Or its the fact BBC Breakfast and Chris Evans are reminding people to vote her when she is on? She was even on Radio 1's breakfast show this week, its ridiculous/ Plus I suppose Ainsley will have the Charleston next week

Thanks Abigailsmum! Wasnt expecting it to be so early this week. I was hoping to see Jamelia in the B2 (as she totally messed up her routine) but knowing the struggle Anthony has with his shoulder (as keep doing it myself) it was probably the right decision.

Anyway see all you lovely people again next saturday. Have a good week

A big thank you to everyone involved in getting tonight's spoiler!


I noticed that too. He was having to protect his arm so much that it made his dance look weak. Which is not what you want for that dance.

It's a shame, since I think he could have been rather good with two functioning arms.

It's also a huge shame, since it means we lose Oti!

Hopefully next year she'll be back and she'll have a good celeb who isn't injured!

Final Overall Leaderboard
1. Jay and Aliona: 37 (13 judges points)
2. Helen and Aljaz: 32 (12)
=. Kellie and Kevin: 32 (12)
4. Anita and Gleb: 29 (11)
5. Peter and Janette: 28 (10)
6. Georgia and Giovanni: 27 (9)
7. Jamelia and Tristan: 25 (8)
8. Jeremy and Karen: 24 (7)
9. Kirsty and Brendan: 23 (6)
10. Daniel and Kristina: 21 (5)
11. Ainsley and Natalie: 20 (4)
=. Katie and Anton: 20 (4)
13. Anthony and Otlile: 19 (3)
14. Carol and Pasha: 17 (2)

I think cwickham's already done this but...

Carol and Katie must have pulled in more votes than Anthony and Ainsley. Daniel must have pulled in more votes than Ainsley.

Thank you so much for the spoiler as ever. Wish Carol had gone but the true duffers often last longer than they should.

And with the extra woman this year we've now got 8 women to 5 men - three men went first in 2010 leaving 7 women and 4 men, but has there ever been a case of one gender having so much more left so early on?

Now its time for my Saturday night tradition

Anthony V Ainsley

ANTHONY OUT

PLEASE DO NOT post the result, or allude to it in any way, outside of this thread - it leads to complaints about the spoiler being available in general, & risks the spoiler thread being closed down by forum admin

22:42

To be honest, I suspect that Pasha's fanbase is keeping Carol in as much as Carol's! He seems to be more popular than Anton, and Anton can usually make it a good few weeks in no matter who he's partnered with.

Carol is lovely. I like her, but I wouldn't vote to keep her in.

Many thanks for the result. Antony was clearly struggling. Also sorry Ainsley was in the bottom 2. Carol clearly has lots of fans.

Those with 'dance experience' are streets ahead of the true beginners this series. Shame, as a sort of level playing field helps add to the enjoyment, imo.

This is the first time Tristan's ever escaped the bottom two.

I forgot to say that I am happy that Jamelia managed to avoid the bottom 2 tonight .

Not surprised Anthony went, the shoulder injury didn't help and his personality didn't come across.
I hope Ainsley practices his technique now because he's becoming a one trick pony.

Imagine if we all got tickets for Blackpool, lol! Would love to hear the stiffled sniggers when being asked not to reveal the result!!!

Thank you Abigail's Mum. Lovely to be back on the thread with you all. I'll bring an array of goodies next week - I forgot them tonight, and have been noshing everyone elses.

I like Anthony but I can see why he is out.

Me too, but I would have liked to see him dance with the full use of his right arm.

Thanks for the spoiler, much appreciated

Will you be dressing up & putting us to shame too? I hope so

Thank you Abigailsmum.
Anthony wasn't the worst of the bunch and Oti seems lovely but it somehow doesn't feel like a major surprise that it was his turn to go.

Thank you to the spoiler moles, probably a good result, that shoulder needs a chance to heal, what a shame not to see more of Oti. I sincerely hope she us back next year with a celeb not handicapped by injury

You don't need the boys. I'll go round and 'have a few words'(!!!).

Thank you for the result, Abigailsmum. You are, as always, a star. Breathing huge sigh of relief that Katie got through!

ROFL - it's Blackpool, so you get to keep your phones...we'd be racing to see who could post it themselves first from their smartphone

Thank you very much to the mole and abigailsmum for the spoiler as always

Huge thanks to Abigail's mum and the moles who provided the spoiler. As others have said it's probably a blessing in disguise for Anthony as I think his shoulder wasn't really up to it especially in dances involving lifts.

Presumably Ainsley danced better in the DO than in the main show so in a way it's good that he had the chance to perform the number again if you see what I mean.

I'm relieved for Katie and hope they get a ballroom next week so we can get something more like the standard of her tango.

Well last week was wrong so DS really needs to get it right this week.