I am one of these people who really doesn't care if someone has had previous dance experience or not. If I enjoy the dancing and I feel something positively emotional from it then I'm a fan.

So to my mind Ore does not warrant a place in the final simply because he apparently has little prior experience.

I have no real favourite this year but (partly based on that joyous QS) I really hope Claudia makes it through.

Agreed, but he's got this far on merit. I think it's fair to say the remaining ones are all good. Not you but the ones that who keep singling him out and saying that he doesn't belong on the same stage as the others clearly have another agenda/motive. Ore dances beautifully they just have to learn to deal with it.

Ore had good and memorable dances at the start. I wouldn't mind if he goes into the final, or even if he wins. However, he plateaued early on and didn't reach the level of the other three so I wouldn't mind if he got into the DO tonight and lost either.

He has had a journey definitely for an originally non-dancer.

I voted for Ore and Jo this evening.

I would rather see him in the final than Claudia. I don't find him fake or smug. I think people just use that as an excuse to dislike him

I absolutely LOVE Ore! He is an amazing mover and such a lovely gentleman.

He is my winner 🏆

Absolutely agree with this.

I wouldn't exactly say that Claudia comes from a dance background. She's a gymnast, not a dancer, and it shows.

Ore has had dance training so why is he lying??

Mine too

Got a link?

I wonder who is the one that's lying ^

Prove it, link ?

Ore deserves a place in the final on MERIT.

So you think he's really GOOD then?

'Let's Dance for Comic Relief' does not equal the same kind of dance training as professionally dance trained stage school ringers like Danny and Louise. and he was never a Dance Judge/Expert on 'So You Think You Can Dance'

Why does a poorer dancer merit a place over a better dancer? I would far rather watch better dancers in the final.

You forgot to mention his obvious stumble...

Precisely.

I wonder about your definition of merit...

I doubt that. He isn't all that confident from what I have seen in the various interviews.

He doesn't.

http://www.ok.co.uk/tv/strictly-come-dancing/940161/strictly-come-dancing-favourite-danny-mac-rules-out-winning-the-show

(Sorry, you have to copy and paste the link.)

What dance experience had Claudia had

She hasn't. Gymnastics and dancing are not the same thing. Not even rhythmic gymnastics or floor exercises, which are both set to music, are the same as dancing.

I would love both Ore & Claudia to be in the final.