Sometimes 5 are not enough...

6) Music choices again dreadful. Interesting to hear Russell on ITT saying how he and Flavia spent ages picking their music (possibly from options). Has that choice now been removed because it's hard to imagine anyone picking some of these song choices willingly?

7) Do the judges compliment Brendan's choreography to try to keep him from exploding when they consistently undermark Sophie? Which said, his choreo has been exquisite, for all I loved the irony of his making Sophie the expressionless dummy that so many people here (not me) criticise her for being!

8) Awesome lifts and tricks in Ashey;s routine, sadly unappreciated by the scoring. That said, if you have a dance where hip action is critical, WHY WEAR A SHIRT THAT HIDES YOUR HIPS? What wasn't somebody thinking?

9) Hate the swingathon. It's just an excuse for the judges to assist their favourites without having to justify their scoring.

10) Tess - shall we start calling you Tez or Teese? It's Olla, not Oh-la. For goodness sake, how hard can it be?

1. Very flat show tonight

2. Really bad music choices

3. Not going to see a good AT this year, missing a Vincent and Flavia showdance

4. Hope Sophie gets through

5. Judges going through the motions, sack them all.

1. Ashley was robbed in the swingathon, but his (I think...?) outburst hasn't helped his cause with the judges.

2. Not Sophie's best dance tonight. Shame.

3. Len needs to take a rest before he loses it.

4. Is the low marking of Susanna (aided by the very early swingathon forced exit) a plot to swing the public sympathy vote to her and away from Sophie?

5. Kevin's AT was strange...

Agree with all points. Kristina recently said that this year, the producers have chosen the music. This is blatant manipulation.

The show runs far better without Bruce's waffling & attention seeking antics.

I loved Abbey's VW.

Natalie wafted her skirt very well.

I don't get the Patrick love.

Ashley came across as petulant tonight. Not a good look.

1. Darcey is starting to grate. She seems have set comments for each couple and makes it personal, "for me" as though she is their sole audience - still prefer her to you know who though.
2. Len was too hostile to Natalie going on about her being in jeopardy and needing to be better in the swingathon.
3. In spite of my views about Len's delivery, I think his less than impressed view of the paso was spot on. Too much wafting and looked very similar to other N&A showdances already done. Natalie is so much better than that and it would be good to see her dancing the actual steps required for each dance and in hold.
4. I did not enjoy the swingathon as it was too messy and too random in terms of voting off. I think it would be better to have 2 actual dances at quarter final stage.
5. I can't predict the bottom 2, first time in ages, so that makes it more exciting, I think.

1.Music Awful
2.Sophie Under marked again
3.Swingathon results pre decided
4.So much better without Brucie
5.Natalie and Artem getting high marks despite not complying with the dance.

1. AshleyWozRobbed in the swingathon
2, WTF was Patrick doing
3. WTF WAS THAT IN GENERAL
4. Much better without Bruce
5. I hope there's a slow mo of pissed off Ashley
6 and special one WTF WTF WTF

1 AT was rubbish
2 Paso was rubbish
3 Ash tried hard and so did Abbey but there was still a bit of gapping
4 Patrick not bad at all
5 Sophie? Well, I liked the choreography.

6 Yeah, so??? Abbey is the only one who seems remotely bothered about the actual dancing so she's my winner.

1. Judges were on the sweet sherry again every time they see Patrick - the man is consistently over marked.

2. Ola Jordan - you are so brave! I hope one day you channel that courage into a screeching fit at Tess and tell her not to be so bloody rude and pronounce your name correctly

3. Artem is amazing but does he have a problem with "in hold" or does Nat not gargle??

4. Kevin - shocker of an AT - Possibly that was a Grimsby-tine Tango - horrid horrid horrid!

5. Swingathon - there are no words (see comment 1)

1- Len was unprofessional and rude to Natalie
2- Patrick was over marked in both dances
3- Susana/Kevin think they are better than they are
4- Terrible music
5- I LOVE bruce being gone, it makes me giddy with glee

1. Frustrated with the no-hold choreo from Artem. How much longer can he get away ith it?
2. Didn't enjoy this evening at all - under-par dancing and ghastly music.
3. Len was unbearable tonight.
4. Darcy giving 10s for faulty dances - why on earth...
5. MISSED MARK - the whole thing lacked fun.

