Who was the head judge who has hammered Nat the last two weeks who has given her worst scores and people say it is a fix.

I was astonished when they were called out 2nd - and I didn't even see Susanna and Kevin before they were called out 1st.

The judges need a slap. I was hoping Ashley would of butted Len and it would be justified! ridiculously biased scores tonight, probably more then I've ever seen tbh. They deliberately kept it tight until the Swingathon where they could manipulate the scoreboard. Sneaky scandal..

Natalie was the best by far and I am no a fan of her. You cannot deny she was the best. Ashley out too early. Patrick should have been 2nd out. Abbey out of time. Sophie lots of lifts.

Patricks dancing was DREADFUL. Did not deserve to get to the final 2. Im a supporter of his, but that was a bloody joke!

I have I idea how good or bad Susanna was as I didn't see any of it. Ashley was totally robbed.

We all knew Natalie would win the swing because, after all, she is a professional dancer with 19 years experience under her belt. However Ashley and Ola were robbed. I'm not an Ashley fan, but he was streets ahead of the other amateur dancers, and only slightly behind pro dancer Natalie

chuck in Patrick to that mix and I would agree

ashley was much better than Abby, Sophie, Susannah and Patrick in my opinion

Which it completely was.

Fully agree with this, they were fantastic. They were also robbed in their salsa, it was, in my opinion, one of the best salsa's by a celeb on SDC. Yet a dance that wasn't even a salsa, when it should have been, got maximum marks last week. Unbelievable.

Always has been.

I'd go for a minute and a half or two minutes of dance, and no-one voted out in the first 30 seconds. Exhausting, perhaps, but it would give all the dancers a chance to get going and the judges a chance to do a proper assessment.

And I don't think Patrick should have been second, either, much as I like him.

I find this rather unnecessary, unfortunately. If they wanted to blatantly manipulate the leaderboard to keep certain acta safe, then they can do that (and have done so in the past) via the normal judges scores.
If they wanted to have an extra dance with the chace to see all couples next to each other, then why not let them all dance the same choreography and ACTUALLY SHOW THE COUPLES DANCING DAMMIT !

All we got was frantic camerawork and what felt some very ramdom extra points.
Missed chance, I'd say...

I agree it was a bit difficult to see anything, very jumpy camera work.

That said they got the winner correct but the other placings were all very questionable, particularly Ashley.

As fixed as the World Cup draw and the Eurovision.

It was a farce, completely fixed and should be dropped.

I did not like Suzanna and Kevin's AT but they were given NO chance in the swingathon.

Well 10 ssconds dancing before being told to leave undermines not only the concept, the dance, the judges but the show itself. Ridiculous in the extreme and Len's justification of voting Susanna off was the biggest load of codswallop I've ever heard him spout. Nuff said

The latter. (& Im a Patrick fan!)

I dont know what Ashley's done to be persona non grata all of a sudden? Is it the cost of dragging Ola & the crew up to Liverpool every week that the BBC dont like?? I dont see how hes been judged so harshly this week.

They are both naturally talented and very, very good which, in this Board is unforgiveable it seems.

Yep. The Swingathon result the same order I predicted and I am not surprised at all. I think tonight has shown up what some of us have seen all along, that Susanna and Kevin just can't keep up and everyone else is better than them.

Their AT was beyond dire - even the judges were stuck for positive comments and they all looked quite shell shocked at the travesty they had just witnessed.

There was no way Kevin and Susanna could have competed in the Swingathon. They are just not good enough - even after all this time.

Its obvious that they want Ashley out this week, I thought his Salsa should have scored better and he was so robbed in the swingathon.....Natalie was streets ahead but Patrick was as usual abysmal.

Totally, Ashley looked very annoyed and Kevin looked like he was gonna punch Len! It was basically an exercise in manipulating the scoreboard, like you said.

Fixed

I agreed with Natalie winning but Patrick was awful. I think even Len tried to make excuses at the end

I think it will have galvanised votes for Ashley & Susanna but it's going to be an uphill battle for them. I hope Patrick is bottom of the vote & in the dance off

Agree that it was ridiculous to call Susanna out after such a short time - I doubt she would have been any better, but it is unfair not to give her time to perform

I really like Patrick but that was just cringy and he should have been second out

As others have said, Ashley was well and truly robbed