It's a big impact dance ... very showy. There will be bells and whistles and prob backing dancers. Apart from the Charleston there is no bigger impact dance for Blackpool .. for drama etc.
Let's see her and Kevin get a highly inappropriate song for it ... like so many others have been landed with.

They can easily get rid off Ed Balls in the semi-final, if he even gets there.

Just mark Louise at the top of the leaderboard and job is done.

He's not paid to present now though. It's like -- if it was Who Do You Think You Are? or whatever that show is where a person's recent ancestry is traced -- you'd not expect them to remain professional there, and this too is a personal thing for them. Not personal in the same way as the ancestor show but still personal because there's no faking the effort and immersion and the imaginative involvement in learning a new art-form.

'Inappropriate' is such a cold word somehow! I'm not getting at you. It's just that it matters to most of them at a deep level. So -- for me -- getting emotional seems natural

They need the public to put him n the bottom 2 first and with a 3 person final we would still lose one of either Danny or Ore if Louise and Claudia make it!

And you can bet your life he'll have flattering music again

I liked her dress tonight

Danny has never played the underdog, amazing what your imagination can conjure up when you don't like someone. .

So you're dismissing someone on a show you barely watch - well that's objective and fair isn't it? Maybe if you watched more closely you'd understand more - just saying.

I will miss Daisy, she was a lovely contestant.

Not looking forward to Nat become even more invested in Greg but in fairness he did his dance better than Daisy did hers.

Sorry to you and everyone who has corrected me. It does seem to be more than that.

Yeah, I was a bit puzzled by that choice of music for a Charleston. But then they screwed him over this week for his AT, why not screw him again for his Charleston <shrugs>

I love Andre, he must have a season ticket to Strictly the amount of times they have him on, but he is famous for his violin performances and yet we can't hear him over that HUGE orchestra and the singers ... kinda a waste of time him being there

Greg was brilliant last night but he topped it with that DO performance, it's a shame he is being held up against Danny for comparison.

Gawd knows how a Paso's some sort of big advantage let alone for Louise who struggles most with the characterisation side of things. I'm not even that keen on Kevin but the conspiracy theories are getting dafter and dafter!

You are of course entitled to your opinion, even if you do push it on us with capitals, LOL But I must disagree. I find Ed cringe worthy and embarrassing to watch, that's mu opinion. The fact a man of his age and experience would put himself through such humiliation baffles me, but that's his choice.

However, as has been argued for time immemorial, this is a dance show first and an entertainment show second. Its called Strictly come DANCING, the clue is in the name. If you want just entertainment watch X-Factor, that's their thing. So is he improving, yup. Is he loving it, seems to be. Is he passionate about learning .... um, well to be honest none of us know that unless we sat him down and interrogated him. Is Ed entertaining? For some yes, and that's absolutely fine, but for others he is not and that too is equally fine. But Blackpool should be as far as he goes unless they are happy for dancers more talented to be kicked off for the joke contestant.

What's humiliating about someone Ed's age learning to dance?

That's easy to answer, you can't make a comedy routine out of a waltz or AS as easily as you can a salsa or Paso

I thought that as well. You couldn't hear his violin at all. I thought there must have been some cock up in the sound department.

I'm glad that Ed got through. He has made this series. He was presumably supposed to be the duffer that gets eliminated in week two or something. But he is a joy to watch. Somebody on another thread said people are laughing at him, not with him. I don't think that's true. He is having a go, is trying hard, is clearly loving it, and is hugely entertaining.

I don't think that Ed is humiliating himself at all. Far from it, in fact.

I'm in the same boat as you. I prefer Daisy, but Greg did the better dance there. I would have liked to see Daisy dance at Blackpool though, I loved watching her. Greg does nothing for me, I find him a little beige <shrugs>

And the other thing that gets me, there must a be a bond between the couples and some might see failure ( not getting through to next round) as letting their partner down that to me would be an emotional baggage i would carry in the show maybe for him also

He couldn't be heard because clearly he wasn't miked properly. The woodwind soloists had the same issue.

I had more of an issue with Brendan & Natalie choreographing so much of their dance right in front of him - it's usually more carefully placed than that to avoid completely blocking the guest artist.

I suppose we should be blaming those outside chorographers . Daisy was on a hiding to nothing getting a salsa .

Not alone that but of course he was going to save an Olympic hero for Blackpool . It ticks all the producer's boxes to have 2 Olympic heroes for Blackpool

I think you'll find the Great British Public agree with your sentiments. People vote for all sorts of reasons but it's evident with Ed not yet being in the dance off and Greg only once people want those on a journey, and those who entertain to be kept in. In the next few weeks the weaker dancers most likely go out but it's the likes of Ed, The Judge and Greg and the prospect of seeing something unexpected happen good or bad which keeps me watching. Personally if all were like Danny who performed well from day 1 and has barely improved I probably wouldn't watch the show.

I've corrected your post - please stop speaking as if you're doing it on behalf of everyone, because you certainly don't reflect what I think!