Problem: Anita is a huge question mark for the final. I hope she gets there. But, yay! two outstanding, brilliantly danced, jaw dropping routines in the final.

Yes .. I reckon at least three of the judges could whip themselves up into a frenzy enough to give Peter a 40. Some of them gave that 'jive' 8's!!??!!

I'm sure Georgia will be sure not to make mistakes if she dances the samba again .. it was a million miles a minute so no wonder there was a slight hiccup but with all that extra adrenalin and focus in the final I expect she'll be just fine.
We've had some awesome dances this year and it'll be a stunning final if they're all on song! Hope they are .. it'll be amazing!

Not really, Anita got lifted by the three male dancers - but I'm sure Gleb could do it. Other than that is was mostly Anita solo and then into hold.

I pray she makes the final otherwise it's gonna be so bland.

Very simple. Ignore thinly veiled digs at her routine; then dance a re choreographed Paso as brilliantly as she has always danced her routines.

*applauds*

Thank you.
I, too, am hoping she makes it................... frantic tele voting again this week ....there goes my budget for tennis!

In her entrance she was suspended between two dancers so she couldn't do that. And a lot of the routine depended on Gleb being revealed behind the backing dancers. Let alone all the dancing she did with them .. Gleb can't be in two places at once. It would be a largely different routine if they did it. It probably could be altered to fit .. not sure if it would have the same impact and not sure they'd be allowed to completely change it.

I expect Anita to make the final but it definitely wouldn't be bland without her.

Judges (don't get me started on whether this should be an “improvement“ task or actually their favourite/2nd favourite to get people voting (Holding back Soph's and Flacker's charlestons etc) or oust people/manipulate

But for improvement on a dance...

Anita Samba or a rechoreoed charleston (though I liked it)
Georgia waltz or a rechoreoed rumba
Helen Charleston or cha cha if charleston too recent/cannot be staged
Jay Quickstep
Katie Salsa or rechoreoed cha cha
Kellie Cha cha or rethemed waltz, Samba, paso
Peter Quickstep or a rechoreoed jive

And Personal faves/showstoppers/second round of finales assuming B'pool ones cannot be staged without change in choreo/no back up dancers

Anita cha cha if paso not doable
Georgia charleston
Helen quickstep (though gapping!)
Jay jive
Katie tango
Kellie charleston
Peter Tango (charleston only if final 3 are him, Kellie and Georgia, then they can have a gurn-off)

Edit: forgot Katie messed up her QS, she can do that rather than latin (unless they are out to get her/oust her earlier in final )

In short then bearing in mind they have to do same routines

Anita. samba, cha cha
Georgia waltz charleston
Helen. cha cha QS
Jay. QS jive
Katie. QS tango
Kellie. cha cha charleston
Peter. QS tango

That looks imbalanced so...Anita viennese instead of cha cha, Jay foxtrot instead of QS,
Anita Jay Katie Georgia for final please...

I would like to see Katie reprise her tango and salsa. Hopefully Anton won't forget the salsa routine second time around and their under/overarm turns will be less sticky.

I would like to see Kellie's tango and samba.

I would like to see Jay's jive and foxtrot. Hopefully he won't trip and Aliona won't elbow him in the face this time. It looked a nice routine so I'd like to see it danced to standard.

I would like to see Helen's waltz and rumba.

I would like to see Anita's cha cha cha and AS.

I don't want to see anything from Peter.

If they get Jay to do the Quickstep it will be a big stitch up.

I don't understand why you seem to be putting all the credit to the backing dancers, it was Anita's performance that got her the high marks... and she can do it again.

Step back and look at the contestants, Anita and Gleb stand out as more edgy and (I hate this term) cool.

Based on having one ballroom and one latin dance I would pick the following
Jay/Aliona - Waltz/Jive
Anita/Gleb - Tango/Paso
Kellie/Kevin - Foxtrot/Charleston
Georgia/Giovanni - Quickstep/Rumba
Katie/Anton - VW/Salsa
Peter/Janette - Charleston/Tango

Jay : Judges choice : the Argentine Tango. Probably the dance that disappointed me the most out of all his dances; yes even more than the Quickstep. I would like the judges to choose this as their choice. He just needs to act and bring a lot of emotion into this; This is what was severely lacking with this dance. This is one instance where I really agreed with the judges regarding the lack of emotion concerning Jay.

Their waltz would be good as well; especially since it's one of my favorite waltzes in this show . Why not seeing it again ? .I have more of a preference for the AT because it's my favorite dance and I would like to see it done REALLY well; as it should and he can do it.

