1. Bruce - words fail me

2. Sophie badly undermarked and Bruno talking nonsense about the rumba - it's a dance that can be sweet and gentle too. Well done to Brendan for speaking out.

3. Natalie leaves me absolutely cold. She was overmarked tonight - she dances technically well but has no soul.

4. I hate the VTs

5. Not a great show tonight, hopefully next week's will be better with music from the shows.

1. Ben's Charleston was horrendous. He didn't have the energy and what was Kristina thinking with the choreography? Worst one have seen.

2. Abbey seems to zone out when she is dancing. She has no self control.

3. The floor spin in Patrick's dance looked very rough and awkward.

4. Natalie comes across as cold. Patrick is the opposite and very humble!

5. Sophie's dance was under marked!

1. Didn't really enjoy any of the dances tonight.
2. Hate to say it as I was so looking forward to a Natalie Tango, but for the second week in a row I was left feeling a little underwhelmed by her and Artem.
3. Bruce REALLY needs to call it a day.
4. I'm quite close to giving up on this series.
5. Is there an Erin's Island for bored viewers?

1. Sophie surpassed my expectations of her with that Rhumba. I thought it had a beautiful ethereal quality and I did see some hip action (not enough - but she had some going). The judges are going to give her a complex at this rate.

2. I properly noticed Ashley for the first time tonight. The Waltz rhythm wasn't distinct in the music but he married the dance and the song perfectly.

3. Susanna's Cha Cha was poor and it got to the point where she was OVER-selling her dance this time. It was Pamela Stephenson/Lisa Riley territory.

4. Big Ben has become a Big Bore on the dancefloor. And Kristina ran out of tricks a long time ago. I sense he'll be saved by the public vote though and we'll be saying goodbye to either Mark or Sophie (unless they're up against each other, then most likely Mark).

5. Tonight's show left me feeling the judges have decided who they want in the final and will manipulate the leaderboard in order to get what they want.

Cheeky 6th but Artem's choice of music was terrible.

Not to mention the local london borough primary school.

1. Music pretty much dreadful throughout.

2. Nice opening speech Len but shouldn't have noticed a few errors a bit earlier?

3. Natalie crying to camera, meeting the schoolkids, Abbey's nan - let me guess who is struggling for public votes?

4. Sophie pretty but passionless - maybe I didn't catch this correctly but did she say her husband needs to APPROVE her dances? Perhaps she would have done a great deal better if he had the confidence to just let her and Brendan get on with it.

5. Ben - looked like they were expecting 8's - smile looked a little forced afterwards.

1. Ashley danced well
2. Still trying to decide if Natalie taught Susanna facial expressions, or vice versa. Either way they both overdo it
3. Boring generally tonight
4. Sack the vocalists, there's literally 1000's of better singers out there
5. Sack Brucie, he's served his time but it's time for a change

Crying of laughter at 5

oooh tricky one, could you narrow down the options by excluding all performances where the follow up interview with Tess included a sulky Kristina complaining about the judges' comments or that Craig's score was ridiculously low?

1. Everyone was decent-ish if a little middle of the road but I can't really think of a stand-out dance.

2. Last week was sugar rush, this week sugar crash. Judges need light and shade too - being sugary sweet all the time is as bad as being unilaterally negative.

3. We will have a dip after wonderful wonderful Blackpool to then have a joyous Musicals week where Sophie finally is adulated by the judges.

4. Natalie should have rocked the Tango and she just... did okay. Meh. Maybe she should have sandbagged a bit earlier in the series.

5. Bruce's intro segment with the pantomime asking the audience to finish his catchphrases was mildly irritating and so I thought I'd let you all know that.

1. What is with Natalie's faces that she pulls?
2. Abbeys nan looks pretty good for 96!
3. Brendan is very creepy
4. Think everyone needs to up their game
5. Only mark and Iveta made me smile

well said abut Sophie

1. Bruce was an utter embarrassment.
2. The judging is all over the place and the constant overmarking of all couples is pitiful.
3. Very disappointed by this series as a whole. It has felt flat and uninspiring from the start. I have still not given any dance more than an 8.
4. The music choices were on the whole pretty abysmal and the choreography not good either.
5. Ben has got to go imo.