1 Worst AT on the show yet. Really wish they would not do this until the semi final at least.
2 Only truly consistent pair were Ashley & Ola.
3 Mostly dire music.
4 Why did they keep Patrick in the swingamajig over others?
5 Bonus - No Bruce.

But would an extra week have made any difference to Susanna & Kevin's performance do you think? I imagine it'd have been much the same

1) Claudia was on form tonight. Spent most of my time giggling.
2) Loved Natalie and Artem, but she could have done with a bit less skirt wafting. Admittedly, that's not her fault, but frustrating all the same.
3) Susanna and Kev's AT. There are no words. I was torn between horror and bursting out laughing.
4) Disgusted at Len.
5) Smiled at Abbey singing along to Delilah as she VW'd around the floor.

1. I much prefer the show without Bruce.
2. I loved all the costumes this week.
3. Why was Len in such a bad mood?
4. Susanna and Sophie were the ones saddled with the terrible song choices tonight.
5. Susanna barely had a chance to move in the swingathon before she was voted off. And Len's "reason" wasn't a reason.

Do I correctly remember Lulu being dinged by Craig for "singing along" as "it drives me crazy"? Or does Abbey get a free pass because he likes her more?

1. The most memorable AT in Strictly history
2. Sophie's dance was much better on second viewing (also great poses all the way through)
3. Do you think that Nartem would explode if they were forced to dance in hold with eachother for more then 10 seconds?
4. Len was really grumpy tonight
5. Hope that the controversy will mean that the swingathon will be put back in the Strictly cellar again.

Saturday was about pro choreography choices (if they have any):
1. Brendan - great
2. Artem (vs. Len) - stage managed so Natalie is impacted IMHO
3. Kevin - WTF?
4. Anya - frenetic
5. Aljaz - undermentioned and quite decent

PS: Love Claudia, wish Bruce was gone more often. Loved Ola's scary move with Ashley.
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Loved sophie and brendan
Patrick looked psycho and way overmarked as per
Kevin WTF? Worst AT I have ever seen, just terrible.
Abbey ok but bendy elbow again
NO BRUCE! Keep it that way, egotistical attention seeker.

1. No Bruce, no cry
2. Len's turn to be Craig, thought he was harsh but fair
3. Loved the karaoke version of Delilah - a few wets and plenty of wellie
4. Naturally enough the standard is getting higher - wish some would put more dance in and less posture (Patrick for one)
5. Sit back and enjoy the battle of the three Wimmin now - Abby with the initiative

1 missed Mark.
2 think Abbey is the best one left.
3 thought Susanna was awful but still think she'll win
4 Sophie is still floppy after all this time
5 Len was super mean.

1-Dances were underwhelming or boring
2-A couple that were told the week before that their dance did not contain enough dance in hold then produce one without again and score 9 ????????
3-The music choices were dreadfull again - is nobody listening to what the viewers are saying
4-Swingathon was a joke
5-The judges what do they see that the viewers don't

1. A little too much MJ in that AT but like Craig I quite liked it overall

2. Brendan pulls off the choreography again, loved that routine

3. Abbey has to stop lifting her elbow....please

4. Ashley and Ola WOW that jump lift looked rather dangerous

5. Natalie and Artem should try dancing together, they would probably be rather good

6. (sorry) Patrick and Anya looked in pain for most of that rumba
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1. I'd say this is the week Sophie has had her performance breakthrough - her Tango was a very pleasant surprise.

2. I usually defend Artem's wafty Ballroom choreography, but that was a pretty poor routine tonight. Although Len was very harsh, I completely agreed with what he said.

3. Abbey's Viennese Waltz was absolutely stunning and I thought she was vastly overmarked last week. In my opinion, it deserved at least one more 10.

4. Susanna's Argentine Tango was car-crash television at its best, you have no idea how fun it is to watch it on YouTube again.

5. Who will go? I don't have a clue.