Worse it was the final nail in the coffin of a real competition as Gabby and Penny had already gone and both they and Kelly had the potential to match or more than match anyone elses improvement. Its now a two horse race - Alesha or Gethin. As Gethin has the standard Mills and Boone hunk finds his emotional side story, he may well win. Its an improvement on last year because the best dancer will probably make this year's final and Gethin can actually dance quite well, but it should have been a far better competition given how many good dancers actually started this series.

When Kelly left, I decided I didn't want to watch any more. - but then I saw Gethin dance on the bbc youtube site - I was 'bowled' over! - Yes I too have always liked Camilla (wish B&C were still together) & I think Gethin should go to the final.

Alesha has consistency without surprise, Kelly talent without limit, Brendan creativity without fear.

Along with Kelly has gone all chance of a dance so moving it brings tears to the eyes. A light has gone out of SCD.

PUHLEEEZZE!!!!:yawn:

Ditto!

We're all entitled to our own point of view.

Exactly.

But surely not unexpected? I've read posts that are far more emotional/sappy on other appreciation threads and from the title, it is sorta implicit that the author of this thread like Kelly and Brendan so I expecting positive opinions and sympathy for them.

I have seen described in other threads Alesha's goodness as shining through her dances and that you can tell that she is a wonderful person by the way she dances. Now I think that totally OTT???!! and simply don't get it but I cannot doubt the sincerity of Alesha fans who believe it.

So while I wouldn't have expressed my emotions quite as boldly as soulmate61's, I agree 100% with the sentiment behind his/her post.

But was there any need to bring Alesha into her comment at all- it could have just said 'Kelly has talent without limit, Brendan creativity without fear'. Why did Alesha need to get mentioned at all?? Or why not use another couple to compare Kelly to?

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I agree - I wouldn't have posted my reply if it had just been about Kelly and Brendan or mentioned the rest of the remaining celebs.

This is NOT an Alesha knocking thread, and I would not dream of knocking Alesha. The point of saying Alesha has consistency without surprise is no different from loosely paraphrasing Len, "You (Alesha) come out every Saturday and put up a top performance, you never put up a duff performance."

Consistency scoring always mid-thirties and higher is not a criticism. Without surprise? No Girlpower Cape Paso's, no thunderous controversy over 3 lifts or Len twice blowing a fuse. It was suggested by other posters that Kelly and Brendan bring edginess and tension and the unexpected into the competition.

If you think Alesha is inconsistent and surprising, well ......

I just wondered why you had to bring her up at all, that's all.... And why no-one else got mentioned? As BuddyBonTheNet has already stated, they wouldn't have felt the need to respond to your comment in such a manner if Alesha hadn't been mentioned.
I don't mean to cause offence, and trust that you weren't slating Alesha, but when there's still four people left in the competition and you just mention her, it may come across the wrong way.

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As you are getting nearer the finals, its going to be very difficult to find posts that don't compare the couples and specifically one couple compared with another couple. I find it perfectly acceptable in forum discussions to say I find one couple dull compared to whoever or I don't like them as much as whoever. That is not a malicious attack on that celebrity or anything spiteful, just people stating their opinion!

Alesha is going to be used as a comparison a lot because she is a very talented (arguably the best technical dancer left in the competition) dancer and considered the one to win. Its is logical to use her as a benchmark or as a comparison.

But she is not everyones favourite and not everyone likes her as much as another couple. People should be allowed to say so and gush about another couple without it being considered an Alesha bashing/attack.

Please don't get me wrong, I do not object to anyone being criticised and nothing about maliciousness or spitefulness was mentioned - I am not a basher.

I thought the post in question was a bit gushing, but would never have even bothered to reply if the poster had only mentioned Kelly and Brendan.

As another poster said, why was it necessary to make the comment about Alesha at all if the aim was to show emotion about the loss of Kelly and Brendan to the series (which I agree with BTW)?

I'm not getting into an Alesha v Kelly battle, but as you say everyone is entitled to their opinions.

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Its hard to keep a thread entirely free from other remaining competitors but I understand your POV. With celebrity leaving threads, there are bound to be people sorry to see them go and then thoughts will turn to who is left (numbers gettiing smaller) so comparisons are inevitable. I would only see it as a problem and consider people should start a separate thread if several people then veered into a long Alesha vs Kelly comparison.

Glad we're friends again.

^ agree with this totally - I'm not a Kelly fan, though I am sad she had to leave, but I definitely felt that the atmosphere of the show on Saturday was in the main quite subdued, and it seems likely to me that losing John and Kelly in quick succession, the reason for Kelly's departure, and the fact that all this happened in the week when they suddenly had two solo routines to learn, all contributed to that.

Plus, Letitia, Flavia and Ola being ill...

I do miss Kelly

Oh my god she was in my dream last night it was very strange, she was on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

And I was there as well

Wasn't really a fight. LOL, was not really peeved with anyone. Just pointing out that what was posted by soulmate 61 or equivalent is not uncommon in most threads and I bet there will be more as the final approaches.

Thanks, though, you have good manners.

I do miss Kelly, for me she was the 'glamour' in the show - the way she looked on the night of the AS just blew me away. She looks like a movie star with her fabulous hair and teeth - I always envy women who can wear a true red lipstick LOL!

Yes, true. I am hoping and reasonably confidently expecting more sparkle this week.

Ellieb, no offence in the least, lol XXX.
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Kelly has talent without limit, Brendan creativity without fear. Along with Kelly has gone all chance of a dance so moving it brings tears to the eyes. A light has gone out of SCD.

I don't understand your reckoning for Alesha. Surely you implie that when someone's preferred couple went out that they didn't vote for someone else? For Alesha to have remained steady, she has obviously attracted the attention of some whose favourite has left, as have the others. Maybe some found that there was no other couple they would like to vote for, but a large proportion have redistributed. Just like, as you suggest, that Matt would redistribute to Gethin, so too some Kelly fans had Alesha as a second favourite, some had Matt, some had Kelly. Some false logic at work, here. Maybe her gain percentage-wise isn't obvious, but a greater number of people are voting for her than in previous weeks. The others have also had increases, but it does not then follow that because the percentage is the same, there are no new supporters.

Someone with actual stats from past weeks will have to confirm true or not true, whether Alesha support did or did not stay constant around 40%. The total number of votes in that poll has stayed around 500.

If 40% support stayed constant, then the implication is that

Either Alesha picked up some new support, but lost some old support,

Or that her old supporters stayed faithful, and she picked up few new supporters.