1 Glad it's back and really enjoyed last night.
2 I feel the scores were a tad high perhaps?
3 I think Tess and Claudia work well together.
4 Feel sorry for all the negativity around Tess tbh, she really means no harm ....
5 Ore is a bit full on in a bad way !

I'll do tonight's thoughts later but for last night.

1. Cheesy intro.
2. I can't believe how close everyone was on the leaderboard!
3. Craig Didn't score lower than a 5?!
4. Ore is a great dancer I think but his routine was flawed by lack of content and messing about, stop it Joanne, he CAN DANCE!
5. I loved the show, It is great to have it back.

Delurking to post about yesterday -

1. Lesley has the best dancing feet of all of them, much better than Naga's.

2. Laura didn't straighten her legs in the cha cha at all. Robert did, although the straight line in his legs went to the back of his hips not to the front.

3. Natalie is a goddess and physically she and Greg are a great match.

4. Ore's trousers were wardrobe taste fail no.1.

5. This series is going to be fun.

1 I love the warmth between Tess and Claudia, hugging each other, being supportive of each other and everybody else - it gives such a positive feeling to the show, kept from being too saccharine by Claudia's wryness. I really love them as a presenting duo.

2 Laura was like a newborn colt, so floppy and weak - I thought she might fall off the platform thingy. Craig was right - she was unstable throughout. OTOH Naga seemed strong and coordinated - just terrified but I like her mature personality - either the song or the choreography was dull though.

3 Rinder was too unwieldy and over the top - he needs to tone it down and work on precision - but he's so funny and Oscar-Wildean - you gotta love him. Craig was right that he was too frenetic.

4 Anton LOWER YOUR FRAME. I learned the man was supposed to hold his left arm level with the lady's eyes - she had no choice other than to be reaching up up up - and I'm annoyed they blamed her, not him. I loved Lesley's acting, attitude in general, and she looked lovely.

5 Ore was so hunched over the whole time - and I didn't understand the choreography at all (nor the stupid tight trousers - nor the high scores). But Greg was amazing! Bordering on wild but controlled enough to seem intentional, like an eccentric tap dancer from the 1920's - my favourite of all.

Ore's false modesty is already starting to grate rather badly. He knows he is pretty good and is play acting with all this nerves bull****

Hope he gets the boot pretty quickly

Len is still grumpy
Bruno is still flambouyant
Craig is still Craig
Darcey is still elegant
Dancing was good for first show