step too far!
2. two dances i love but never see danced well: samba and paso doble- i am a happy girl!
3. at the same time i am GUTTED for patrick and anya for the dress issue
4. after hearing the song title i was terrified wardrobe would put abby head to toe in canary yellow, thank f**k they didn't do that!
5. don't shoot me but i still don't like the quickstep!

1) totally bonkers scoring from ALL judges
2) hated Natalie and Artems song and didnt think an awful lot of her Charleston tbh, Sophies was 100 times better
3) loved Sophie and Brendans QS and loved Abbey and Aljaz's QS too
4) Ben and Kristina bored the socks off me tonight as did Fiona and Anton
5) a cowboy themed paso? sorry almost as bad as the disco paso but at least the disco paso was entertaining

1. Mark should be praised for trying his best.
2. Abbey was fast but messy.
3. Natalie only got the high score due to being last and following on from Susannah.
4. Pity about the mishap in Patrick's routine. He still impresses the most
5. Ben Cohen, is he doing any dancing, didn't realise I was watching Strictly Come Posturing.

1. Is that... Natalie? But the ha...

2. Mind, judges just had a holiday from Overscoreville.

3. Can't believe the easiest dance to wow (the ASs) became the ASSes of the dance tonight (Ben's and Fiona's).

4. Mark seemed to have lost the will to live. His knees must hurt like hell.

5. Kevinfromgrimbsy! Gercha!

1. Kevin from Grimsby & Susannah deserved their top of the leader board place. Thoroughly enjoyed their Paso & surely Kevin has done enough to secure another season with SCD?
2. Ashley looked drop dead gorgeous when he first started dancing in his Stetson. Shame the rest of his cowboy outfit left me feeling confused. Cowboys do not dance Pasos!
3. Why am I unable to like Patrick? He's a super mover, but as a viewer, I don't have that emotional commitment to him.
4. I can see Fiona is putting personality into her dances. unfortunately her personality is rather dull as are her dances.
5. Kevin from Grimsby deserves a second mention, god bless him & his twiglet legs

I do hope you write for a living! Point 4 my favourite. Great stuff .

1 Scoring madness, why see and talk faults then score 10s
2 Enjoyed the extra dancers, better than the cringy vts
3 Loved Sophie and Brendan, very stylish
4 Had to mute Bruce
5. Susanna and Kevin's Paso. A M A Z I N G

1. Abbey's frame/top line was horribly loose and there was dreadful gapping. No way worth 10s.
2. Bruce's comments about Mark's weight were offensive. Bruce doesn't have that bone in his head that tells him to stop wittering.
3. Lovely seeing Deborah in the audience.
4. No Trev the Hat
5. Too many undeserved 10s

1) Mad over marking for everyone except for Craig
2) Sophie was better than Abbey
3) Pleased to see Natalie & Artem back doing typical Artem choreo, shame about the music arrangement
4) Hated with a passion Kevin's socks - they spoilt the whole routine for me.
5) Please no more assistant dancers.

1 Natalie was not her usual assured best but better than most. Expect her to come bouncing back next week.
2 Great dance Kevin. Did you have a partner?
3 Abbey made a mistake and too much gapping. Tens!! You are having a laugh.
4 Forgettable Fiona. I think you may be ready to fly away.
5 Ben stood and watched Krystina dancing with the support act.

1. Ben must be going for the "getting away with the least dancing possible" record, the ratio marking to dancing is off the charts and if he does that one leg bent, one straight, extend one hand to Kristina while carefully splaying the other one on his hip pose once again I will throw something at the tv
2. I got flashbacks of the cowboy from the Village people watching Ashley dance that paso tonight
3. And by the way how come Ashley gets the c*$p song c*$p theme for his paso while Susanna has the nice traditional one with all the trimmings and extra eyeliner? Not fair
4. The Tens tonight? Oh I forgot, we're in Blackpool, the home of blah blah blah, so special, takes the performances to another level... Scripted.
5. Bruce, shame on you, your comments about Mark's size are not welcome

Perhaps we should just be grateful the judges didn't take a dump in the middle of the floor.