Danny – 3
Ross – 6
Silarmy – 5
Stuart – 5
Total: 19

Stuart: Wow Carol - this was actually quite good! Who knew smiley Carol Kirkwood could hold such an angry face for so long? It had the drama, and whilst there were still a few technical faults, it was definitely your best dance yet.

Oooh dear…widely lauded as Carol’s best dance and Danny’s whipping a three out!

THREE MARKS FEWER

Last weekend’s Strictly survivors Ainsley and Natalie…

Ainsley Harriott and Natalie Lowe dancing the Waltz to ‘Wonderful World’ (Louis Armstrong)

Craig – 6
Darcey – 7
Len – 7
Bruno – 6
Total: 26

A wonderful world, but was it a wonderful dance for our judges?

Danny – 7
Ross – 6
Silarmy – 6
Stuart – 6
Total: 25

Danny: It was very nice. You did all the steps in the right order, your posture was ok, although you needed to pull back a bit more. You were, to all intents and purposes, a gentleman who glided Natalie around the floor. A highly commendable Waltz.

Not bad at all considering some of the differences we’ve seen so far…

ONE MARK LESS

Onto our next couple, it’s Helen and Aljaẑ…

Helen Goerge and Aljaẑ Sjorjanec dancing the Salsa to ‘Doctor Beat’ (Miami Sound Machine)

Craig – 8
Darcey – 8
Len – 8
Bruno – 8
Total: 32

Will a Doctor be needed to aid Helen’s Salsa efforts?

Danny – 7
Ross – 8
Silarmy – 7
Stuart – 7
Total: 29

Danny: It was very nice. You did all the steps in the right order, your posture was ok, although you needed to pull back a bit more. You were, to all intents and purposes, a gentleman who glided Natalie around the floor. A highly commendable Waltz.

I know I’m particularly sore about Dr Hamela’s memory being trampled over two weeks in a row too…

THREE MARKS FEWER

Oh, look who’s got another good slot again! It’s Peter and Janette…

Peter Andre and Janette Manrara dancing the ‘Blue Monday’ (New Order)

Craig – 8
Darcey – 8
Len – 8
Bruno – 8
Total: 32

Will it be an actual blue Monday for Peter and Janette? Let’s find out…

Danny – 6
Ross – 7
Silarmy – 8
Stuart – 7
Total: 28

Danny: 1) Never break hold in a Tango, 2) I've seen better acting in a primary school nativity, 3) never break hold in a Tango for the purposes of your sub-par acting! 4) out of hold you looked awkward and uncertain, 5) There was a mistake early on where your posture basically collapsed for a second before recovering. You had clean, sharp footwork, although you didn't really create the distinctive V shape hold, you were constantly leaning in almost like it was an Argentine Tango. Overall, it was nothing to write home about.

Well I’m not going to ask why Danny why he’s frequenting so many nativities…I can already imagine the wobbling lips in face of his stern critique though.

FOUR MARKS FEWER

Finally, it’s Katie and Anton…

Katie Derham and Anton Du Beke dancing the Viennese Waltz to ‘If I Can Dream’ (Elvis Presley)

Craig – 8
Darcey – 9
Len – 8
Bruno – 8
Total: 33

Are Katie and Anton dreaming of a top score from our judges?

Danny – 8
Ross – 9
Silarmy – 8
Stuart – 8
Total: 33

Stuart: What a dance, and what a way to end the show. You've really come back from what was a stinker of a dance last week. Your tendency to bob your head up and down during the spins irritated me (only slightly), but this was definitely the best dance of the night, and one of the best of the series so far.

And with that they…

MATCH THEIR SCORE

Let’s see how they all compare…

As you can see, the differences were mostly in terms of individual marks rather than significant leaderboard shifts, but always interesting to see how we consider the Strictly judges marks!

Of course there is always the vote too and I can tell you that…


Please rank the contestants 1-13 (1 for least favourite, 13 for favourite) and PM those votes to me. Lines will close at 7pm tomorrow.

(By the way, despite what the 9 for Katie & Anton and the 6 for Kellie & Kevin suggests, that's the other Ross!).

Am I still alright to judge that week Izzie? If there needs to be any changes, I can swap, the only week I can't do is 5th December as I'm on a day trip to Edinburgh then.

I was expecting Ross to give Katie a 9.

In my opinion, that is a fairer score than what they scored him on show night.

Not me! That's the other Ross (unless I have actually had a complete psychotic break and forgotten scoring)...

(We all know I'd completely lose it at the sight of Katie top irl and score her a 76 or something anyway).

Can Anyone Vote

Indeed.

oops, my mistake!

I've just voted.

l wouldn't worry, I got confused myself!

Katie's Viennese Waltz was my favourite VW since Sunetra's last year (coincidentally I didn't like her either) and before that I hadn't liked a VW since Scott and Natalie's.

I think there's a compliment in there, somewhere.

It speaks volumes that Georgia can score three points fewer and climb 3 places on the leaderboard! XD

You are.


I'd half like to see that to see the reaction.


Of course.


Sunetra's VW was the one dance of hers that I really loved last year too. It was just before Brendan's interest in her took a complete nose dive.

Just caught up on this. Great show

And belated Happy Birthday Danny

Last night our judges spoke and they decide that, actually, Katie and Jeremy did deserve top and bottom and the others deserved to be sandwiched between them. There were a few movers and shakers, but nothing too significant…could we be about to see a shake up in the voting though?

Let’s find out!

The first couple through, topping the vote, with 10.32% is…