Originally Posted by Sarah777:
“I also said Danny very unlikely to be in the DO. My point was Louise with her ballroom will be saved over others.
Skipping a dance is different from dancing 2 ballroom dances in a row. This was her Latin week and she has Salsa and Samba to do.
I take your point that the celebs can choose, I have my doubts, but I will take your word for it. My point was that Louise was dancing the weakest dance on a week where she will have a ballroom as her DO dance, that is a luxury and Louise will be saved, even if both couples danced ballroom.”
But it's not just a luxury Louise has. Claudia gets to do a salsa (lots of lifts where she excels) this week, and gets to hide her rumba (that requires the connection with her partner the judges don't think she has) next week. Ore gets to do a foxtrot (one of the safer dances, having won plaudits for his foxtrot based American Smooth) and hide his samba or Argentine Tango (the hardest latin dance or a dance his partner doesn't do) next week. Danny doesn't really have any obvious weaknesses (maybe slower dances where he can't rely on speed to hide the rough edges of his technique?) so it's a moot point for him.
I think Rinder's the one with a tough draw, but as other people have said he's drawing dead at this point in terms of what will win a dance-off and what won't. He'd lose to anyone remaining so in terms of a dance-off it doesn't matter what he has when.