I would have thought it was sorted between them beforehand how long they would stay in character .
I am rooting for Anita and love her work commitment and effort , Gleb is beginning to bug me now though

Maybe he thought she was going to move. He did not shout it for everybody to hear, we only know about it because they had microphones on.

I've just had the response I was expecting from the Beeb complaints department
My complaint:

Their response:

BIB They seriously expect that to be believed when there was so blatant a difference in the performances? My big gripe has always been that any judge who votes out the obviously better performance can not be trusted when the balance is more finely divided!

BLECCH!

The "stay" was part of the performance as are the facial expressions .Nothing wrong with adding emotion .
How odd that dancers using their faces to actually convey drama is considered just face pulling and irritating . Yet craig and others on itt have advised the eternally mopey and dull jay to use his face more .
I think anita's rumba will be stunning .

She's always been hard-working, and gets to the point. She also has a laugh, and I find she comes across really well on ITT.

I honestly don't know how people can say "oh, when others do it, it's just a joke". Just sounds like nit-picking to justify the bad feeling brewing up towards her.

I've only seen people really having a pop at her now that her marks reflect the performance level she's bringing to the dance floor each week.

Rooting for Nitar more than ever now.

I like it when a dancer, particularly one with negligible prior experience, manages to get so in the zone that they carry it with them to the Judges table. Good for you, Anita!

I am rooting for Anita too , loved that Paso . But the stay from Gleb grated a bit I thought
Ps . Trying to figure out who Nitar is ??

The first time he said "stay", I wasn't really bothered about it. Keeping her in character and all that.

I wasn't fussed about the big deal made about it afterwards though. That was more down to ITT than Anita and Gleb themselves though.

As for "Nitar", just my name for Anita.

I agree, all part of the performance.

Me too ! Loved her from the start but wasn't expecting her to be so consistently good week after week . It's such a shame her scores rarely reflect the work she puts in . To be honest I think the girls get a horribly rough ride anyway and that's a shame when there are some absolutely terrific ones this year that get sidelined in the rush to praise the jay act's every burp and fart and glory in the fact that he can smile .

Slightly off topic , but I can't believe how thin anita has become . She was like a little fairy to begin with but now she is positively waif like .It's quite worrying actually .

Oh ! I thought it was a mish mash of the two names and couldnt squeeze Gleb into it
Thats true , it was Zoe who made a big deal of it . Mind you Zoe makes a big deal out of evrrything so why was I surprised ? Rooting for Anita now would love her to reach the final with Georgia

It's all about that face, 'bout that face -- no tango!

I don't think it's anything to worry about, if you start thin you'll still lose a bit of weight with all that exercise. The danger is when you stop you can put back on more than you lost!

I noticed Carol Kirkwood looked a lot slimmer than I remember her this morning when doing the weather, losing some weight on Strictly, she must be making the effort to keep it off.

I noticed Carol too . She looked so trim and had lost quite some weight
But tuned into Countdown today for first time in yonks and really didnt recognise Rachel Riley . Still not sure what it is but she looks so different

Good for you.
As much as you are allowed your opinions about Jay, others are allowed theirs about Anita.
God forbid that anyone follows Craig's advice .. his idea of a good performer is Lisa Riley!

Craig always likes the blowsey OTT fun funity ones . I think he would secretly like to be like them !

I see it as affectation, and I do not like it...

I like Anita, i have from the start but Gleb not so much. I'm sure the constant fawning over him has had a part to play in it, which is not his fault i know. Im not so sure that Anita is enjoying her experience as much as perhaps she could have had with a different Pro. He is very intense and I always think that Anita is slightly afraid of him or afraid to upset him so she just agrees and goes along with everything he says! Saying that I wouldnt mind if they won.

I would be interested to see how Gleb would do with a duffer or comedy contestant . I'm not sure he'll be able to cope well .
He's very, very lucky to have Anita.
I'm not even sure he would have worked well with Helen. I don't see him dealing well with contestants like Helen, Abbey. ....good dancers but in constant need of an emotional support by their pros. Aljaz was the perfect pro for them.

Whoever matched the celebs and pros this year did an amazing job.

Nobody said you weren't . Just pointing out that anita and gleb are doing as requested by the judges yet aren't being scored fairly , while jay manages one smiley dance and his score shoots up dramatically, because he looks cuddly and anita is just another girl. She is a victim to nit picking and she and georgia are clearly being sidelined so that jay can finish his 'journey' and shine .

I said that on the "which pros" thread .
I want him to be given an absolute nightmare woman and then the fireworks will begin .
Anita has been too pliable and he needs more of a challenge .
Widdy would have been perfect .

the dream team ,

Anita's interview yesterday on ITT

main points where team and work hard

how is scoring 10's being 'sidelined'??? Georgia' s been placed top the last 2 weeks ffs...

And along with Anita has been given the best costumes and staging etc.