Wow Janette is a lucky girl

I'll do what I like thankyou

And quite right too. Just think of all the money you save on Christmas cards by not liking anybody.

I was most decidedly not a fan prior to this series but the partnership won me over. They had all my votes during the second half of the series and I now appreciate what a brilliant teacher and choreographer Kristina is. I don't recall any year that I have changed my mind so completely. Her work has been commendable and I hope she feels truly proud.

I hope that she feels proud as well! She did a great job.

I don't get why there has been such a turnaround with Kristina on this forum lately - not long ago she was voted least popular pro of 2014, now she seems to be a lot of people's favourite? Surely that isn't all down to one good series?

I'm not too fussed about her myself, but expect she has secured her place on the show for next year so long as she wants it.

what a stupid quote - I like plenty of people but not her. what have christmas cards got to do with it?

I hope they appreciate it because, reading though your posts on this thread, you come across as a thoroughly likeable person.

And so do you - just because you think she is wonderful - I don't & I'm perfectly entitled to have an opinion about her . End of story - can't be bothered with you anymore

And the toys have gone. What a surprise. Goodbye.

Opinion can change that quickly. I couldn't wait for Judy to be voted off at the start of the show but from a personality point of view I wanted to keep her there forever by the time Blackpool came around.

This is the first series that I have properly watched and Kristina really stood out for me. She seems like a nice person and a great dancer.

To be fair this isn't an appreciation thread, people are perfectly entitled to express a different opinion without receiving sniping, personal comments.

As for Kristina, I'm not fussed about her either way particularly but I do think the press have been unnecessarily unkind to her recently.

A good year for Kristina. Jake, Thom, Simon and Mark all had potential and Simon made the most progress. Simon or Caroline - either deserved to win for different reasons.

Kristina has had a wide variety of Celebs and her fair share of duffers and has worked hard to get all of them as far as possible. She has the necessary skills.

I'd like to see Kristina back next year.

No turnaround for me, I'v always loved Kristina. Gorgeous woman, great mentor and a lovely dancer.

Well, it has been a while since she had a contender, and when she did have one a few years back it was a bloke I couldn't stand.

So I for one had almost forgotten how good she can be - I didn't much care for the back to back years of frantic gyrating around a pretty static human totem pole.
For me this year she has exemplified the (almost) perfect Strictly pro - getting the absolute maximum out of her celeb., who I daresay was not the easiest person to work with initially, by brilliant teaching, hard work, positive attitude and enthusiasm.