1) I thought Sophie's rumba was gorgeous. I usually have to have a cushion over my face for any rumba and it looks awful in training but on the night I found it beautiful, gentle and touching. So even though generally I think Brendan is a lemon when he talks back, I was on his side tonight.
2) It's Mark's time to go and I think he's ready to go but I grinned like a mad woman through his whole dance. I love his face.
3) I thought the music wrecked Natalie's tango. Makes me want to scream because I so want to enjoy Natalie's dancing. And I am honestly despairing of liking a tango on the series this year and it's my favourite dance.
4) Also didn't get the music choice for Abbey's paso. I don't know if I can explain what I mean exactly, but this was the first time for me that Abbey looked like a model - like she was posing rather than dancing. I don't usually feel that.
5) I just watched Anya through their VW, and she was amazing, but I don't think there was enough VW in it. So I'd say Ashley won the 'best man' title tonight.

1. Ridiculous scoring tonight, last week we had 10's for poor dances, this week we get 8's for beautiful, evocative routines. Are the judges on crack?

2. Sophie and Brendan sublime

3. Liked Mark and Iveta, lovely routine

4. Thought Ben's charleston looked SO MUCH BETTER in training

5. Susanna, desperate, Patrick, OK, Natalie, fantastic (as usual) Ashley, meh, Abbey, loved the dress but the dance not breathtaking

1. About time the Judges started being more honest
2. Brendan totally right to say that Rumba's/AT's don't need to be about sex, Sophie undermarked imo (despite point 5)
3. Ben was BAD, his Charleston just further exposed his lack of ability
4. Ashley's Waltz was brilliant. Should've got at least one 10 imo. His head position is something he clearly can't fix for whatever reason (it could be skeletal?) so he shouldn't be criticised on it
5. There was no lift in Patrick and Anya's VW, there was in Sophie and Brendan's Rumba but it went overlooked

just watched the show

1. I thought the singing was bad
2. Ashley and Ola dance of the night
3. Patrick should look at Ashley's topline which is miles better than his,
4.Sophie's rumba had flashes of a brilliant dance, she needed to have "flow" down her body
5.judges deciding to "toughen up" on the marking- have they been reading this forum *lives in hope*

1. I really enjoyed Ashley's dance, I've really started to like him as the series has developed.

2. Sophie's rumba was better than I expected. I agreed with the judges though, it was lacking 'something' and I found it rather dull. Brendan is really irritating me this year, he made me cringe last night.

3. I love the Tango, but that music was a terrible choice and I found the dance lacked any kind of emotion or passion.

4. I enjoyed Abbeys Paso.

5. Ben 'the dancing tree' almost marked fairly for once.

1. Show Producers have become too ham-handed in manipulation, with music, show order, and pressure on choices normally left to the pros.
2. Bruce needs glasses, amongst other things.
3. Bruce is not a judge, but no one has told him.
4. Music choices were poor, impacted the quality of the dance.
5. A number of the pros who are already out were not in the Tess Pit this week, something up? I know James had a back problem, but only saw Karen -- no Robin, Anton, etc.

Robin is also unwell - back problem

1. Gorgeous dresses for Natalie and Abbey
2. Wish Ashley had more time for training <doesn't help wasting valuable time in a fishtank!>
3. Natalie pulls some odd faces
4. Felt sorry for Sophie - hope the comments don't knock her confidence.
5. Mark struggled both times with the stairs

1. The flattest Strictly ever - none of the dances was particularly memorable.

2. God forsaken choices of music. I know the producers want to reach all ages but the wrong choice of music kills a dance.

3. Bruce was a disaster. I thought he was brewing up for a stroke at one moment and his attempt to pose as some uber-judge got on my tits.

4. Way too much promotion of Dr Who. If the BBC is going to act like a commercial channel then we should be given the choice of whether we want to continue to pay for it or not.

5. Accurate feedback is better late than never

1) How much more random & inappropriate for the dances is the music going to get?

2) How much more random & inappropriate for the dances is the music going to get?

3) Was this week's theme...all the dances that all the celebs are going to be worst at?

4) You can tell how :yawn: or a dance is...the revolving camera goes faster.

5) Worst series so far.

Just two things and echoing what others have said about production:

1 - I don't mind either modern or traditional music, but please can the choices fit the dances

2 - Too obvious that the judges had been told to big up Blackpool with 10s and this week not

1. Sophie & Brendan score and comments - wtf?
2. Sophie & Brendan score and comments - wtf?
3. Sophie & Brendan score and comments - wtf?
4. Sophie & Brendan score and comments - wtf?

5. Couple of other OK dances .

1) Show very meh. Bored senseless for most of it.
2) Didn't mind Sophie's dance, but she looks so uncomfortable and Brendan's wittering detracts from what she does achieve. Shut up, man.
3) Really enjoyed Mark.
4) Judges - don't go and lay into Susanna and TTF and then score her 8's.
5) Loved Patrick, even if he wasn't perfect. Beautiful dance.

