With the dancers now celebrities in their own right, who are you going to vote for, dancer or celeb partner?

A mixture of the 2....but leaning towards the dancers...at the start specially!

Always the celebs for me as they make the show, the others are constants... but I never vote!

I tend to edge towards the pro dancer-certainlt at the start of the series. Last year I was supporting Ray cos I think Camilla is an amazing dancer-but switched to Mark and Karen

Always the celeb........I love Karen but will not vote for Brian as he was poor tonight and unfortunately I don`t see him getting any better ...I think the girls are going to be the top performers this year.

Agree with you 100%!

Vote for the partnership, am quite fickle tend to change each year.

Dancing partnership for me too. Lilia is my favorite professional & I like Dominic too but wouldn't vote just on that basis. I totally agree with the judges points order tonight (but not all of their comments) with Willie as the biggest surprise.

Always vote for the celeb but tend to be swayed if the partnership is good. Always tend to like lilia's partners so could be accused of liking her. Nobody that I didn't like tonight so going to be stiff competition this year.

Hi Dippy!! Am in complete agreement- loved Maren last year but tonight I thought the leader board was a pretty good reflection of the events- would have give Brian and karen slightly more and maybe Gethin a little less but not really much in it!

Its people voting for the dancer that keep some people in when they shouldn't be.....

Am liking Matt and Aleesha, Kelly and Brendan (surprising myself with that one), Stephanie and Mr Passione (even more surprised!) and John and Nicole who really really made me smile tonight- like this in fact

Erin did a fantastic job with Willie and I hope he stays in for at least another week

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Pro mostly!! Then I look and see how they gat on as a partnership. I never vote just because I like a celebrity. Although it just so happens that my fave pros are in amazing partnerships that work really well! So yay.

how about voting for the couple dancing the best???

Am good ta but have had a truly mad year so far so no time to post- have lurked occassionally to get a maren fix tho!

How are you?

Back now though (although meant to be writing a history essay!!) and will be getting sequinned up til Christmas!

Hope the rugby don't clash next week- OMG!

Always do Bendy!

3 votes for Willie and 1 for John

aww Willie was lovely tonight and yes I voted one willie and one John

That has to be John and Nicole tonight , then Willie and Erin and for me Gethin and Camilla.
Like Dippy , I would look for the partnership as well as the dancing ability , the one is reflected in the other to my mind .
I really liked Gethin and Camilla's cha cha , but I don't care for Camilla , felt similarly about her and James .
I wouldn't vote for the dancer per se .

Difficult to say as we haven't really seen the female celebrities & their partners dancing in a proper sense, but on the strength of tonight's male performances it's got to be Lilia & Dominic; best choreography of the evening.

always vote for the pros - Ian and Matt all the way!!!!!!!!!
don't know who the celebs are (and, quite frankly, don't care).

haha I agree, always vote for my dance teacher

I always lean towards Darren & Lilia; simply because they are such likeable people & just like you see them on screen, but my final judgement is on the basis of whether I fewel entertained by the routine & that the celebrity is actually progressing as a dancer,

Bit of both for me.

Love Brendan and Anton so they always get a vote. But tonight my fav dancer was John so he got my vote

Pro
Karen all the way

Both really.

My fave pro is with my idol anyway, I couldn't ask for anything more!

But I'm worried about next week for them after tonight's performance [Tish & Darren]