Well hello all

Whoever gets it right this week I hope that the judges scores are fair and that we do not end up with the wrong person going or ending up in the bottom 2.

imho Regardless of where you stand on Ben, there's no doubt that in comparison to his earlier scores he was way undermarked on Saturday and his first dance performance should have not have been scored below Mark on the leaderboard. It did seem to me that it was decided it was 'time for Ben to go' - possiby in case he caused an upset win in the final if he kept getting pot through via the public vote. With the popular Sophie and Susanna (Sophie undermarked again imho) next above Mark it made it very difficult for Ben to climb out of the hole the judges score had given him. OK, fun conspiracy over

So please judges can we have fair scores and not scores to 'offset' the public vote.

Right...on with the predictions

Highest scorer Patrick

Lowest scorer Mark

Bottom 2 Mark and Abbey

Eliminated Mark

Highest: Natalie/Patrick
Lowest: Mark
Dance off: Mark/Sophie
Out: Mark

Highest : Natalie and Ashley
Lowest : Mark
Bottom 2 : Mark and Sophie
Eliminated : Mark

Highest. Patrick
Lowest Mark

Bottom 2 Mark v Abbey

Eliminated Mark

I thought Sophie's VW looked good on the VT on ITT, but that's 2 votes already for her to be in the bottom 2

Highest : Patrick and Sophie
Lowest : Mark
Bottom 2 : Mark and Abbey or Natalie
Eliminated : Mark

I agree.

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I agree that Patrick and Sophie looked good in training. If they score high and Len decides to penalise Artem for lack of AS in his AS this could be the week we test Natalie's public vote. Mark is very obviously going whoever the poor guy is against in the DO.

Highest: Patrick & Natalie

Lowest: Mark

Bottom 2: Mark & Abbey

Eliminated: Mark

I just wanted to agree with you about manipulating the leaderboard to ensure Ben was bottom. After the audience's enthusiastic reaction to Ben's dance it was so unfair to mark him below Mark. I also agree that Ben was not a desirable winner in the judges' and/or producers' eyes and was eliminated accordingly. I suspect he was always very high in the public vote and hope that one day we will see the voting figures. It would not even surprise me if he was top all or most weeks.

Hi: Natalie & Artem
Lo: Mark & Iveta
B2: Abbey & Aljaz
Out: Mark & Iveta

Top: Natalie
Bottom: Mark
B2: Mark and... hrm... not at all sure... Patrick.
Eliminated: Mark

Top: Natalie & Artem
Bottom: Mark & Iveta
Bottom 2: Mark & Iveta / Abbey & Aljaz
Gone: Mark & Iveta

Top score: Natalie/Artem

Lowest: Mark/Iveta

Dance-off: Mark v Abbey...or maybe Sophie

Eliminated: Mark

Highest scorer Ashley

Lowest scorer Mark

Bottom 2 Mark and Patrick

Eliminated Mark

Ben could not have been top vote on Saturday it's mathematically impossible. One of either Sophie or Susanna had to outvote him or they would have been in the bottom 2.

Highest: Sophie or Natalie
Lowest: Mark
Bottom two: Mark and Abbey or Patrick
Out: Mark

I know this is sitting on the fence a bit

He couldn't have been 2nd either. He would have been on 10 points, and you can't make the points work so that everyone else bar Mark has higher than 10. The highest he could have come was 3rd.

Highest: Sophie or Natalie
Lowest: Mark
Bottom two: Mark vs. either Natalie or Abbey
Eliminated: Mark

Top: Patrick
Bottom: Mark

I think Sophie and Susanna are safe whatever they score with lovely ballroom to 'proper' musicals songs. Ashley might get caught by the curse of the rumba if his support isn't all that strong (I think it might be very strong). But my guess is that either Natalie's AS won't seem enough like an AS or Abbey's salsa will seem too disco. I'm going to guess

b2 Mark and Natalie
going home Mark

I don't think Ashley's support is that strong but it's never really been tested. Even if Natalie doesn't have a strong public vote, the only judge likely to severely penalise the choreography is Len, and I can't see his marks alone giving her a lower position on the leaderboard where she might be in trouble.

Highest: Natalie
Lowest: Mark
Bottom two: Ashley and Mark
Eliminated: Mark

Highest: Patrick/Anya and/or Natalie/Artem
Lowest: Mark/Iveta
Bottom two: Abbey/Aljaz and Mark/Iveta
Eliminated: Mark/Iveta

Highest: Natalie
Lowest: Mark
DO: Sophie and Abbey
Out: Sophie