I think Len has managed to sneak a gulp or 2 - I have no idea what his critique was on about

Lots of candidates for the forgettable middle ground this week.

And that is different to other weeks because...?

In fairness to AJ, I'm pretty sure he didn't pick the music, therefore it's not his fault (or Cloudier's) that it was too fast. So what do you do? Ignore the music?

So Ore's waltz was as good as Danny's quickstep last week?
Right.

A bit of a disappointing week.

Watching the recaps - I am really not appreciating the awful music choices this week.

Please can we have music that they can dance to next week?

Well, yeah, true

Yes, that's how I understood it. WTF is AJ supposed to do?

It was a pretty forgettable show really.

Bit of a meh week, nothing particularly gin worthy or indeed grin worthy.

Oh come on, the mini Eiffel Tower was worth a smirk.

Tell that to Darcy

I just want to know if AJ picked the speed of the song. This is the same Samba music used by Matt and Aliona and the speed was much slower.

They should have saved that for Blackpool

Ok I'll concede a small smirk and Anton's trousers were a bit chuckleworthy

Anastacia & Danny were the only ones that lived up to expectations and Ed seemed to have the fun back. The rest were quite forgettable. 😴

Missed it all this week, been off dropping Mr W to the airport. Did I miss much? Is it worth catch up or shall I just read all the pages I've missed?

Perhaps Anton has upset Vicky Giggles? This is the second ludicrous pair of trousers he's been given. They weren't as ludicrous as the sparkly, wide-legged ones

Agreed and really disliked the music choices. As I've said elsewhere, think there is blatant under marking and over marking - judges really do seem to have their favourites. I personally didn't think Ore's walz was that good this week - thought Danny and Daisy should have had higher marks.

The mini Eiffel Tower stole the show. I'm campaigning for it to get a ringer next year. The bench on the other hand, has had too many opportunities & is due a duffer.

To be fair to Ore, Ore didn't look like he thought his dance deserved those comments/marks.
He rallied, granted, when the shade of P'Duh descended in the Clauditorium so much that even Jwann looked like she felt it was too much.
So many pros looking for a boat to Erin Island.

I think you will find The Bench (or Benchy as his fans call him) is actually just a super talented prop. Who else could have made Ore look that good in his Tango? Huh? Huh? No one that's who.

God tonight was dull but it seemed to sort out the wheat from the chaff. Some dancers not as good as people have made out.

I remember when Artem's lamppost was a Strictly star. Now he's all but forgotten - the Hayley Holt of the props.

Pfft, the Artem memorial lampposts would've done a better job. That is a properly seasoned prop