And Sophie Ellis Bextor would have come first instead of fourth last year.

Safety in numbers with 4 equal peers and no forensic analysis of her personality and her performance after a Saturdays show. Whereas.......

Strictly is on Saturday
and a Saturday is on Strictly.

I just got that....twelve weeks into the show...must be getting old

It will make people feel sorry for her. Sounds like he was a bad boy. She is well rid.

We must remember that Frankie has not improved since week 1. She came into this with dancing as part of her day job, a stage school background and a mum that is a ballroom dance teacher.

She has improved especially in ballroom, the dancing she did with The Saturdays was very basic stuff and her mum is not a ballroom dancer.

You're post is invalid, laughable and lazy.

I don't think Frankie will win, but if she doesn't it will just be because of Caroline's popularity and not because of people disliking Kevin.

I get the impression that contrary to what this board may think, Kevin is actually pretty popular.

I suspected responses might be along those lines. I doubt there is no analysis of her at all within or outside the group other than just on SCD.... in fact a quick net search will reveal quite a bit of that.

My own take is that she is so keen to underplay her relationship with Kevin (which I am quite sure is innocent anyway) that it sometimes gets in the way of portraying some aspects of some dances. My opinion only and not any form of personal attack.

Quite possible, the tabloids like to put the worst interpretation on relationships between the celebrities and their professional. The cannot understand that a man and woman, including work colleagues, can be close friends without it going further.

I agree with you. When watching I rarely look at the pro, but concentrate on the celeb who is the one who is being judged.

Based on all the previous weeks so far I will be voting (3 times) for Frankie or maybe even 6 if she isn't eliminated in the first part of the show. Unless one of the others does a brilliant and imo better dance than her I may then change my mind. As it is supposed to be the best dance on the night.

I'm not expecting Frankie to get a 10 from Craig or Darcy in the final. I think its obvious they don't want her to win.

Nobody's scores will matter anyway.

I agree about about Craig and Darcy, they could not make it more obvious.

OK but their comments etc will affect the way some of the public vote.

Can't remember off-hand,but did any of the last three series winners top the judges leaderboard in the final?

I think history teaches us that the GBP are as likely to vote in defiance of the judge's ranking as they are to go along with them.

Natasha - 1st of 2
Jill - 1st of 3
Darren - 3rd of 3
Mark - 1st of 2
Alesha - 1st of 2
Tom - 3rd of 3
Chris - 2nd of 2
Kara - 2nd of 3, then 1st of 2
Harry - 2nd of 3, then 1st of 2
Louis - 1st= of 4, then 2nd of 3
Abbey - 2nd of 4, then 2nd of 3

So there's been a spread

I think by now most folk will vote more from their own opinions they have formed up to now, unless somebody blows them away maybe?

I actually think it's more likely Craig will give her a ten than Darcey will. If she improves on any of her ballroom routines, which she is head and shoulders above the rest at, I reckon she might get a 10 from Craig.

Darcey though that's another matter. She clearly does not like Frankie at all, she's never given her a ten, yet unlike Craig she's been handing them out to everyone else. I wonder why she hasn't, of course you could bring in female jealousy but she doesn't seem to be the same with Caroline, nor was she with Pixie.

Speaking of 10s, has Mark had one yet?

Nope. 4 x9 is his best to date.

Thanks for the reply.

I thought that he hadn't but wasn't sure.

You're welcome! I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge either though, I just look it up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strictl...s_12%29#Week_1

She did give Pixie a ten once but was critical for the rest of her dances like she is now with Frankie.

Thanks, again.