Here's what everyone's dancing:

Abbey & Aljaz - Salsa
Ashley & Ola - Rumba
Mark & Iveta - Samba
Natalie & Artem - American Smooth
Patrick & Anya - Charleston
Sophie & Brendan - Viennese Waltz
Susanna & Kevin - Quickstep

Abbey and Aljaz- Salsa- 8,9,9,8= 34
Ashley and Ola- Rumba- 9,9,9,9= 36
Mark and Iveta- Samba- 6,8,8,8= 30
Natalie and Artem- American Smooth- 9,10,10,10= 39
Patrick and Anya- Charleston- 9,9,9,9= 36
Sophie and Brendan- Viennese Waltz- 7,7,8,8= 30
Susanna and Kevin- Quickstep- 7,9,9,9= 34

Bottom Two: Sophie and Mark

Eliminated: Mark (All save Sophie apart from Darcey, who saves Mark)

Abbey & Aljaz - Salsa - 33

Ashley & Ola - Rumba - 36

Mark & Iveta - Samba - 28

Natalie & Artem - American Smooth - 35 (too much out of hold and Len will criticise)

Patrick & Anya - Charleston - 36

Sophie & Brendan - Viennese Waltz - 34

Susanna & Kevin - Quickstep - 34 (looks a bit gappy)

Abbey & Aljaz - 33 (7,8,9,9)
Ashley & Ola - 36 (9,9,9,9)
Mark & Iveta - 29 (6,8,8,7)
Natalie & Artem - 37 (9,10,8,10)
Patrick & Anya - 38 (9,10,9,10)
Sophie & Brendan - 38 (9,9,10,10)
Susanna & Kevin - 34 (8,8,9,9)

1 Patrick & Anya (7 + 4 = 11)
= Sophie & Brendan (7 + 6 = 13)
3 Natalie & Artem (6 + 3 = 9)
4 Ashley & Ola (5 + 5 = 10)
5 Susanna & Kevin (4 + 7 = 11)
6 Abbey & Aljaz (3 + 1 = 4)
7 Mark & Iveta (2 + 2 = 4)

Dance Off - Abbey & Aljaz v Mark & Iveta
Eliminated - Mark & Iveta

1. Sophie & Brendan - 9,9,10,10 = 38
2. Natalie & Artem - 9,10,8,10 = 37
3. Patrick & Anya - 9,9,9,9 = 36
4. Susanna & Kevin - 8,9,9,9 = 35
5. Ashley & Ola - 8,8,9,9 = 34
6. Abbey & Aljaz - 7,8,8,8 = 31
7. Mark & Iveta - 5,7,6,6 = 24

Abbey & Aljaz - Salsa 8.9.8.9. 34
Ashley & Ola - Rumba - 9.9.9.9. 36
Mark & Iveta - Samba - 5.8.7.7. 27
Natalie & Artem - American Smooth - 9.10.8.10. 37
Patrick & Anya - Charleston - 9.9.9.9. 36
Sophie & Brendan - Viennese Waltz - 8.9.9.9. 35
Susanna & Kevin - Quickstep - 7.9.8.8. 32 (looked pretty bad to me)

LEADERBOARD
1st) Natalie & Artem (37)
=2nd) Ashley & Ola (36)
=2nd) Patrick & Anya (36)
4th) Sophie & Brendan (35)
5th) Abbey & Aljaz (34)
6th) Susanna & Kevin (32)
7th) Mark & Iveta (27)

Bottom 2: Abbey & Aljaz and Mark & Iveta
Eliminated: Mark & Iveta

I've gone for a detailed prediction...

