Good morning all

Well done to all who got their selections right last week I thought Iwan would have improved but watching live on Sat nite I (like you too I imagine) just knew he would be a gonner.

Such an interesting toughie to call this week...OK who's going first?

On you go then....

To remind us the dances and songs are (thanks to Hannah for her dances and songs thread):

Ainsley and Natalie will be dancing the Cha Cha to ‘Boogie Wonderland’ from Happy Feet.

Anita and Gleb will be performing the American Smooth to ‘Unchained Melody’ from Ghost.

Anthony and Oti will be dancing the Paso Doble to ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ from Rocky.

Carol and Pasha will be Quickstepping (or Foxtrotting) to ‘Wash That Man’ from South Pacific.

Daniel and Kristina will be performing the Cha Cha to ‘Summer Nights’ from Grease.

Georgia and Giovanni will be dancing the Rumba to ‘Writing’s On The Wall’ from Spectre.

Helen and Aljaž will be performing the Foxtrot to ‘I Wanna Be Loved By You’ from Some Like It Hot.

Jamelia and Tristan will be performing the Salsa to ‘Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel’ from Charlie’s Angels.

Jay and Aliona will be Jiving to a medley of ‘Misirlou/You Never Can Tell’ from Pulp Fiction.

Jeremy and Karen will be performing the Charleston to ‘Top Hat, White Tie & Tails’ from Top Hat.

Katie and Anton will be dancing the Cha Cha to ‘Pretty Woman’ from Pretty Woman.

Kellie and Kevin will be performing the Charleston to ‘Cantina Band’ from Star Wars.

Kirsty and Brendan will be performing the American Smooth to ‘He’s A Tramp’ from Lady & The Tramp.

Peter and Janette will be dancing the Paso Doble to ‘He’s A Pirate’ from Pirates Of The Caribbean.

Highest Scorer: Peter&Janette

Lowest Scorer: Daniel&Kristina

Bottom Two: Anthony&Oti and Jeremy&Karen

Eliminated: Jeremy&Karen

Highest score : Helen & Aljaz

Lowest score: Anthony & Oti

Bottom two: Kirstie & Jamelia

Eliminated: Jamelia

I think Anthony will be bottom with judges as he can't get paso shapes with his shoulder injury but public will save him

i would be happier with Jamelia leaving, but my guess is Jeremy

Highest Score: Kellie & Kevin
Lowest Score: Jeremy & Karen
Bottom Two Survivor: Jamelia & Tristan
Eliminated: Kirsty & Brendan

Highest Scorer: Kellie and Kevin

Lowest Scorer: Daniel&Kristina

Bottom Two: Anthony&Oti and Jeremy&Karen

Eliminated: Anthony & Oti

Highest score: Kellie and Kevin
Lowest score: Jeremy and Karen
Bottom two: Jamelia and Tristan/ Carol and Pasha
Out: Carol and Pasha

Highest score : Jay and Aliona.

Lowest score: Carol and Pasha.

Bottom two: Kirsty and Anthony.

Eliminated: Anthony and Oti.

Highest Scorer: Helen and Aljaz
Bottom Scorer: Carol and Pasha
Bottom Two: Jamelia and Tristan/ Kirsty and Brendan
Eliminated: Kirsty and Brendan

Highest scorer: Peter & Janette (if it's any good, I think the judges will go gaga for it)
Lowest scorer: Jeremy & Karen
Bottom two: Jamelia & Tristan v Kirsty & Brendan
Eliminated: Kirsty & Brendan

Top: Helen
Bottom: Jeremy
Dance-off: Anthony vs Jamelia
Eliminated: Anthony

mmm...Anthony is a difficult one.
I think though (for me) whatever scenario presents itself he won't go on Saturday (cue now his name up first and going out on the spoiler thread on Saturday lol).
If he scores well enough I think he has enough public support to avoid the B2. If not and he ends up in it I think he would be saved over likely opponents (for me anyway) of Jamelia or Kirsty.

We'll see. Exciting stuff!

I agree that even though it will be a shocker of a Paso (with lack of arm shaping), he's endeared himself to the public or at least those who watch him on ITT as a self-deprecating funny young man and he may well be safe from the DO.
Jamelia may not have all the public backing, but a salsa is not as exposing or exacting as a chachacha and she's definitely more of a latin girl so if she does find herself in the DO again, I feel that the judges will save her once again.
By the same token, I feel that a Charleston is more forgiving and less exacting in foot and arm movements, more of an acting and personality challenge - if done well with great choreography, it's often been scored highly (which is why I think there's a chance Kellie and Kevin may be top scorers).

Highest scorer: Peter aargghh Orandre
Lowest scorer: Jeremy
Bottom two: Carol vs Jamelia, Carol (sadly) out.

Some really sound points Nooni

Highest Scorer: Helen & Aljaz
Lowest Scorer: Carol & Pasha
Bottom Two: Kirsty & Brendan vs. Carol & Pasha
Knocked Out: Carol & Pasha

Highest score : Helen & Aljaz
Lowest score: Jeremy & Karen
Bottom two: Ainsley & Natalie/Jamelia & Tristan
Eliminated: Ainsley and Natalie

Highest Scorer: Peter and Janette (again. )
Lowest Scorer: Jeremy and Karen
Bottom two: Kirsty and Brendan vs Jamelia and Tristan
Eliminated: Kirsty and Brendan

I think that if that bottom two is true, it'd come down to Len's vote.

Out of interest, why did you guess these couples for the bottom two?

Nooooooooooo not Anthony and Oti

We'll just have to see how he does on Saturday night, but I do worry for him as the Paso Doble requires shaping of the arms and because of his injury, he is going to struggle. If only he hadn't have that injury.

I forgot Daniel is doing the Cha Cha to Summer Nights... He could be the lowest scorer.

Jamelia is fairly self explanatory - lack of public popularity!

I settled on Ainsley because I think he'll struggle with the technique of the Cha Cha Cha (straight legs) which will leave him vulnerable in leaderboard terms and I would guess that Jeremy and Carol will have more 'personality' votes. Kirsty may receive less votes but having a Ballroom which will no doubt give Brendan the opportunity to cover her flaws (/have her spend half the dance with her feet off the ground) and the leaderboard may save.

That leaves Anthony and Daniel of the lower half of the leaderboard group, and I suspect they'll probably both have enough votes to see them safe for various reasons.

Thanks for that. I do hope you are wrong about Ainsley though, I think he has a huge personality.

Highest: Katie and Anton

Lowest Carol and Pasha

B2: Brendan and Kirsty vs Jamelia and Tristan

Elbow: Jamelia and Tristan.