My thoughts:

1. All pros and dancers except one were below par tonight!
2. The judges had their claws out!
3. Bruce and Tes were also below par tonight!
4. The wonderful wonderful orchestra was not so wonderful (hideous, in fact)!
5. What a shame that Patrick messed up his dance when performing a move that didn't need to be there as imo until he did, his dance was the only one that had any spark about it! Shame on his partner for putting that move in!

I think the cast of SCD is either hung over from Blackpool or missing Anton! Hope they recover by next week as tonight was a real low point in the series imo

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1. It comes to something that when watching a channel's flagship, primetime show, viewers ffwd a good percentage of it. Be it Brucie, Tess or those god-awful naff vt's. If I start late enough, I can get through the whole show in 25 mins max.

2. Kristina can carry off 'girlish' about as much as Susanna can, sorry ladies but time's up on that one. Whilst I'm at it, I can understand, given the gymnastic nature of their Charleston, why Kristina's mike pack was in her knickers, I just wouldn't want to be the person using it next.

3.I'm a lover not a fighter, but if an audience member could kindly stick out a foot and take out steadi-cam man it would be much appreciated.

4. I feel sorry for Sophie, poor thing was probably only after a bit of publicity for her album. She has to deal with syrupy, soppy Brendan and now bad boy Brendan on a mission. I don't think that she'd be bothered one little bit if she went out.

5. After a downbeat show, I think the producers need to step back a bit. Only the return of the annual '' Is Ola pregnant?' thread has cheered my heart.

1) Whoever chooses the music should be relieved of their post and someone who has a sense of rhythm installed in their place.

2) Sophie was criticised very unfairly, go Brendan!

3) More spinney camerawork making me feel ill, I'm missing a lot of the dancing because of having to look away from the screen.

4) I need to watch Natalie's dance on mute with a different track playing on my computer to see if that dance really was as lacklustre as it came across.

5) I find I'm commenting more on generalities than the dancing, does this say something about the whole programme last night?

1. Don't remember 5 things about last night.

2. Brendan speaking his mind was quite funny though, pompous arse.

1. That Paso was very pretty I didn't know Paso was a floaty ballroom dance

2. Brendan, put up or shut up, you are choreographing because Sophie is always just Sophie. Your moaning is the same as Olas catsuit or Kristina pole dancing.

3. I don't know why but second dance in a row that I haven't enjoyed Natalie & Artem. The music was awful but there was something else I can't put my finger on.

4. Bruce was worse than normal. I held my breath at one point in case he collapsed

5. Lot of people's vote being tested tonight

Bruce was dire.
Tess looked lovely for once.
Natalie & Artem's music was awful.
I liked Sophie & Brendan's rumba but she does need to try to connect with Brendan & the dance.
I noticed Ashley for the first time tonight,

Gapping.

He has started doing this so much this series

Janette was also there.

1. Bruce should have been quietly sedated after his first monumental fluff of the evening and discreetly wheeled away in Craig's wheelchair.

2. Susanna could do with some industrial strenth botox pumping into her whole face to render her incapable of gurning throughout every routine.

3. Ashley and Ola's waltz was gawjus, but maybe Ola needs to have a word with wardrobe and get them to stitch a massive needle into his right collar so that it jabs into his neck whenever his head lollops to the right.

4. Sophie's rumba actually wasn't that good.

5. Why did Anya have a dangerously long and floaty skirt on after 2 consecutive wardrobe malfunctions? Does Vicky Gill have a sneaky few quid on her and Patrick to be out before December..?

Agreed.

1. Bruce has finally lost it, very uncomfortable viewing.

2. Len's speech at the beginning of the show seemed to put a damper on it and the atmosphere in Tess' area was noticably subdued.

3. Almost all music choices tonight were unsuitable for the dances, why do the producers do that?

4. I loved Patrick and Anya's VW found it quite moving. Sophie's rhumba wasn't but was better than I expected it to be.

5. Artem's choreography is always so different that it is usually impossible to tell what the dance is supposed to be. He doesn't seem to be able to do a straight ballroom dance routine.

1) Why can't Tess pronounce Ola's name yet? It really irritated me last night.
2) Wish Abbey had been given better Paso music, as I thought there was a lot of good in that dance. Music killed it though and enjoyed it much more on mute. Thought Aljaz did quite well to make anything work to that tune and actually gave Abbey a nice routine. Have seen a Paso stripped back in that style before and tend to really like them, but quite difficult to pull it off. Needed much more strength, but thought she handled the routine quite well.
3) Can't help thinking Kristina was expecting a completely different reaction to their Charleston. She was fighting so hard not to react and I thought she did really well to not explode!
4) That beam exercise is probably a very good way to practise Latin walks
5) Wish we could see much more of the training. So many fascinating hours of video going to waste...