Favorite dance of the series : no brainer it would have to be their jive.


Anita and her Paso (Favorite dance) . I dont think this dance will be the same without the extra dancers, They were an integral part of their dance.I dont think she'll have the Paso although I could be wrong.
Judges choice : American Smooth

Team GG
Judges choice : Their Samba; just correct the tiny mistakes.
Couples favorite dance of the serie : Their charleston.

Kellie : Judges choice - Could be any dance really...I have no idea.
Couples favorite dance of the serie; no idea but I would like to their hip hop/samba again.

I am expecting these 4 in the finals so that's why I'm not going to bother naming the rest although Kellie could be swapped with Helen or Katie.

To those saying Anita can't do her Paso in the final because of the backing dancers...didn't Flackers do her Charleston in the final last year, despite backing dancers having played a part in her routine (creating the spectacular final lift) first time around?

Yes but it was one lift at the end (and it wasn't as good either .. the first version is much better imo.) Anita does a lot more dancing with her backing dancers than that .. her entrance would have to be completely changed and I can't see how Gleb can take their place as he has his own role to play within the dance.
I'm not bothered whether they do it again or not, half of it would have to be completely different is all I'm saying and so wouldn't be the dance we saw. Perhaps it will be better .. who knows. I'm just not sure how much they would be allowed to change it as surely everyone else would be expected to dance the dance they did first time around?

Ah. What they're clearly saying, though, is that without the backing dancers, Anita wouldn't or couldn't have danced it as well as she did. All credit to the backing dancers. After all, they're the ones who lifted her; danced flamenco side by side with her; then danced on the side lines. And not in a million years could she hit those Spanish lines, the precise phrasing and the sharp staccato movements without the backing dancers.

Oh let me just add that I would be really crossed if the judges choose Jay's Quickstep as their judges choice.
Unnecessary. Dont want to see it again. I wasn't too fond of the choreography the 1st time and I doubt I would like it the 2nd time. He is doing the Quickstep-athon this weekend so WHY choose it again ?

They can choose any dance but that one .

If they choose Jay's QS then it'll be a stitch up but that would be pretty evident. They're not beyond landing anyone with their nightmare dance whilst dealing out favourites to others.
Frankie got her samba last year .. which was a dance she wasn't fond of to say the least and poor Kimberley got landed with her dance off dance!! Very mean of them indeed .. and I remember that the costumes for both girls were pretty awful (or as awful as you could make either of them look.)
The judges can definitely manipulate.

Exactly.

She earned those marks and could if needed produce the performance without the backup dancers.

I agree, wouldn't want the QS. I would love the Foxtrot for his ballroom because it was absolutely beautiful, but because of him blanking after the stumble, we didn't see the beautiful ending that Aliona choreographed, so I would love to see it done perfectly.

The foxtrot is so boring for a finale though and most of the times not really a crowd pleasing dance. Don't get me wrong I loved it ( in fact it's one of my favorites dances of them ...yes even with the stumble) but I don't think it's a great dance to get at the finale; especially when others will most likely have crowd pleasing routines as judges choice.

Anita samba quickstep
Katie quickstep tango
Jay foxtrot jive
Georgia waltz charleston

Would be final four, final decision, based on 1st to improve 2nd to redance and mix of ballroom and Latin styles BUT whilst I chose it, it may hinder at least two of them!

Choosing two personal faves without consideration to having both styles or having to improve or show progress or have variety BUT not using any from Halloween/Blackpool or too recently I would subjectively choose:

Anita cha cha jive
Georgia rumba charleston
Helen waltz cha cha
Jay paso jive
Katie tango viennese
Kellie jive charleston
Peter charleston tango

Best dances so far on scoring
Anita paso
Georgia charleston
Helen QS
Jay jive
Katie AS
Kellie QS
Peter charleston

Highest scoring dances thus far
Anita paso
Georgia AS, charleston, samba, tango
Helen foxtrot, rumba
Jay AT, jive, salsa
Katie rumba
Kellie foxtrot, QS, waltz
Peter cha cha, viennese

Anita has not done salsa yet...I made same mistake, hips don't lie was a samba
Georgia has not done VW yet...last week was an AS
Unless you are guessing they will be good in which case ignore me. ( I chose Anita's VW that she also has not done yet I meant her QS...

Think 9 to 5 had too many backing dancers
Think they won't do Malificent entry/hair all over again
Think they won't do the mummy costumes
Rest could well be, yay, Gleb special!!!

Kellie...old biddy to teen hip hop ho in the space of an hour