I think Sunetra will be fine next week if she does end up having the Waltz as Brendan hinted. Steve is likely to be on Latin or AT though, so could be in trouble.

I expect Mark will have one of the Tango variants seeing as he hasn't done either yet, and Frankie and Jake should be on Latin again.

Sunetra and Steve are surely next in the firing line now the last of the no-hopers has gone, but with Sunetra back in ballroom Steve could be in more trouble than her next week depending on what he draws.

Sunetra and Steve must be raking in lots of votes though, as despite being in the danger zone (middle of the board), they were both safe until Suneyra's Samba last night. Now they are likely to be bottom two points wise, they might be alright by garnering 'safety' votes. I think Mark, Simon and Jake might be in the dangerous middle zone for the next few weeks.

Me too. I'm considering myself stood firmly down. It seems very much better to be stood down than stood up, ha ha !!

If you think that getting a better deal if Len left the show, you know little about dancing.

Craig - knows nothing. Watching him trying to spin round. He NEVER gets it right. Look back to yesterday and see the awful spin he attempted. He should go to his pantomimes.

Darcey is still learning.

Bruno is better than the others, except Len.

This is indeed the case.

You can work out who may tour and not tour, plus they try to keep the same Pro partners.

Mark Wright - probable
Caroline - probable
Frankie - ???
Pixie - ???
Steve - ???
Sunetra - Unlikely
Jake - VERY unlikely as Lucy Beale live reveal is roughly the same time
Simon - probable

Frankie/ Pixie and Steve depends on their workloads post Strictly

Plus you need at least 1 or 2 "comedy turns"
Scott - possible (can easily do his show from the local BBC studios near the arenas)

The Tour producers do like to sign up the 4 finalists so they have the Winner on Tour.

I thought it had already been announced that Frankie will be on the tour.

Frankie and Thom have been confirmed

Yeah possibly, I don't know it was strange. Zoe and all the Pros/celebs shrieked that voting was open, so I then get online to vote but the voting page didn't appear until tons and tons of refreshed clicks later. I had perfect connection, so it was strange. I even came onto DS to see if a thread had been started asking if people had had "problems voting online" but there was no such problems for others, just me, they had all voted and were sayimg who had got however many. Thanfully I got to vote in time though.

I have to say it but Judy has been given the retribution for staying in in the expense of better dancers, its standard really that her time has come.

I think you could well be right. This has happened in the past. Steve and Sunetra are my favourites at the moment but I really dont want them to outstay their welcome. When they have gone I will be supporting Caroline if she is still there.

Frankie and Thom are confirmed for the tour.

I thought I read somewhere that Alison is on the tour ?

I think Steve has an adventure planned when he finishes but you never know.

If it was a dance competition, they'd all be able to dance from the beginning.

You wouldn't have a writing competition which included people who couldn't write.

You wouldn't have a cycle race with people who had never ridden a bike.


It's an entertainment show!

That isn't true. At a real life dance competition you have events for all grades - beginner, novice, intermediate, prechampionship, championship etc. Those who are beginners will enter both the beginners event and the championship event...but they probably won't survive very long in the championship event because they will be up against all the top dancers there whereas in the begginers event they are only up against fellow beginners.

As always, thanks for the spoiler.

Well that isn't fair. Can't see the point of entering something in which you are humiliated by some as happens on here.

I bet they announce Sunetra first...then Judy after the break

Yep lol....

A spoiler on the spoiler thread.

Novel!!

Phew... Fell asleep thanks, as always to our lovely thread organisers. See you Friday - have a good week all xx

Of course its fair. You have a competition that anyone can enter to find who the best dancer is, the less able ones are eliminated and the good ones go on to compete in the final.

If you love dance, competing in the championship is another opportunity to dance. I entered championships for years knowing full well I didn't stand a chance of winning but it was another opportunity to do something I loved. Besides I had a different objective. For the likely finalists, their objective was to make the final and win. My objective was to get through as many rounds as I could and if I got through more rounds than I did last time then that was a sign of progression.

I don't think it's fair because in most of the things I've participated in you have to achieve a certain level before you can enter the next. That ensures progression without demoralising participants or exposing them to ridicule as has happened on here with some of the lesser dancers. For me ridiculing someone is cruel, but I'm aware that some posters enjoy being nasty even when someone has done the best they can.

Those you feel are being ridiculed though entered of their own free will knowing full well what the challenge ahead was. Just as I entered championships in the same knowledge. I didn't have to, I could have travelled half way across the country, paid my entry fee and done my two dances for the evening in the event for my grade and then travelled all the way home again having barely danced all night. I don't call that being subjected to ridicule.