To be honest, Jake looked nonplussed about the result

Lets not carry on - we'd be pixie supporters if we do..

Why must people always be nasty and have a go at Pixie fans as though we are all one entity!?

I'm sure Jake was disappointed to go, but probably also grateful to have got as far as he did. People are allowed to have a bit of a rant if they think he was robbed. If we took all the moaning out of this forum there'd hardly be anything left!!

Im delighted to see him gone ...he was overrated for weeks and wasnt THAT good of a dancer.......


The chacha in the D0 was even worse than last night; He was the worse dancer left so its only fair that he was the one to go

I liked Jake's personality, I liked that he was quiet, and didn't have a constant smile on, even if that made him come off as aloof. It made him more interesting to me than most of the others, however, I really do think Mark out-danced him tonight, and that the result was fair.

I felt the same last week about Pixie, Simon out-danced her on the night, and that's the only thing that mattered

(disclaimer, I'm not a dancer, and my opinions are not educated, please don't shout at me.)

... if you forget that Mark's Viennese Waltz was already better on the night. The only reason to save Jake was for some popular dances in the final.

I've been out all day and just caught up on catchup. It's so wrong that Len has the deciding vote, when there is a tie then it should go to viewers' votes, people pay to vote let that be recognised.

I don't think I can take another week of Mark Wright's verbal diarrhoea and simpering smiles.

And if Mark had danced his VW he'd have been through whatever Jake danced and probably a lot easier too.

I thought he'd blown his chances big time when he said what dance he was doing. Picking a dance Len hadn't liked when Len has the casting vote? I can only imagine he was so sure he had no chance of going through that he picked purely on which dance he'd enjoy doing more. Luckily for him Len was feeling self-contrary. But we both said "yes!" when he gave his verdict. Jake was both the weakest overall dancer and the one least-improved over the series - either was cause to say the result was a fair one. IMHO.

Well said. I wont shout at you because I agree wholeheartedly.

Yes, I know that Mark's viennese waltz was scored better on the night but I do think that Jake would have put in a more competitive performance in the dance off doing the viennese waltz than he did doing the cha cha cha. It might not have been enough but I suspect it would have been closer.

How much closer could it get . It was as close as it could be with Len having the deciding vote!!

Why is it wrong that Len has the casting vote? He is the most qualified judge to make the decision. People pay to vote to decide who is going to be in the bottom two in the knowledge that there will then be a dance off with the judges deciding who stays and who goes. Their votes are, therefore, already recognised.

Close enough for Len to be even more torn over the decision, perhaps even deciding to go the other way....or perhaps close enough for Jake to get the votes of the other three judges so that it didn't go down to the casting vote.

I agree with those saying the Final will be duller without Jake's contribution but I had no preference otherwise between the 5 semi finalists.
I'm sure he feels getting to the semi final was a triumph in itself.

Just glad that Jake could set the record straight in his leaving speech that Mark was not then only one with no dance experience prior to SCD. I have to admit that was really getting on my wick this past week with the ITT going on and on regarding Mark being a complete beginner at dance but conveniently ignoring the fact that Jake was also a beginner. Even on the main show last night they kept emphasising that 'fact'!!

Great! then don't watch next week!

Len based his decision last week on Simon's better dancing over Pixie's, on what did he base this week's elimination? Mark's rumba was a travesty as per his own criticism.

No Tour No Finals

No, it's one man's opinion, and it's a bit idealistic to think people vote on the basis "I'm going to spend money to vote but I'm happy for Len to override me".

I won't be, I thought that was obvious.

I agree with most of this. I don't really mind who wins as long as it is a fair result but, if I'm honest, Jake was my favourite even though he was far from the best dancer. I just liked him for some reason. Definitely think it was his time to go though for the reasons you've outlined.

Very true. Jake has had good and bad weeks but his good ones were outstanding whereas Mark is a bit dull. Sad to see Jake go

Best to do a dance you enjoy .. if it is to be your last.

Couldn't have said it better myself

Only an opinion!

I think Jakes problem was the brilliance of his week two dance elevated him far too highly in the publics eyes and the expectation was he would sustain and improve on that. Obviously over months that was beyond him and he will be one of the few (if any) final contenders to have peaked in week two.
I agree his faces became forced rather than acted and to be honest some of his routines became jokes and somewhat shambolic although saying that he did do well-we must not lose sight of that. Mark though does deserve it imo-he has improved incredibly and has a real enthusiasm for Strictly and the process. Well done him.

I doubt even Len knows what any of his decisions are based on.

To paraphrase the OP ... "Jake wus rubbish" this week. He has had a few good weeks when he had dances which were all about the hips, but when it got at all technical he improved more slowly than Simon or Mark....hence they are in the final and he isn't.