Agree with this list totally, except I quite like the AT as long as I don't think of it as an AT.

The salsa doesn't get much of a mention but for me, it was the most undermarked dance of the series. It's so hard to keep that rhythm going and he did that so well. Some of the pros don't even manage it!

You look at that salsa that got 36 and then you look at the dances that scored more and in some cases *cough40tangocough* you want to cry

Saw them this past year they were glorious

Sad that's it's a bit of a forced hiatus but Dilly was on the radio about 2 months ago saying things were going well and they hoped to be together working soon, Dilly was doing some solo work, the youngest newest member is doing theatre work somewhere.

As I recall I got a bit over-vehement the night of the salsa. This may have coincided with me drinking copious amounts of alcohol. That said, if you ask me what pisses me off most about this series, it certainly won't be the jive not getting 40. That dance will pass into the annals of Strictly history whatever. It won't be the crap from the final either (although that does piss me off), it will be bloody Blackpool.

Jay finished fourth on that bloody leaderboard. He was bloody brilliant. Absolutely better than those above him in every respect, particularly the most important aspect - dancing.

I guess I'm still over-vehement but I honestly think that was among the best salsas ever on Strictly (cough Abbey effing Clancy's half-arsed disco effort got bloody 40 cough).

That's the problem with them trying to make out it was a 'tight competition and anyone could win, top 4 have all topped the leaderboard' - some of the best dances were undermarked. - or at the very least in the wrong position on the leaderboard. Which, I think, actually does the show more of a disservice than almost anything else.

I think this year has been the one where the leaderboard machinations were the most obvious. It was almost possible to predict the couples positions depending on who they wanted in the dance off/out and sometimes that didn't tally with the actual performances.

Unappreciating Robin Windsor sounding off in Kelliewazrobbed vein (BT website). Why do the BBC keep resurrecting these has-been dancers, especially when they are as orange and botoxed and hair-dyed and intellectually challenged as RW? The thought of him and funnity-fun Alison H dancing in the Christmas special is too too awful.

Yes, because I'll take notice of someone who's entire choreography bag of tricks seemed to be side by bloody side jazz hands, and I will NEVER forgive him for stuffing up Debroah Meaden's bloody dance so badly she went out too soon. I haven't forgotten the shoe sniffing either. Yeah, he would like manic, knees round ears, gurn, gurn, gurn *Epic Aliona eye roll*

Robin is also of the - hey, they can't see your face in the next county, you're not emoting school of dancing.

Is it on the syllabus for Learning How To Be a Pro Dancer? Ballroom, Latin, with after school gurning and jazz hands? I know the pro faces have always had a tendency to veer towards the slightly scary, but I remember when La Hardy was the exception rather than the rule.

Now it's bum so far out it makes Brendan look straight backed, knees up, eyes wide, mouth open and lyric yelling all the way.

Well, entertaining myself at work this morning I was watching some youtube of Adam Garcia, Kimberly Wyatt and Diversity dancing, odd how none of them feel the need to YELL at me with their faces whilst dancing
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Hey all, just delurking to thoroughly unappreciate people who are connected with the show saying the wrong person won.

From Craig bliddy RH to Robin they are spouting their crap in an effort to make themselves and their opinions seem more important. Any respect I had for CRH has evaporated this series - all the hoohah about him giving anyone a 10. Pshaw! I swear he sucks lemons for breakfast.

We don't all want every dance to be From Here to E-gurnity.

I shall miss OurLeona, her lack of the gurn and her rolling eyes. We're going to end up with a strictly full of showdancers aren't we?

Look what they done to our show Ma.

Oh yeah, can't see it going any other way. Think next year I'll be watching with little more then mild curiosity and a complete point and laugh mentality (unless Nat's back and she gets a 'Jay' maybe).

The show dances next year are going to be utterly manic aren't they

Raising a glass to OurLeona. What a dancer. I'm really going to miss her. We're probably going to get a Karen/Janette type replacement, and they have their role to play on the show, fine, but too many of them doesn't really appeal. Bring back Iveta!

