Ash – 8
Izzie – 8
Luke – 8
Mitch – 7
Total: 31

Ash: One of my favourite of the night. So elegant and so crisp.

Just Mitch making the difference there. A difference of…

ONE MARK LESS

He’s automatic, systematic, hydromatic…he’s Daniel with his partner Kristina…

Daniel O’Donnell and Kristina Rihanoff dancing the Cha Cha Cha to ‘Summer Nights’ (Grease)

Craig – 4
Darcey – 6
Len – 6
Bruno – 5
Total: 21

What I wouldn’t give to spend a summer night with Daniel O’Zuko…I know I am totally here for the prospect of Daniel doing the entire soundtrack of Grease.

Ash – 5
Izzie – 1̶0̶ 5
Luke – 5
Mitch – 6
Total: 21

Luke: Daniel O'Sexgod, amirite? Look, the dancing's a 1, the performance is a 10, and that roughly works out as a 5 overall. Not quite as good as the other Travolta performance of the night, but not as completely abysmal as it could easily have been. Just don't make me see those hip thrusts ever again.

Luke may not want to see those hip thrusts again, but they were good enough to make them…

MATCH THEIR SCORE

A bit of a step down, but the ridiculous wardrobe effort helps somewhat. It’s Kirsty and Brendan…

Kirsty Gallacher and Brendan Cole dancing the American Smooth to ‘He’s a Tramp’ (Lady and the Tramp)

Craig – 5
Darcey – 6
Len – 6
Bruno – 6
Total: 23

Has the American Smooth seen Kirsty blossom and become a lady?

Ash – 5
Izzie – 5
Luke – 6
Mitch – 5
Total: 21

Izzie: Of all the dances you’ve done so far, this was easily the best (although considering the two before it, that isn’t exactly a massive compliment). You still look a little wobbly in places and the lifts were far from perfect, but you also looked far more assured and smoother than you have before so well done for that.

Not the sort of comparison to get them wagging their tales…

TWO MARKS FEWER

Arrrrrrgghhh…it could be pirate joke or just my completely being over this couple already. You decide. It’s Peter and Janette…

Peter Andre and Janette Manrara dancing the Paso Doble to ‘He’s a Pirate’ (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Craig – 7
Darcey – 7
Len – 7
Bruno – 7
Total: 28

Would our judges rather be hit by the curse of the black spot than watch Peter dance?

Ash – 6
Izzie – 6
Luke – 6
Mitch – 7
Total: 25

Mitch: YO HO YO HO! That was arrrrwesome! Yo ho were excellent, shiver me timbers, you are sailing through this competition!

Just Mitch in agreement with the judges there, meaning…

THREE MARKS FEWER

Last weekend’s bottom-two survivors, on both series…it’s Jamelia and Tristan…

Jamelia and Tristan MacManus dancing the Salsa to ‘Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel’ (Charlie’s Angels)

Craig – 6
Darcey – 7
Len – 6
Bruno – 6
Total: 25

Do our judges wish that Strictly was missing this particular angel after that?

That's not a very nice thing to call Janette..

Ash – 5
Izzie – 4
Luke – 6
Mitch – 6
Total: 21

Mitch: Tristan! What an excellent routine, you showed so much fun and the salsa was spicy spicy spicy! Jamelia, who?

Our first big difference for quite a few dances now…

FOUR MARKS FEWER

With the final Charleston of the night, it’s Jeremy and Karen…

Jeremy Vine and Karen Clifton dancing the Charleston to ‘Top Hat, White Tie & Tails’ (Top Hat)

Craig – 3
Darcey – 7
Len – 7
Bruno – 7
Total: 24

Are we about to see a top mark for the man in white tie and tails?

Ash – 6
Izzie – 5
Luke – 5
Mitch – 6
Total: 22

Izzie: I’m still not 100% sure what to make of that! Erm…well it was brimming with personality, which is 90% of what the Strictly version of the Charleston is. However, despite your enviable length of limb, there was an almost microscopic nature to some of your steps. They were so compact! Still, lots of personality and definitely your best so far…again, not the biggest compliment going though.

Without the extremes, it’s just about the same (minus two)…

TWO MARKS FEWER

Our penultimate couple is Anita and Gleb…

Anita Rani and Gleb Savchenko dancing the American Smooth to ‘Unchained Melody’ (Ghost)

Craig – 6
Darcey – 8
Len – 8
Bruno – 7
Total: 29

Yeah, it was lovely and all that, but it was no this was it?

Ash – 8
Izzie – 7
Luke – 9
Mitch – 6
Total: 30

Luke: That was glorious, Anita. It was as if Flavi... sorry, Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze were in the room. Except they were played by a One Show correspondent and The Gleb Special. Brilliantly danced and simply gawjus.

The most varied set of marks so far, but still an improvement of…

ONE MARK MORE

Finally, it’s Jay and Aliona…

Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani dancing the Jive to ‘Miserlou’/’You Never Can Tell’ (Pulp Fiction)

Craig – 9
Darcey – 9
Len – 9
Bruno – 10
Total: 37

Are our judges about strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy the puhrity of dahnce?

(If you’ve ever watched Pulp Fiction that will make sense. If you haven’t, I probably look like a nutjob. More so than usual.)

Ash – 8
Izzie – 10
Luke – 10
Mitch – 7
Total: 35

Izzie: That scene in Pulp Fiction is one of my favourite movie scenes of all time…so for you to outdo my every expectation and have me vibrating with excitement and happiness the same way that Jake’s Salsa did, and Sophie’s Charleston before it…and it was technically even sharper than those two. Blistering. Amazing.

Well, a split, it would be fair to say…

FIVE MARKS FEWER

Let’s see how they compare…

Well there you have it! Debatable whether or not it was a blockbuster of a round, but that is one of the most static leaderboards I've seen in two-and-a-bit series of Our Way, so make of that what you will!


Please rank the celebrities from 1-14 (1 for least favourite, 14 for favourite) and PM those votes to me (IzzieStar). Tonight, after the Strictly results at 8pm, I will return with my fellow judges to once again cast our watchful eyes over our bottom two.

See you then.

Only Mitch would give Jay's Jive the same score as he gave Peter's Pirate Paso.

I'm aware there was lots of alliteration in that sentence.

Believe me, if I was judging on Jay it'd be a 5 (and I wouldn't be giving Jamelia a 6 ) But it was a good routine, but not 10 worthy in my opinion, I was expecting 8's, but after Jeremy's 7 Although I did enjoy the piratey thingy

Well, that is certainly a very interesting leaderboard although in my opinion, Jay was undermarked both by the Our Way judges and the Strictly ones. Good show though.

A ten crossed out, Izzie, Is there something you aren't telling us?

A five though is about right though.

I don't think I need to tell anyone of my adoration for Daniel at this point, do I?!?

If anybody else is thinking of voting (thank you to the lovely people who have), can I be cheeky and request that you do it before the Strictly results start?

I do realise the lines close at 8, but it helps me to be able to write up the show and work out percentages during the Strictly results.

LINES HAVE NOW CLOSED

In a night that saw it’s fair share of Razzies along with a few Oscar-worthy performances, and a couple of ‘happy to go and see it on Cheap Tuesday’ deals, the combined votes and leaderboard saw Anthony and Oti become the second series to leave the competition.

Over here, things rarely follow the Strictly course (except for last week, and this week’s leaderboard, but shush) and we are about to find out which two couples will be facing our judges in our very own bottom two.

Topping the vote with an impressive 12.62% it’s…

JAY & ALIONA!

Probably not the most surprising outcome of the series, but well done to them all the same.

Also through, this time with 7.38%, it’s…