I think that Gethin actually has the potential to win and you know how the british public like the underdog?

I think he could be it!

I mean if it was an Alesha / Gethin final I really don't know who would win, I would take a guess at Alesha but only by a small margin.

Last night I hated alesha samba. Then somone said watch it now without the music, its 10 times better without the music and has shed loads of content which is why I can see Lens 10.

The music seems to be a make or break for the dances last night as I watched Matt D Tango without the music and I think it deserved 9s for content.

On paper, given the Jitterbug, the Jive should be Gethin's best latin dance.

I think the Fonze (?) said on ITT that during the group dance you could see everyone's potential but (to paraphrase) some didn't bring it to their solo dance. I have no doubt that he has found skills to perform the jive for the audience but not so sure that technically he'll achieve a great jive. (I'm sort of reminded of Mark Ramp difficulty with the jive).

The choreography worked really well with the music, for me, the music was just wrong. Most probably would have been ok if Alesha had been on-the-money but the party feel wasn't captured by the music when Alesha's performance fell slightly below par. (Still think her performance level is being judged differently to the other contestants). But can't take it away from Gethin - he rocked last night.

I think the reason they didn't 'gel' and Alesha looked lost was because for the first time she was caught looking at the floor a number of times. I felt she was at times uncertain of the steps and this stopped her being able to connect with the audience - really, really important in the samba. (This connection with the audience was hot with Gethin's salsa, which did seem to have a huge samba feel about it, imo).

My order hasn't changed, but my fear that Alesha may not reach the final has - and that makes me very sad.

I thought Alesha was gauranteed a place in the final, by the judge. But after last night, I think Gethin has a very good chance too, this time by the public and the judge.

I totally agree. Gethin's salsa was more like a party dance, which would normally suit the sambalots of gyrating and plenty of smiles, but no sexual tension or steamy looks between the partners whatsoever....(that's what a salsa should be about people....think Cuban nightclub, not Brazilian Carnaval). Perfect example: Matt & Flavia's salsa last week now THAT was hot; luckily the judges didn't totally loose their plots last night and gave 'only 9's' to Welsh boy.

I wouldn't want to see Gethin make the final. The two who, imo, deserve it the most are Matt/Flavia (complicated choreography, best chemistry and most believable performances) and Alesha/Matthew (constant high level of technique and performance); of which I find Alesha (almost) as boring as Gethin, but she's the far better all round dancer of the two.
Just my opinion

But Gethin is not the underdog. As Len said it's not where you start but where you end. Gethin and Matt clearly have greater improvement than Alesha, mainly because of their background. Besides, it's a lot more difficult for the guy as they need to lead. I think they are now in pretty much the same level so any two of the three deserve in the final. There's no underdog between the three of them (provided they all reach the semi-final)

the problem is that I still feel the votes will be skewed towards the men, as they have been for the last two series

I too cannot believe that people find Alesha's consistently great dancing 'boring' - last night was the only night when I didn't enjoy a dance (samba) and I still thought it was better than any of the other latins (with the possible exception of Gethin)

I still feel that Matt and Gethin have been inconsistent and they both need to up their game for next week to get into the final

I fear that it will all be in vain, however, and the public will once again vote out the ladies in favour of the boys

Alesha is an amazing dancer but for the first time last night I felt she looked heavy footed - and I wonder if she and Matthew have just trained so hard that she had nothing left. Her skill is normally that she makes it look SO easy but I felt last night she looked laboured.

Matt just looked scared to death and REALLY tired also - has he also over-trained??

To me Gethin was the ONLY one who looked as though he was enjoying himself last night. His waltz was wonderful and although his Salsa might not have been as technically brilliant as Matt's the week before - his performance was exceptional and I actually did think 'WOW' ... not because technically it was the best (and the judges scoring 9s seemed appropriate) but just because it wasn't expected, and he came out of his shell so much.

I think this is one of the things about dance... Sometimes people won't click with the couple so their dances will lack something for them...

I loved K&B dancing together and thought it was amazing, others felt they danced for themselves... It all depends on how you gel with a couple... I do agree that Alesha is the best techincal dancer in the bunch, but for me she isn't as exciting as Gethin or Matt... Thats my opinon though... Others think Gethin isn't anywhere close to Matt and Alesha which is fair enough on them...

I do agree though that Alesha may be in trouble with the voting, though I can really see a Gethin Alesha final neither have been in the bottom two and both will have a biggish fan base (Geth with BP and Alesha because a lot of people besides me seems to love her)...

I think Gethin is much better than Matt - I suppose I've never seen Matt and Flavia's chemistry really

I accept that people may not gel with Alesha but I just find it strange!!

Hope you crossed your fingers - look what happened to hot favourite Zoe Ball

People who support Matt di and Alesha and not Gethin have been slating him for weeks saying he is not a good dancer yet all the judges agree he is and he's the most improved. Listen to the RBC and hear what they say. Gethin made 1 mistake in his waltz according to Philip Jackson and Nicole and they thought both his dances were fantastic. They should know. Gethin and Camilla's salsa was choreographed by those short world salsa champions and if anyone knows about salsa it should be them. He was by far the best this week and should not have shared first IMO. Matt di has had good weeks and a few bad weeks yet Gethin has always improved each week he gets better. Plus he has trained 64 hours less than Matt di and even more so than Alesha. Imagine what he would be like if he had the time to train as much as Matt di and Alesha. So my votes will continue to go to him. He deserves to be in the final.

Difference between Zoe and Alesha though is that the public love Alesha.

Not particularly judging by this forum.

Alesha has masses of praise on this forum. Look at the polls week after week. All of it deserved, but be fair, she gets by far the most support on here.

She has by far more support than anyone else on this forum; and much more than Zoe did.

The final freestyle has to be perfect and entertaining - no easy feat!!

I think my order is still:

Alesha & Matthew
Matt & Flavia
Gethin & Camilla
Letitia & Darren
Kenny & Ola

I think Gethin has improved a lot, but whatever he does just doesn't set me on fire. Probably just a personal preference though.

Yes, katie has made a playlist of all the RBC clips this week. Nicole was very bubbly all evening.

http://www.youtube.com/user/katiep219

Wasn't Nicole lovely. My favourite RBC so far as it was informative - they made me see things and enjoy things I may have missed - and so friendly (and bubbly).