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Please rank the contestants from 1-12 (1 for least favourite, 12 for favourite) and send those ranking to me. I will return at 8pm tonight with the judges for the bottom-two vote.

Great show as expected Izzie. Looking forward to the results

Wonderful show as ever, Izzie. I particularly liked that judge who made all the Lulu puns. You should get him on more often.

I liked that judge John who only turned up to judge Ore's Jive and replaced Jamie on the panel.

Lovely show as always Izzie. I was very much a fan of that Luke fella who wrote War and Peace for his comments. You should definitely get him on more often.

Fantastic show as always, Izzie. Always great seeing the our way judges and their scores too. Will be sending in my vote (not going to forget or be late this time lol).

Very kind of you to say so gents.


Thankfully I spotted your comment in time to go back and edit.

I can officially reveal that 'that Luke fella' will be returning at a later point this series.

I only realised because when I saw John's name I went back to look and see whether he gave Anastacia another eight.

Well, that was another great show Izzie.

Do you still have me down for 29th October? It is Halloween week then by the way, as I checked on the BBC Media Centre website.

Well, I'd have given out a ten to Claudia (and Danny when I watched it again) last week and like Luke, 10s for Danny and Ore this week.

As for the Previously On Strictly, There were so many good routines, I just couldn't help myself, and it is my opinion after all.

How far have you got up to regarding judging panels Izzie?

If I have already confirmed you as down on the rota (and have since confirmed again via PM) there is no way I have taken your name off and switched it for somebody else's in the meantime.


Up to (and half including) 19th November.

Thanks for that, if it is possible, may I judge one more time in the series after 29th October. Like, Late November or December.

I'll put you in for 3rd December, just to give others to have a second run at judging in the meantime.

Brilliant show was ever, Izzie!

Great show Izzie.

Are there any more judging slots available at some point in the future?

I'll put you in for 19th November.

Excellent Izzie, thank you so much. That is exactly the week I had in mind as my mother's birthday is on the 1st!

I love this series and I appreciate the effort you go to, doing this.

Hopefully everyone will have 3 turns at least, but I love it so much, it is great!

I hope this is back next year.

As we’ve just seen, time was up for Naga and Pasha in Strictly Come Dancing having already made two bottom-two appearances here, one of which led to an elimination. Anastacia and Brendan Cole were there with them, but they’ve so far managed to avoid the bottom two here…

The first couple through having topped the vote with 13.19% of the vote are…

GREG RUTHERFORD & NATALIE LOWE!

Another vote-topping performance (more on that later) and with their highest percentage so far too! (which probably has a correlation with fewer couple, but hey ho…)

Also through with 9.89% are…

CLAUDIA FRAGAPANE & AJ PRITCHARD!

The next two couples through, tying with 9.16%, are…

DANNY MAC & OTI MABUSE and LOUISE REDKNAPP & KEVIN CLIFTON!

Set to return with 7.51% are…

ANASTACIA & BRENDAN COLE!

(Standard post about them avoiding this bottom two, but not the actual bottom two.)

Less fortunate and in tonight’s bottom two with the fewest votes, just 2.38%, are…

NAGA MUNCHETTY & PASHA KOVALEV

It’s not quite as impressive as Greg and Natalie's statistic, but they have received the fewest votes in every week so far. At least they’ll be taking a permanent break from that statistic after this results show.

Safe with 10.81% though are…

LESLEY JOSEPH & ANTON DU BEKE!

Also safe (although less emphatically than last time) with 9.52% are…

ED BALLS & KATYA JONES!

Receiving 7.33% of your votes are…

LAURA WHITMORE & GIOVANNI PERNICE!

Also through with 9.71% are…