If Craig needs to take a week off look no further!

I hope that was for Sophie's Charleston?

Abbey was boring and always over marked. Aljaz is quite average really.

Agreed with you though that the show was underwhelming tonight.

Music - dreadful
VTs - hammy
Judges - wearing blinkers
Ben - moved better than I thought he would
Presenters - Tess looked nice tonight (that's the best I can say)

All of Bens dances ofcourse.

1) This week definitely had the 'hangover' vibe after the high point of Blackpool last week. The presenting, judging, music and dancing all left me a bit underwhelmed.
2) Sophie, I thought, did a great Rumba. Romantic but understated, and probably deserved a few 9s too.
3) I must've been watching something different to the judges as I actually enjoyed Ben's Charleston. I think some of the 'overmarking' criticisms about him in the past have been valid, but tonight he was undermarked.
4) Oh Bruce. I usually try to at least tolerate his fluffs and jokes, but tonight he was embarrasing.
5) Wouldn't be surprised to see an unexpected boot tonight. Here's hoping everyone's back on form for 'Musicals' week!

1. It's a bit late for the judges to become picky. The audience were expecting gushing remarks and 12s. In any case, if they were being picky, they did a very poor job of being critical, even CRH was giving out 8s and 9s after withering comments.

2. Music choices. Jeez. How can you do a tango or cha cha to that? It's no wonder that Nat and Artem had poor synchronisation at times without any exaggerated beat (yeah, check it out).

3. Interpretations - Ash mate, Nat, Ben. Get your pros to stop fannying about and get on with the dancing. Abbey, does your partner know what a Paso is? Suzannah. Time to bring you partner out of orbit and make him dance at normal gravity.

4. The bits in between. Bruce and Tess. What exactly do you bring to the party? The VTs and stories are at best pants and at worst Star Wars I.

5. Wardrobe. It's time for habits to be worn for ballroom, and boxers and Icelandic Jumpers for Latin. That way, there will be little chance for celebs/pros to influence the public based on the amount of biceps, calves, pectorals, titties and buttocks on show.

1. all the dances were a bit under par, except sophie's rhumba

2. all the music choices were dreadful, except sophie's rhumba,

3. bruce. why oh why.

4 er, thats it. can only muster 3 thoughts this week...

1. Dancing across the board took a downhill turn - perhaps everyone was tired after last weeks' excitement of being in Blackpool (ah bless!)

2. Judges marked too high. Now seems 8 = poor, 9 = average, 10 = ok. Better to start with 5s - more realistic.

3. Whoever chose tonights music must have a secret wish to sabotage the show. [A secret X-F fan perhaps?!!!]

4. No argument with the band as such, but oh those singers! They completely overpowered the band & the dancing, and, for me, ruined the show.

5. Sorry, I know it's been said so many times, but Bruce needs to go. He is getting steadily worse each week. The show will survive very well without him, but I'm not sure it will survive much longer with him.

1) Sophie and Brendan's rumba, loved it, Brendan is absolutely right in what he said
2) Natalie and Artem, disappointed with their tango, lacked sharpness and the song choice was dreadful
3) Patrick and Anya, loved it but not enough VW for my liking, less faffing more getting into hold and doing the dance you are meant to be doing
4) the singers were on fire tonight - amazing!
5) Bruce really needs to retire

Travesty that Sophie and Brendan got those scores and comments.

Abbey is too far away from her partner, what do they call it?

I still don't enjoy Natalie.

Loved Mark and Iveta.

Bruce is awful.

1. Bruce you are not the fifth judge please stop pre, mid and post judging the contestants

2. Sophie was woefully undermarked

3. Bruno's attempt to turn the whole show into some pervy fetishist sleazeathon is wearing very very thin.

4. The judges find valid fault and then give their favourites 9s and Bruno having heard three lots of valid criticism gives a 10

5 It somewhat misses the point if the judges state from the get go who they 'want' to see in the final ... erm ... you're the judges. Surely it should be the best four by the end of the series.

1. Brendan teddy throwing - It was not a good rumba, scored kindly by the judges.
2. Everyone over-marked a little
3. All very dull after last week.
4. Dreadful music.
5. Bruce SHUT UP you are NOT a judge, stop blummin commenting.