Loved the show this week, the standard was excellent!
Darren and Lillia were brilliant - in terms of who has surprised me the most this series, Darren has been a revelation and I've really warmed to him in recent weeks. He's my tip for the winner, especially as he has consistently improved week by week.
I also enjoyed Patsy and Anton's Foxtrox (no surprise there!), but seriously, Patsy has really come out of her shell and I thought the judges comment she made on ITT was hilarious, as was the little montage of the judges reactions on Friday. She looked so, so happy to be dancing and I would really like to see them get all the way to the final. Anton deserved a final spot with Lesley way back in series 1, I really hope he doesn't miss out again.
As for the rest....well Fiona and Brendan had a really good start to their Foxtrot, but it all went a bit downhill from there and Brendan's obnoxious arrogance and rudeness to her at the end of the results show was uncalled for. Bill and Karen were sort of disappointing, I thought they were great in previous weeks but their Paso was quite uninspiring. And as for poor Dennis....he does try, but it's like a father dancing at a wedding...
I enjoyed the rest of the performances as a whole, but thought that maybe Zoe and Ian and Will and Hanna were slightly overmarked this week. I'm not sure why, both couples were technically excellent, but neither really caught my imagination, and the same goes for James and Camilla and Colin and Erin (although their routine was very polished!)