Judges scores:

Abbey & Aljaz - 34 (8,8,9,9) =4pts
Ashley & Ola - 36 (9,9,9,9) = 6pts
Mark & Iveta - 29 (6,8,8,7) = 3pts
Natalie & Artem - 38 (9,10,9,10) = 7pts
Patrick & Anya - 35 (8,9,9,9) = 5pts
Sophie & Brendan - 35 (8,9,9,9) = 5pts
Susanna & Kevin - 34 (8,8,9,9) = 4pts

Public vote:

1st. Susanna & Kevin (20%) = 7pts
2nd. Ashley & Ola (17%) = 6pts
3rd. Sophie & Brendan (17%) = 5pts
4th. Natalie & Artem (15%) = 4pts
5th. Abbey & Aljaz (11%) = 3pts
6th. Patrick & Anya (11%) = 2pts
7th. Mark % Iveta (9%) = 1pts

Overall points:

1st. Ashley & Ola (12pts)
2nd. Susanna & Kevin (11pts)
3rd. Natalie & Artem (11pts)
4th. Sophie & Brendan (10pts)
5th. Abbey & Aljaz (7pts)
6th. Patrick & Anya (7pts)
7th. Mark & Iveta (4pts)


Dance Off - Patrick & Anya vs Mark & Iveta

Eliminated - Mark & Iveta

Abbey and Aljaz- Salsa- 8,8,9,9 =34
Ashley and Ola- Rumba- 9,9,9,9 = 36
Mark and Iveta- Samba- 5,7,8,7= 27
Natalie and Artem- American Smooth- 9,10,8,10= 37
Patrick and Anya- Charleston- 9,10,9,10= 38
Sophie and Brendan- Viennese Waltz- 8,9,9,9= 35
Susanna and Kevin- Quickstep- 7,9,9,8 = 33

LEADERBOARD
1st Patrick & Anya (38)
2nd) Natalie & Artem (37)
3rd) Ashley & Ola (36)
4th) Sophie & Brendan (35)
5th) Abbey & Aljaz (34)
6th) Susanna & Kevin (33)
7th) Mark & Iveta (27)

Bottom Two: Abbey & Aljaz and Mark & Iveta
Eliminated: Mark & Iveta

Abbey & Aljaz - Salsa 32
Ashley & Ola - Rumba 33
Mark & Iveta - Samba 25
Natalie & Artem - American Smooth 36
Patrick & Anya - Charleston 37
Sophie & Brendan - Viennese Waltz 33
Susanna & Kevin - Quickstep 36

After the public vote

Susanna
Sophie
Patrick
Ashley
Natalie
Abbey
Mark

Abbey & Aljaz - Salsa 33
Ashley & Ola - Rumba 34
Mark & Iveta - Samba 28
Natalie & Artem - American Smooth 38
Patrick & Anya - Charleston 37
Sophie & Brendan - Viennese Waltz 35
Susanna & Kevin - Quickstep 34

Abbey & Aljaz - Salsa 8,8,8,9
Ashley & Ola - Rumba 8,9,9,9
Mark & Iveta - Samba 6,7,7,7
Natalie & Artem - American Smooth 9,9,8,10 (Len wont like if too much out of hold)
Patrick & Anya - Charleston 9,10,9,10
Sophie & Brendan - Viennese Waltz 8,8,9,8 (Len will like as it looks. Rey traditional)
Susanna & Kevin - Quickstep 8,9,9,9

I can't call the dance off apart from Mark and Ivetta being in it. I think it may be Sophie but I hope not.

Abbey & Aljaz- 8/ 8/ 9/ 9= 34/40
Ashley & Ola- 7/ 8/ 8/ 8= 31/40
Mark & Iveta- 6/ 7/ 7/ 7= 27/40
Natalie & Artem- 9/ 10/ 9/ 10= 38/40
Patrick & Anya- 8/ 10/ 9/ 9= 36/40
Sophie & Brendan- 8/ 8/ 8/ 8= 32/40
Susanna & Kevin- 9/ 9/ 10/ 10= 38/40

Abbey - 35
Ashley - 34
Mark - 26
Natalie - 38
Patrick - 36
Sophie - 34
Susanna - 37

Hello HowNow or is it BrownCow?

