I'm sorry, but 10 seconds is not long enough to even start dancing and they'd already booted out Kevin and Susanna!

It should be called "judges get to manipulate the leader board"

No way was Natalie "I've never danced before except for 20 years of training and I've got a bad back" Gumede better than Patrick.

Natalie was streets ahead of them all, it was so obvious.

huh?

Patrick was very lucky to get second. Ashley was completely robbed

Patrick was rubbish and should have been off first!

Ashley was robbed, I'm fed up of the judges at this stage

The actual fixation was that they kept Patrick in for so long - the camera clearly showed him go out of synch at a couple of different times, so he was VERY lucky to get 5 points IMO.

I agree that Susanna should've been kept in longer, though. Not points wise, just based on the time she was out there.

Patrick looked like a puppet with its strings cut, and Sus got completed rhymes with crafted.

Patrick was really stiff and should have gone first or second.

it was a bit of a mess all round, didn't get much chance to actually see anyone, don't like the idea it might have been an exercise in manipulating the scores.

I would second this and also agree that Ashley was voted off too soon (and he wasn't very happy).

They should do away with the swingathon because all it is is a manipulation tool for the judges, the paying public have no say in it

Okay I might be biased towards Patrick but I think we can all agree Natalie shouldn't have won and Susanna and Ashley were both robbed, right?

I agree. I've never been sold on Ashley until now, but he and Ola stood out in that dance tonight. They were robbed.

Natalie never said once she hadn't danced before. She admitted that she'd had dance training in the very first episode of the series.

Nice attempt at trolling, though.

As an absolute non Natalie fan I can agree she stood head and shoulders above the others as the best in the Swingathon.

can anyone post a list of the leader board... my TV went blank for 10 mins...

No it wasnt she was the best and she deserved to win

Not a fan of Natalie but she was easily the best. Abbey, Sophie and Susannah were barely moving for one thing, just didn't have the energy.

This is why I really don't like the swingathon. Make it a minute longer and let everyone have a chance to get going.

Susanna didn't get long enough to show what she could do and I really don't understand how Patrick lasted so long.

But it was Ashley who really lost out there, no way was he the fifth worst performer in that.

Not a happy sparkly bunny tonight.

There was no way in the world that Ashley and Ola should have gone out 2nd. It's so obvious they want him out.

Sorry, but Patrick was awful

I am increasingly fed up of the bias towards Patrick.

Top of the leaderboard???

=1. Patrick & Anya (36 + 5 = 41)
=1. Natalie & Artem (35 + 6 = 41)
3. Abbey & Aljaz (37 + 3 = 40)
4. Sophie & Brendan (34 + 4 = 38)
5. Ashley & Ola (35 + 2 = 37)
6. Susanna & Kevin (32 + 1 = 33)

Mmm, no I can agree that Ashley may have been out a little early but I thought it right that Natalie should have won, and Susanna should maybe have got a little more time to show some dancing but I'm not convinced she would have got any more points. Sorry.

Err... not entirely.

Natalie looked like a professional dancer compared to the others out there (oh, the irony) and Susanna was by far the worst despite only seeing her for a couple of seconds. Ashley was pretty good, though, and I was annoyed he got eliminated so early.

I had a feeling they were going to be picked.

Why shouldn't Natalie have won? Would really like to hear your reasons?

I'm a Natalie fan and she deserved the judges comments in the paso so I am very objective.