Round of applause for Judy! Give the woman a drink and pull up a chaisse.

Judy and Anton have to be one of my favourite Strictly partnerships of all time. Get married please!

She can join us in here as long as she wears that VW dress

That was so nice, they seem to really like each other

It did seem very sincere

If you Twitter-stalk Judy you can see she is the heart and soul of Strictly backstage.

Jake went in for a Hug there and TTF just jumped the queue

Judy was very lucky to escape without a dislocated hip with Anton flinging her about like a sack o spuds

That leap - Judy is fearless!

I will be sorry to see her go. Most tolerable - even enjoyable - Anton has ever been.

Although it was her time to go, I'm genuinely sad to see Judy leave. She's one of the few who have just really embraced the experience for what it is & loved every second. The fact that she relished every opportunity to embarrass her sons was an added bonus

I think she'll fit in just fine, especially if she brings shortbread!

And champagne!

Appreciating that one Shirley Bassey can blow six McBusteds out of the water.

She's tea-total (as is Anton!)

Oh god, i've suddenly got an image of Judy and Nancy Doolally being BFFs... How amazing would that be

No she isn't. She drinks Sauvignon blanc spritzers.

Last year once Mark and Ben and, to a lesser extent, Patrick left the show, I felt a bit of the heart went out of the show and we were left with a ringah final that was hard to get worked up about. The year before I started out cool towards Louis but warmed to him as, although gymnastics gave him an advantageous skillset, it became clear he wasn't dance-trained. I felt very partisan about him and Michael Vaughn. I'm starting to get a sinking feeling that the dance-off is going to make this year very predictable and ringah-y and it's all going to be a bit ho-hum again. Are we ever going to get another Ramps or is it stage-schoolers all the way?

I think that's why we had the whole series 3 reprise of 'it's harder for boys' last week and the overhyping of Mark-the-storyline-novice

None of Abbey, Susanna and Sophie were ringers though? Certainly less than Patrick was anyway.

Was that before or after Brendan barged in? (wink smiley)

Abbey had a dance lesson with Brendan on BNTM

It wasn't only my teeth - it was everything else.

Can I unappreciate having to open up my ignore list once again . For heavens sake there are only so many capitalised thread a DOT can take

Perhaps you're right. The only ones left in who haven't had stage school/dance/movement as far as I can see are Simon, Sunetra and Steve and probably Jake. Wish they would all shut up about Mark - it is getting boring.

She certainly will - and I hope she continues to look glamorous. I never realized how pretty she really is - I've only ever seen her in trainers and track suits or trousers and tops.