Agree she def shows promise but that tango idea was all kinds of wrong!!! I presume it was Kevin's idea.........

I also dislike short ballroom dresses with a passion

Finally watched the whole thing and squished my thoughts into a quintet:

1 Kirsty/Jeremy – I haven't seen this level of balance problems since Fiona Phillips. At one point, Jeremy plopped Karen into a split or something and just left her there – lucky for her because he looks to have the strength of a flea so he'd never have got her back up (he also looked wobbly at the end trying to hold her leg up.) If they do any lifts, she better do the lifting.)

2 Jay's mother had that SAME kind of body trembling Jay has in the first shot of her in the audience. It's hereditary OMG!! But here's hoping he can cope (or get some medicinal assistance - and share it with Kirsty). Couldn't help but notice Helen scowling as the judges fawned over his dance ha ha. That ladylike pretense can really wear you down... Speaking of which, Kristina was having a hell of a time squelching a bitchface when Anton was basking in his glory backstage – come on, girl, he's never been in the finals and yet you begrudge HIM - Anton???

3 Speaking of medicinal assistance, why in the hell was 25 year old Giovanni sweating like a pig after his dance – he didn't look half as fit as Anton (and that's really really sad.) If I were in charge, I'd order a doping test! (if I had a clue what drug causes avalanche-level perspiration). Georgina should be ok – I guess – I couldn't understand her any better than him in the VT, but I'm sure it's just as well judging from the vacant look in her eyes.

4 Loved Craig's shade to Jamelia, “You were loving yourself sick, weren't you darling.” Ouch! And everybody except Craig scored her the same as Jeremy!! I think the producers are trying to prod her into a strop – here's hoping!!! Other clues they were tripped up: The too-short ballroom gown with Tristan dressed like the house-painter with the world's tightest trousers (though Jay and Anthony might have edged him out on that.) WTF? War Drobe having a laugh - and sidebets on who'd split first?

5 P'Duh YUCK, the overdancing pocket Ali G, yet I thought his spine looked stiff as a broomstick (and I wish he'd fly off on his.) The GB on Iwan's back = Gorilla Boy (or a perfect Frankenstein if they're looking to do a remake.) Love how Natalie and Pasha could only think of their partners' “smiles” to brag on, ha!

Hope it's ok to do all my thoughts in one post...

Friday night:

1 - Helen is like a china doll - she's very elegant and will do well in Ballroom, not sure about her Latin though

2 - Oh dear Carol - it was as bad as a lot of people feared it would be

3 - Anita was a revelation - she could go far

4 - Tess and Anita need to stop with the perving over Gleb - if this were a male presenter/celeb perving over a female pro then we'd all be up in arms

5 - Looks like Kevin may have a contender again

Saturday night

1 - Ainsley's Tango face must have been hard work for him - normally he's always smiling - he and Natalie seem to have a good thing going on

2 - Jeremy wasn't as bad as some thought he would be

3 - I was surprised at how relatively poor Jamelia was - I expected her to be better

4 - Nerves got the better of Kirsty

5 - Apart from 2 or 3 people, pretty much any of the others could get at least to the quarter finals - there's a lot of potential out there this year

I think Nick Park or Gareth Malone could give him a run for the money.

Especially for you Terry - just in case you haven't found it yet!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPx7F_2WIAA0_zl.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CP0_zAGWEAInItS.jpg

ENJOY!!!

That competition has a winner already. Anthony split his trousers on Friday

1. Missed it - had to watch it on BBC iplayer on Sunday
2.enjoyed the dance of the countryfile girl with her pro -cant remember who and too lazy to check so obviously not that big impression
3.More and more i am disliking Ola
4.Tess needs to go
5.Cant wait for Saturday

Gleb is dancing with Anita, and Tess and Claudia both look at him the same way as they did with Artem, well Gleb hasn't got that kind of looks, and he isn't as good of a dancer like Artem.

1, Loved it as always, but particularly pleased to see so much potential this year.

2, Two atrocious song choices, Kellie's Tango (I actually thought she was dancing the jive when i saw her costume ) Iwan's Tango, absolutely one of the worst song choices for a Tango in Strictly HIstory!!

3, Loved Anita's dance, such a revelation! also loved Anthony, Jay, Georgia and Peter.

4, Props!

5, Pleased the judges kept the scoring relatively low, gives the celebs somewhere to go.

1. Things not looking bad for Gleb now - he choreographed a proper CCC and Anita is a performer with dance potential.

2. When will Jay realise they're spotlights - not car headlights? http://www.radiotimes.com/uploads/im...inal/86914.jpg

3. Will Anton wipe the floor with the opposition for a change?

4. Jamelia and Tristan can go to weightwatchers together.

5. How long before Len runs out of superlatives this series? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-KIxF16m6w

Claudia also used to make the same kind of comments to Aljaz - can't really blame her for that one tho'!!!


Ouch!

Not only is this inaccurate, its also plain unnecessary.

That really is lazy, their names are all over the forum

OK - I exaggerated.

I like them and want them to do well. Tristan is a few pounds over his fighting weight and it seems Wardrobe used last years numbers.

With Ola & Iwan I thought the choreography was all wrong. Rather than a mock up of an oval athletic track they should have just had a straight track. Then at the beginning of the dance Iwan could have run down the track, off the stage and out of the building. Ola could then have done a solo number or danced with Tess.

Brilliant xD

Could you share any links to read on that? Can't see practically anything on that. Much appreciated

Maybe not much of a help but....
Some old dwts boards. Mostly puredwts ( if you go to the archives of his name ). Or Google it.