Abbey & Aljaz- 8/ 8/ 8/ 8= 32
Ashley & Ola- 8/ 8/ 8/ 8= 32
Mark & Iveta- 6/ 7/ 6/ 7= 26
Natalie & Artem- 9/ 10/ 8/ 10= 37
Patrick & Anya- 10/ 10/ 10/ 10= 40
Sophie & Brendan- 9/ 9/ 9/ 9= 36
Susanna & Kevin- 8/ 9/ 8/ 9= 34

Abbey & Aljaz - Salsa 8,9,8,9= 34
Ashley & Ola - Rumba 9,9,9,9= 36
Mark & Iveta - Samba 6,7,8,7= 28
Natalie & Artem - American Smooth 9,10,7,10= 36
Patrick & Anya - Charleston 9,10,10,10= 39
Sophie & Brendan - Viennese Waltz 9,10,9,10= 37
Susanna & Kevin - Quickstep 8,9,9,9= 35

Leaderboard
Patrick & Anya
Sophie & Brendan
Natalie & Artem
Ashley & Ola
Susanna & Kevin
Abbey & Aljaz
Mark & Iveta

my goodness, is it really going to be another tenfest?
Some people even have Craig giving a ten

I think as usual the judges will over mark their favorites, and undermark the usual suspects

So 10s for Natalie, Abbey, Patrick and maybe Susanna, and non for the others, even if they are better!!
Last edited by Mrs-Mop : 28-11-2013 at 16:59

How about the novel idea that a 10 is for a wow or perfect dance, as far as the judges are concerned. What we see at home is via the decisions of the director as to camera angles. Rather than assuming the judges have favourites because they don't see what you see at home, and don't mark your favourite well enough to suit you.

To be fair, I sensed favouritism when Darcey gave a ten to Patrick for his American Smooth with that disastrous ending, and when Darcey, Len and Bruno gave tens to Abbey for her Quickstep when you could drive a bus between them...

Well, as we don't see the dances in full then many of the debates about footwork etc are moot.

And even the judges disagree with each other.

Only when Craig gives a 10 do I feel like the couple deserve it

Exactly. Craig has been the most consistent throughout.

Hmm, probably completely wrong but....
Sophie and Brendan: 8,9,9,9=35 (Still looks like Brendan is dragging her around a little to me)
Mark and Iveta: 5,7,6,6= 24 (He's a gonna no matter who he's up against in the DO)
Susanna and Kevin (Difficult but bases on ITT) 7,8 9,8=32 (Too much gapping/messy lines for my liking but Len will like the traditional footwork stuff and a potential for it to fall into place)
Ashley and Ola, 8,8,8,8 (Male Rumba's never score particularly well, probably be criticized for lack of connection etc...)
Patrick & Anya: 9,10,9,10 (They've been gearing up to award him tens in two weeks now and he's fluffed it, if he nails this I think a couple are nailed on)
Abbey & Alijaz: 7,8,8,9 (Unless her latin has suddenly become a lot stronger, I think she'll struggle, heading for the DO imo)

oops, forgot Natalie and Artem, too much out of hold for Len so I think 9,9,7/8,10

Not sure I have a favourite yet this year, but agree I don't see what the judges see.
Agree 10's should be for perfection so was rather surprised so many were being predicted by posters.
But do feel judges marks were rather skewed Blackpool week with a lot of 10's for dances that did not provide WOW factor or perfection.
It's all personal really isn't it?

Abbey & Aljaz: 32 (7,8,9,8)

Ashley & Ola: 35 (8,9,9,9)

Mark & Iveta: 26 (5,7,7,7)

Natalie & Artem: 36 (9,9,8,10)

Patrick & Anya: 37 (9,10,9,9)

Sophie & Brendan: 35 (8,9,9,9)

Susanna & Kevin: 34 (7,9,9,9)

Personally I think they have over marked everybody (even Craig is guilty on occasions) too often this year. Including my favourite.