How's she going to get any swivel into it? She can hardly pick her feet up.

I can't see Judy & Anton going home for a while yet, either.

She'll be able to SELL THE DANCE

If it is those two it will be interesting to see who the judges pick - and why. As Alison struggles with her feet Alijaz is going to have to come up with some clever choreography. I think.

Anton is experienced enough now to know how to cope with a paso for Judy.

I like them both, have voted for Judy and would like to see her get to Blackpool but wouldn't like to see someone like Steve etc go before her so would prefer the d.o to between those two this week.

Mark and Simon have both escaped the dance off after being there the previous week so I wouldn't be surprised if Alison did the same.

There's no reason to think that they actually got more votes - they didn't have to beat anyone on public vote to stay out of the dance-off. Alison is highly likely to remain near the bottom and we're getting to the point where the voters start taking things seriously.

I think quickstep she would be really good at!

Think that Mark's vote is on the rise, but Simon could have still finished last in the audience vote at the weekend and survived (with Alison and Scott just ahead of him).

That said, depending on his dance, Mark could get his vote tested again soon (perhaps this weekend assuming he has ballroom, as imho so far both Simon and Sunetra have proven to be better ballroom dancers and should both do better then him*).


*Unless Mark is now the golden child (an Abbey journey) and is now compared to the top 4, rather at the mid-tablers level.

Sacrificing a goat to the great dancing Gods that Alison goes this week. Almost wish Len had had casting vote now. No doubt she'll get stellar marks for an "entertaining" Charleston with absolutely no technique whatsoever!

Oy! This is my local contestant you're on about (it's nice to hear the accent of someone who is from relatively near to me, we don't get that too often these days).

I agree with James Jordan when he says that whatever Alison lacks in technique, she more than makes up for with performance. She's not an actress, but gets into the performance each and every time - and that is half the battle sometimes. This might just be me (as someone who is a non-Ballroom and Latin-dancer but not a non-dancer) but I'd rather see someone who is able to completely sell the routine, than someone who has technique but is devoid of performance. I'd say a good comparison would be with Simon - Simon can dance well, but he tends to struggle with the performance side of the non-fast paced dances. Sophie Ellis Bextor, Louis Smith and Gethin Jones have struggled too - Gethin and Louis were able to overcome that by the end (Gethin more so than Louis), but Sophie basically had her one standout performance dance and then couldn't crack it much after that.

Technique counts for a lot, I'm not disputing that. But getting into the performance is difficult too, and credit should be given for that. *takes off debating hat*

Getting back OT: I was so right about Simon's dance, I think this is the dance he needs to get back on track - he is so much better at the more fast-paced dances where he doesn't have to particularly worry about control or maintaining anything, he is very loose which is why dances like the Jive and Charleston really suited him. Frankie I've put down a party Latin for - she needs to get one out of the way really and show she can crack the bubblier performance side (she looked a bit awkward in the CCC). Paso should be Steve's best dance - his Tango was good and there's no question of masculinity with him.

*endeth long rambling post*

Can't see Alison doing a good charleston at all.
OK she can perform and gurn with the best of them, but the lightness of foot required is totally beyond her, swivel, bounce and quirky lifts are needed to sell this dance too.
I think she's a fantastic personality and bubbling with enthusiasm but she can't really dance all that well...sorry.
The other dances seem OK though, although we might all be hiding behind a cushion when Judy and Anton do their paso........or laughing our heads off!
I Like Judy too, as with Alison, her training videos look like she's having a ball, but, she can't really dance that well.

No doubt Judy isn't going to be very good at the Paso, but you can guarantee they'll turn it into something entertaining (or not if you don't find them that fun ) I actually think she'll avoid the dance off again. Alison I can't see being anywhere other than second bottom on the leaderboard unless someone messes up like Steve did last week, so I'd be more confident in saying she's more in danger than Judy.

This tweet from Karen suggests Mark may be doing some kind of waltz -

Karen Hauer @karen_hauer · 1h 1 hour ago

123 123 123 1 2 and 3... Just keep counting @MarkWright_ @bbcstrictly

Could Mark do A good waltz im worried about him if its waltz

I think Mark is doing a Viennese Waltz because VW is 123,123,123,123 and Waltz is 12 and 3, 12 and 3 I think

EDIT Shame as it looks like the Argentine Tango wont be getting an outing till Week 9 unless they introduce it for Blackpool or Steve is dancing it and give it a more grander entrance (I don't know why it would but who can blame me for hoping) as the Argentine Tango is my fave dance but there are hardly any of them at all
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I think Alison will be in the dance off whenever now. Like the voters did with Mark Benton. He was surviving each week but as soon as he was in the bottom 2 his vote just collapsed completely.

I've got a feeling Judy just might do a good dance this week. She is at the bottom and the sports woman in her could really push herself this week. Would not be surprised to see her over take Alison on the leader board.

nope it could be either only specific steps in waltz are 12 and 3 the basic tming is 123 though slower than vw

with an anton routine

I think Mark's doing a standard Waltz:

"In the Top 3 2 weeks running on strictly is so humbling. Jobs not done yet I have to kick on and keep going. Bring on the waltz."

Alison & Aljaz - Charleston (Alison's twitter)
Caroline & Pasha - Waltz (Caroline's Twitter)
Frankie & Kevin - ?
Jake & Janette - Rumba (Results show)
Judy & Anton - Paso Doble (Judy's twitter)
Mark & Karen - Waltz (Mark's twitter)
Pixie & Trent - Foxtrot (Trent's twitter)
Simon & Kristina - Quickstep (ITT)
Steve & Ola - ? (Paso Doble?)
Sunetra & Brendan - Foxtrot (Sunetra's twitter)

Assuming Steve having Paso is correct, then I think Frankie will be doing a latin - prob salsa or samba as there's no party latins confirmed at all yet.

It looks like a good list. Lots of interesting ballroom comparisons: Mark v Caroline waltz, Sunetra v Pixie foxtrot and QS should be great for Simon. Should be a very good night for ballroom. The Latin dances all look tougher, and I'd guess that whoever goes will be one of them. I just hope Steve's paso can go well and he can be pleased with it, whatever happens in the voting.

Can't wait to see the song choices. I think they tend to be more sensible after Halloween and Jake and Alison both seem to really like their songs.

Training vid for this week from BBC site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02b5myj

This might be my ignorance but pretty much everyone looks scarily good

Thanks for the link PM

You're right. Everyone looks quite good

I think that this Paso is going to be Steve's BEST dance YET

At least Allison is attempting the swivels; she looks better than I expected........

Jake can move his hips but at times he just looks static and doesnt move them ...weird but I think that it should be a good dance.

I worry about the couples who are doing the slow dances : waltz, VW, foxtrot.............unless they really stand out I can easily see one of them ending in the bottom 2.

I STILL think that Judy and Allison are going to escape the B2.
Jake, Steve and Frankie too.
But Im not sure about the REST ...............

yep a lot of them a pretty good and not much to pick between them to be honest - both paso's not looking that good - anton and judy prob the worst out of that lot some of the ballroom couples are a bit gappy too this week is going to be a tough one and if you have a fave VOTE

I hope Simon is safe too edy. The more I see, the more I like him. He looks like a dancer