I agree about Iveta . Her resume is insane . She's extremely talented . I'm so glad that she's a part of this show. I love her partnership with Mark and I cannot wait to see how she can shine even more with a contender .

She's nuts in the best way.

And her dance with Anton was sublime.

Susanna and Kevin without a doubt.

Mark & Iveta are lovely together. Easily the most likeable partnership.

The couples i liked best are sadly gone too early

Rachel and Pasha
Deborah and Robin

I suppose of the remaining couples i find Abbey and Aljaz most likeable

I think having Mark as a partner has really helped Iveta establish her own persona on Strictly this year. She seemed a bit Miss Prim with Johnny last year (age appropriate I guess) but really seems to have come out of her shell this season.

Don't tell anyone but I like Mark's impressions of Iveta as much as the real thing I'm going to miss them

Mark and Iveta - Mark is from my part of the country so I admit I'm biased - I love the chemistry between them - Mark always makes me laugh when he copies Iveta's accent. Mark is like a British John Candy to me and as funny. He is also a very good actor - I remember one episode of an old TV series 'Afterlife' - he played a care worker in a haunted home - he was totally believable. He is a very talented, likeable man.

I remember that. Loved the series. And yes he was excellent. In fact I've always thought go him as a very good dramatic actor rather than a comedic one.

Yep, liked Rachel and Pasha. Met Pasha (and Katya) at their live show last year. Very friendly and communicative couple and enjoyed Pasha's Cha Cha training session with Janet on last nights ITT. IMHO Rachel was no better or worse a dancer than any outside the top six and if she'd lasted until Week 10 it wouldn't have been too much of an injustice, as long as she danced reasonably OK.

How about Rachel for the live tour ? The best dancers have got to have someone to beat.

Her resume? Where is that?

Ashley & Ola
Susanna & Kevin

Her dance with Anton didn't impress me but it wasn't her fault. It is very difficult for the woman to stand out in the ballroom dances - the eye is drawn more to the man. This is probably why they do a lot of dancing apart, underarm turns etc. And I don't think much of Anton's ballroom dancing anyway - he has a very stiff expressionless style and doesn't seem to have heard of the word "sway". If the producers of this show had any feeling for ballroom dancing they would have put her with Brendan. I would definitely put that onto YouTube!

Mark and Iveta for me. I love her "bossiness" with him and how he takes it in his stride, mimicking her accent. They have a kindness and a funniness between them and he is just adorable.

I just did a quick tally (I'm bored as I'm hanging around waiting for someone!) Anyway this is just up to now (13.35 p.m) and I cant swear that it's 100% accurate as it was difficult to tell if some mentions were just discussing the couple or actual 'votes' without checking all the names of the posters to see if the'd already posted. So I stuck to the more obvious ones. I also havn't included ones who have left.

Anyway - in no particular order (
Sophie and Brendan 12 votes
Patrick and Anya 12 votes
Susanna and Kevin 17 votes
Abbey and Alijaz 7 votes
Mark and Iveta 38 votes !!
Ben and Kristina 5 votes
Natalies and Artem 2 votes
Ashley and Ola 6 votes
Last edited by J.R : 20-11-2013 at 13:41