Dancing Girl, I have to 'amost' agree with you, the one saving grace for Claire is she is just the sort of partner Brendan needs, i.e she's not taking any sh*t from an antipodean prima donna, with a chip on his shoulder.
BUT this has created problems, because Brendan doesn't have to drag a one legged horse around the dancefloor, or try to keep his partner from hiding in a cupboard from him, he seems to have too much time on his hands to come up with routines that might upset Mr. Angry of Tonbridge Wells and WILL upset the judges. Never mind have a weekly hissy fit cos the judges don't do as he wants them too.
BUT for me the big problem is that bad boy Brendan is getting a bit old, and he nearly had his crown taken from him by Georgina's partners, who could have been charged with 'celebrity abuse', and all that has done is make Brendan even more ...... Brendanish and too much of that is not a pretty site... AND because he can't take it out on Claire, he has to start having strop at the judges every week.