Hi CC, good to see you

I agree - I'm looking forward to hearing the judge's reasons

Just out of interest, where are you getting the 'most likely' that Sophie was top? Neither Susanna nor Sophie has been in the dance off so there's no voter evidence either way. Susanna is ahead of Sophie with the bookies, which would indicate that more of the general public's money is being placed on her.
I'm not saying Sophie is not more popular than Susanna, I'm just curious to know what evidence you have for this assertion that she 'most likely' is.

Agreed. Ben must have screwed up his second dance.

Mark should have gone, but it'll hopefully be 4th time lucky next Saturday.

Mine too. I couldn't wear brown until about 15 years after leaving school

Its more likely the judges heard Kristina complaining about last weeks marks on ITT. I thought she was pushing her luck a little when I watched her , she was very peeved about them .

Indeed.

The judges' decision wasn't unanimous. Len used his casting vote.

Been told Ben and Mark both messed up in dance off .

Kristina was heartbroken tonight

... For the second week running?

As I've said I suspect Mark is useful to keep, especially if he continues to take up a bottom two slot.

Thanks hun. The evil part of me is hoping that whoever is with him in the dance off next does mess up badly but in reality I would hate the flack he would get for surviving a fourth and becoming KING of the dance off.

Many thanks for the spoilers. Hope we have a mole for next week.
Not happy with the result and my OH will be even more unhappy so I will leave him in the dark until tomorrow night.

I had navy knickers with a pocket combined with lisle stockings or 3/4 socks. Navy tunic, white blouse and red and blue tie. Just missed the old gym slips though. Will be turning my 3 score years and ten at the end of the year but that is not how my mind thinks. In my mind I am still 20 at the most.

The true irony is that some people call Natalie a ringer because of her dance training, but she has never performed as a professional dancer, but here we have Mark using a dance that he has been paid to perform in a major West End production. It still wasn't very good - I just hope he was better in Hairspray

mine used go baggy when the elastic gave out, and dad couldn't afford new ones not a good look in PE

It doesn't do to upset the judges

Awww poor Kristina

I had a feeling they might want rid of Ben (and scoring him lowest certainly helped).

If he got to the final and the judges vote no longer counted then there's a chance he'd win (if he took his shirt off)..while Mark isn't a threat. Now they are guaranteed a strong dancer will win.

That's a shame I have a soft spot for Kristina but he was not a contender really & she was being a bit delusional if she thought he was.

If you read most of the threads in this forum you will see the majority disagreeing with you.

I personally don't rate her dancing very highly nor her performance ability, but I love her personality and I can see how cleverly Brendan is doing the choreo with the beautiful lines Sophie can do and heat up controversy. Well played Brendan.

It seems totally insane to me that they would get rid of Ben over Mark when Mark is in his third consecutive DO.

Unbelievable really...

I've cast one of my votes Mark's way all through this competition - except for tonight. I just felt he seemed really ready to go, and wonder if he's glad to have won the dance off again. I hope he is, because he seems like a lovely bloke. I'd have preferred to see Ben for one more week, though.

Goodman has used his casting vote to save Mark for the second week running?

Odd.

Sorry to see Ben go......

Have to cheer Sophie for declining to *use* her 3 children in the VT's that SCD loves so much.

And for refusing fake tan.

I guess we'll have to wait and see what actually happened in the dance off. Sounds like there were some slip-ups. At least that'll make tomorrow's show fairly exciting to watch despite knowing the result!

Night, everyone! Thanks for the spoiler, and fun, and food! Loving your company, as ever x

Not if Mark keeps making it through