1) On first watch, 7 celebs would all make worthy finalists: Bindi, Hayes, Alek, Alexa, Carlos, Tamar, and Nick.
2) Hayes and Alek especially surprised me, as neither seem to have any dance training, but turned in quite polished performances.
3) Derek has a dead-cert finalist with Bindi. Anyone would have a dead-cert finalist with Bindi. If Bindi had
me as her partner, she would be a finalist, she's that marketable.
4) Chaka.
5) I'm genuinely worried about Gary... not dancing; he was fair (in a 4/10 way), just... in general...
6) Re: the above, **** off, scoring Gary 2 points higher than Chaka.
7) Re: Hayes, me too, Carrie Ann, me too.
8) Dance of the night? Bindi & Derek, with Nick & Sharna and Tamar & Val nipping at their heels. I'd put Alek & Lindsay in 2nd in my votes though, as for a complete novice that Foxtrot was damn fine (as is he).
9) Predicted final 3, apropos of nothing:
Bindi, Hayes, Alek.