I'm sick of the Kelliewuzrobbed articles now from everyone and their mother. It was a public vote and the public voted for the best dancer across the whole series. It's the least controversial thing ever! I bet she came 3rd as well.

3 CDs of ballroom music and pretty sure that we won't find "My Generation" or "You really got me" on any of them...

I think that was what irritated me most about those judges choices dances. They choose 2 with music so inappropriate that they were never going to enjoyable.
(still scored 40 though...)

Had she heard Richard Madley on Friday's ITT and seen her future!

Unappreciating the loss of OurLeona.

I thought she was fantastic this year on Strictly. Possibly the last of the all rounders. She reminded me so much of Flavia - did things her way, was diplomatic most of the time and when her mind was engaged, some fantastic choreography.

I hope, unless she is pregnant by then, that she returns with Jay for the champions dance. Actually I'm not sure he will be back unless she is.

Beige, yep Alli. Jay was like a Radiohead indy kid his bedroom for those dances with the judges carping, 'can't you be more cheerful, look at your sister!'

I did like the AT if, as Sabbatical said, you don't think of it as an AT.


Couldn't agree more but it's not the first or last time the best dancer didn't get a 40 and mystified the 'judges'.

You can see why OurLeona left, how could she do more. I do think Jay and her had a special connection and even if she might have been tempted to stay the final weeks with Jay probably cemented her decision, how could she top that!

I think the Guardian blog said the same, bloody awful music for a final. I know they're trying to get the 'kids' into Strictly but what about actually helping the celebs with their dances. I'm going to guess that any amateur could create better attitude with appropriate music. I mean even I can throw a Paso shape if I hear a bit o' Spanish flamenco. It ain't science of the rocket kind.

Ha ha - I had that thought too. He would have had it in his contract if he ever gave in and signed up. **shudders** at the thought of letting RM near her 'business parts' as Jay described them

Somewhere, someone in the Strictly casting office is cancelling their calls to RM's agent and asking if anyone knows how to get hold of Eamon Holmes.

Seriously why doesn't the BBC just kill the show already, you make the final a gloomiest, lecture the public that they chose the " wrong " winner in every way they can, turn it into the Clifton show who before this show other than Joanne were provincial nobodies.

If you don't want us to watch we won't.

Fed up with the bitter aftertaste of this final.

Get it right BBC this is a show for people to enjoy a feel good show, so don't make people unhappy.

Incidentally completely unappreciating finding out Joanne started the cries of 10 for her brother, really bad form! Bad form all round!

I unappreciate only finding inspiration for the IKEA thread after the series is finished and no-one is interested!

Yep, really bad form. Did you see the post quoting someone who was at the recording and said that the tv sound didn't reflect what was happening in the audience? They had a way of whooping up the crowd that meant by the time they got to Kellie everyone was really cheering with no inhibitions. However, the audience were really behind Jay.

Trying to get the 'kids' into SCD, so they chose two tracks from the 60s? They just can't pick good music, recent or not.

(And I love both tracks. But quicksteps they ain't.)

Didn't see that post, but I'm not surprised. Also very not surprised that it was Joanne starting the whooping. Seriously, I know he's your brother, but that was unneeded.

Absolutely! This has beens ever of the most tetchy series ever between the judges and the public and I don't think we'll ever get that affection back. If it continues, we'll end up voting just to piss the judges off

Don't tell us what to do, don't overmark your favourites and undermark ours just to make it seem like the competition is close.

Don't ignore some things in one couple and then berate another couple for doing exactly the same.

Don't save someone and put them through to the final just to then pull them to pieces and create a bad atmosphere in that final

Don't use the leaderboard to protect certain dancers who don't have the public vote, we're not stupid we can see you're doing it

Don't lecture us on who we vote for, we have to put up with far more from you dear judges