Clone clown said they were away this week. So let rip with your 5 thoughts. I haven't thought of mine yet.

Still in shock frankly.

1. Loved the costumes and make up
2. Judy and Scott overmarked
3. Jake and Caroline WAY under marked
4. I was speechless at Scott's dance, it was terrible.
5. Frankie deserved at least two tens, but I'm glad Craig has finally given a 9!

1. I hate Halloween week

2. Alison's AS is the first I have seen on Strictly with no lifts

3. I hate Halloween week

4. Sunetra's dance was way better than Alison's, Scott's and Judy's. Craig was the only judge who reflected this.

5. I hate Halloween week

6. The music was awful

7. I hate Halloween week

8. Anton's ' You want to be were I'm standing' had me in stitches of laughter

9. I hate Halloween week

10. Did I mention I hate Halloween week

Oops I think two of us have stepped up to the plate. Mods can you merge the two '5 thoughts' threads please

You forgot to give us your thoughts on Halloween week. Do you like it? :P

You just beat me to it Jan. Everyone please post in this thread

1. In the main, great hair and make up .....and , for once, I didn't mind the props as they do fit for Halloween....

2. Time for Alison to go please - she may talk her talk but she sure doesn't dance the dance ....... shuffling around in a tent didn't do it for me......... particularly to one of my fave songs...

3. Loved Mark's enthusiasm, he is what Strictly is all about to me, someone who is improving and having a great time ( and I say that as someone who can't abide Karen )

4. Time to stop with the faces Darcey, there's enough pantomime on the floor

5. A big round of applause for Zoe ( someone I don't enjoy on ITT ) for doing a sterling job tonight...

( and thoughts for Claudia and her child, wishing a speedy recovery )

Hair and costume amazing .. Frankie and Joanne in particular looked stunning.
Music pretty frightful .. but you have to suffer it to watch the dance.
Anton is cracking me up.
Frankie ought to consider being green and wearing that wig forever.
Hating the VT's with a vengeance.

1. Great costumes, hair and make up
2. Zoe did a good job (dare I say better than Claudia?)
3. Who the hell keeps voting for Judy (please stop)
4.Pasha looked and danced a-ma-zing!
5. Marky (renamed) "has the moves"

and a sneaky 6) hope people vote for Steve, Sunetra and Simon. Think they may be in trouble and it's too soon for them to go out!

A sneaky 11th

11. Hair, make-up and costume teams all deserve a great big pat on the back

1. This Halloween special wasn't.
2. Loved Darcey's hair and make-up. Wish she'd keep her gob shut though
3. The music was dire.
4. Frankie's tango gave me tingles too
5. So so so so sad Steve messed up the Charleston. Had the potential to be a stonking dance.

1. I hate Halloween Week and any other themed weeks, for that matter!
2. Music was DIRE!
3. What have they done to Darcey's hair and make-up??
4. Judy and Scott must surely be in the bottom two!
5. Sunetra undermarked!

1. Why were some of the the rubbish dancers given reasonably good marks? It's not fair on the ones who are also improving, but have some genuine feeling and ability in the first place. The marks should reflect ability as well as effort, and the really lame dancers shouldn't score the same as the middle runners.
2. Karen looked so cute tonight with her monobrow and gappy teeth!
3. Having said that, I don't think hair and makeup were as good as in previous years.
4. Performance of the night for me was Trent!! He looked like he was enjoying it so much, I couldn't take my eyes off him, right to his closing spasms on the floor!
5. Zoe is taller than Tess! I didn't think anyone was taller than Tess.

1. Sunetra is ALWAYS under-marked. She isn't great but she's better than her marks
2. Zoe/Tess works so much better than Tess/Claudia
3. Well done hair, make-up and costumes
4. Not well done music department. No change there
5. Can somebody find Darcey's paddles 1-5

1. Terrible show tonight
2. Really bad idea to have real dogs, think that could be Judy's farewell
3. Zoe, with I am guessing,not much rehearsal,still better than Tess
4. Actually liked Joanne's routine for once,shame Scott couldn't dance it
5. Hope Claudia's child ok.

Bit much for you to say people shouldn't vote for Judy but give a rally cry for Sunetra and Steve. Yes .. of course they're better than she is .. but they didn't dance well. People are throwing MORE votes their way because they didn't dance well and why? Because they like them .. nothing wrong with that but people have every right to like Judy too.

1. Who do we have to pay to kill off Halloween week?
2. Was waiting with bated breath to see if Alijaz was even going to attempt a lift
3. Underwhelmed by everyone except Mark and Frankie - theme VERY restrictive.
4. Judy looked fab, just didn't dance fab.
5. Steve and Scott for the dance off??

Alijaz is obviously a good sport, but stupid he ain't!

1. Overwhelming and shockingly poor quality of dances tonight. For some of them the theme made no difference - for others, the theme crippled them.

2. It only picked up with those two fantastic final dances.

3. Frankie was a total marvel. Amazing, amazing, amazing.

4. I missed Claudia but Zoe filled the role perfectly.

5. The casual Donny digs is one of my favourite things about this series.

1. Alison disgustingly overmarked. I want to see her next out actually.

2. I really feel Mark could 'do an Abbey'.

3. I felt for Steve. By far (him and Sunetra) my favourites. I just love his kookiness.

4. I must be the only one underwhelmed slightly by Frankie. Was I the only one who didn't feel there was enough Tango there?

5. Jake, Caroline and Pixie all under marked by 1 -2 points for me.

1 Hated the show tonight (a first for me)
2. Darcey needs to be removed from the judging panel - did she give Steve a 7 for
forgetting his dance?
3. Pixie could have entered 'Best in Show' with that hairstyle!
4. The Grimsbys are taking over the world
5. Thankfully Halloween night is over for another year!

Contrary to most other posters it seems......

1. I love Halloween Week

2. I really enjoyed Alison/Aljaz Whuthering Heights take and gave them one of my votes.

3. Great job from hair/makeup/props/staging and everyone else behind the scenes.

4. Frankie and Kevin's Tango to Defying Gravity was a 10 from me.

5. Well done Zoe on a great job filling in for Claudia. May we NEVER have to rely on Ronnie Corbett again. #GIRLPOWER

1. I had tingles too when I watched Frankie and Kevin. It was magical.

2. Alison was not a very convincing consumptive, unhinged Cathy and I know she is a smiley kind of person but it just looked wrong with the theme of the dance. And I have flashbacks of Artem's wafty choreography.

3. Sunetra under marked yet again

4. Poor Steve though for most of the dance I was transfixed by what I thought was a huge dog biscuit in Ola's hair

5. Zoe did well.

1. I don't like all these themed nights, especially Halloween.
2. I really liked Jake and Jeanette, they were under marked.
3. I would never have guessed that Kevin and the Saturdays girl were dancing a tango?
4. Didn't much like Pixie tonight either.....sorry!
5. I have to say, I thought Mark did a top hole job on his jive tonight! Well done!

1. Overall I felt the standard dropped a bit this week
2. Go Mark, improving all the time
3. Well done Zoe
4. Darcey's hair - yuck
5. Great performance from Frankie