I was reading the thread and listening to Darcey earlier and she sounded just like the Siamese cats off Disney's 'Lady and the Tramp'...
(sorry...can't do the linky stuff)
Clearly it is time for me to fetch a bigger glass and a Jeraboam size bottle

Voted for Strictly for first time ever. Just to help Claudia get through to the final. Not an expert but a blind man on a galloping horse could see the favouritism tonight.

Why such a promotion of Ore - he must be struggling in the public vote for the last few weeks, but they were certainly hell bent in getting him to the top of the leaderboard!

My mate says 'blind man and his deaf dog'

Worse dance of the night was Louise's salsa. Overmarked for me.

Same here.

ditto!

Managed 8 for Doti & 4 for Cloudier

Well... definitely overmarked if you think it was a salsa

It was supposed to be a samba

I thought Darcey was off tonight with her voting. Craig about right for him.

The American Smooth was absolutely stunning and the Quickstep was beautiful for me. I've voted six times for Danny and Oti as they're in the danger slot; I fear for Claudia and AJ - I wish there wasn't a Dance Off.

Still didn't like it.

It was utterly dull and terrible. I just think it was funny that it's hard to even tell what the hell it was when she was dancing to Brazil

Hacked off by the over protection of Ore. He must be in dire straits popularity wise if they are chucking Louise under the bus to save him..

Your mate might be right Aggs!

Ditto, both so good, and I honestly didn't mind how Danny was dressed, referenced 1940s/50s Gene Kelly type style for me, loved the QS and AJ in tails, no faffing just straight up brilliant dancing. Hopefully they'll scoop up the floating floaters between them

Maybe they're hoping they can force Claudia into the DO and use Ore being their top choice to justify keeping him in over her? Of course, if its Ore V Louise they have a big problem... the tension is getting to me now.

Well I'm in a minority in that I was thrilled Ore was top of the leaderboard, there I have said it. Loved both his dances, in fact loved Claudia tonight too. Louise's samba......gave me joy in the wrong way. I didn't stop laughing, it was awful yet enjoyable!!

I actually feel for Louise and Kevin tonight... screwed over by the Tango music and lumbered by a Samba at this stage; a dance, incidentally, which Ore and Joanne managed to avoid. I didn't think their Samba was worse than Ore and Joanne's Argentine Tango and yet they got three less marks for it (more I was underwhelmed by Jore's AT than overwhelmed by Twimsy's Samba!)

Hoping for but not expecting Ore v Louise. Sock it to the judges GBP.

I spent most of the Samba feeling the mortification coming off Louise through the tele and the AT thinking 'wut?' and fearing for Sofakat's blood pressure.

Due to the voting confusion I ended up giving all my online votes to Cloudia as I didn't want to end up not voting for her. So Danny will have to do without mine

He will be fine. Claudia needs us.

Claudia and AJ didn't have it much better. Nobody wants to be doing the rumba in the semi - it's a good job they pulled it off with their quickstep.

Well if that happens i hope they have a fleet of ambulances on standby outside the BBC! They would end up letting Len decide as a parting gift to him!