Goodness me if we're dismissing people because their dancing is too effeminate Ed would have been out the door weeks ago...

^^^^^ This. And, unlike Danny, Ed never performed on stage as a professional dancer. He has worked every week and improved every week. I love Danny's dancing, but would prefer Ore to win, since he was never a professional dancer.

Go for it Ed...anyone could see you have never danced before in your life...yeah so your not great...but at least you are giving it all you got.

i'm in

We have to keep Ed out of the D/O every week though, 'cos the judges will boot him out. Would love to wipe the smiles off their faces

Count me in.

Does Ed need a boost to his already oversized ego? I think not.

Ed already has a chance at the win imo but if he is going to win then at least let it be fairly done and not through a manipulated campaign, once that happens I will not be watching strictly again. I am really sick and tired of these social media campaigns infiltrating our entertainment shows and ruining them, strictly is the only RTV show I still watch but I have to admit that this season has not been great. The manipulation from the judges and producers has significantly increased and tbh I belive it to be in favour of Ed just as much as some of the others......It's so unfair against all the other dancers and Pro's who have all worked long and hard to entertain us.

I don't really mind this year who wins tbh, If you love watching Ed then vote for him but let it be a fair win and not manipulated by social media. Strictly imo will be a much poorer show should such a campaign succeed.

I love Ed but let him take his chance with the rest of them. I'm rooting for Ore now who is also a beginner. I don't think he gets nearly enough appreciation.

I have a theory that Cowell is keeping that awful Honey G in X-Factor as long as Ed is still in Strictly.
Somehow he equates her as being an "entertainment / novelty act" in some way IMHO.

As X-Factor has to finish a week earlier than Strictly, then if Ed gets to the Final
(You can be sure the Cowell's minions look for the DS spoiler so they can fix their results accordingly)
....then Honey G will also be in their Final, but a week earlier - and may win it.

This would do 2 things.
1. Give the Xmas No. 1 back to the public as no-one will want to pay good money for her abomination
2. Ruin X-Factor forever - hopefully leading to it's cancellation

A "Rage against the Machine" campaign is a great idea - but please make sure you aim at the right target.

Ed for the Final - Honey G for the X-Factor Win

We will all be winners in the end

But Ore has advantages over Ed by being younger and fitter physically . As do pretty much all the rest of the contestants .
Ed is a one off and has amassed a huge following and lots of added interest in Strictly . He's probably the best 'pre assumed duffer' we've had in ages , so we need to strike while the iron is hot , we won't get an opportunity like this again . He can dance , so it's not like we'd be voting for a total duffer just to be eejits, and he works hard in training . He's not in it as the novelty act . That's the tag the producers and judges hoped to pin on him but he has shafted them by being rather good, very determined and not up for comedy unless it belongs in the dance .
Personally I'll be giving Ed all my votes in future if he survives tonight .

Ed is now best priced at 9/1 (7/1 by Paddy Power) to win Strictly. Ore is 10/1 and Claudia 12/1.
So there's obviously been some money wagered for Ed to win.
I can't see it myself, he has to avoid the bottom 2, otherwise he's gone. Then if he reaches the final there will be lots of new viewers who will appreciate the showstoppers by Danny.
Plus, is he really that popular ? He's still a politician after all, apart from maybe lawyers and estate agents that puts him near the bottom of professions in the public's affections.

I think if Ed reaches the final his show dance will be suitably stopping!

I think Ore appreciates himself more than most of us could muster the enthusiasm to.

we don't know the outcome...
but this is hardly of john sergeant proportions yet......
is it??

Thankyou, that's interesting I had no idea. I'm surprised they say revenue (if any) goes to charity. You'd think there must always be some.

My cat can manipulate me so I'm a lost cause.

It has happened since Season One so it constantly amazes me that people bring it up time and again.


It's Irish dancing with a twist, created for the interval show in the Eurovision Song Contest when it was hosted in Dublin.


There are no profits, the cost of the call is 15p, the same as British Telecom, who provides the independent third party voting service, charges for it.


However, IF there are any profits i.e. from calls after the voting period's ended etc, they are given to entertainment related charities such as the Variety Club of Great Britain now as I understand it.

When SCD started the first show raised money for Sports Relief, then up to Season Five, the show raised money for Children in Need and calls cost 25p of which 12p went to charity and the rest to BT for providing the service.

Following the great Blue Peter cat naming scandal it was decided that only shows which were actively raising money as their primary function i.e. a telethon like CiN itself, could use a phone in to do so.

i think maybe all in one year is a great idea


GO ED

Yeah the politician thing is a cross he has to bear in this competition .
Not only are politicians distrusted in general , but I think it is very very evident that a few people who rather dislike Ed's political affiliation are rather cross that he has come across so well . It shows how very divisive politics is and how intense and ridiculous some folk are about it , even in a silly Saturday evening dance competition . Just chillax and go with the flow .


YEAH ! , go Ed ! 🙆

On a separate point, was I imagining things or did the judges practically start rubbing their hands with glee when the last two to be called out were Ed and Greg and then when Greg's name was called out they looked gutted - or at least I thought they did

Go Ed!!!

Dancing was frowned upon so it was taken to the country roads where they had to dance on boards the size of of a table top.

I think


You realise that saying that kind of thing is not only very unkind, but will galvanise support for him, which is probably the opposite of what you want.

BTW Go Ed and Katya

Give la revolution indeed Heather. ED for the win.

What on earth is this supposed to mean? I do hope you're not trying to make a homophobic comment there.

I don't have a problem with people voting for Ed if they like him but a mass campaign to prove a point to the producers is what I find ridiculous. Even more ridiculous cos it's obvious the producers want him to stay.

Quite! It's been many a series since I've seen anyone quite so camp on the dance floor.

As to the revolution. Nah. Would rather put effort into something that would have some real impact rather than all this for an entertainment show.

I haven't voted for Ed since before Halloween - and even then I gave him precisely two free votes in as many weeks - but all this Dahnce Purity pontificating and protesting is making me want to register about 15 additional BBC accounts so I can use them all to vote for Ed.