Could see that anyone had done this thread so:

Alesha QS - 10, loved it
Matt AT - 8, little bit stilted
Gethin Paso - 9 we liked it in our house
Alesha AT - 9, agreed with Craig
Matt Waltz - 10, fab
Gethin AT - 8 not keen

Alesha: QS - 10, great
AT - 9
Matt: AT - 8
Waltz - 9
Gethin: Paso - 7
AT - 8

Here's Mine

Alesha
Quick Step = 10 (Fantastic)
AT = 9 (A Real AT)
Total = 19/20

Matt
AT = 8 (Really Weak Concidering He's With An AT Champion)
W = 9 (Good But Not Fantastic)
Total = 17/20

Gethin
PD = 8 (Gr8 But A Bit Too Much)
AT = 9 (Gr8 But Not As Good As The Ramps)
Total = 17/20

Alesha
QS- 10
AT- 9.5

Matt
AT- 8
W- 9.5 (prefered Gethins)

Gethin
Paso- 9
AT- 10 (best of the night)

Alesha:
Quickstep - 10
AT - 9

Matt:
AT - 8
Waltz - 9

Gethin:
Paso - 8
AT - 9

Alesha

QS: My favourite dance of the night. - 9.5
AT: Good, but I thought it'd be better. - 9

Matt

W: I actually didn't mind this, but crazy marking... - 9.
AT: Actually quite weak, I thought - 8.

Gethin

PD: Not brilliant, but it wasn't awful. Not a ten, though. - 8
AT: Best AT for me. - 9.5

Alesha:

Quickstep-9 Lovely really liked it
AT 9-superb(as an aside...how hot was Matthew Cutler?)

= 18



Matt:
AT-8- good but my least favourite of the night
Waltz 9- really really good but not 4 10's

= 17


Gethin:
Paso 8.5 I liked it but I still prefer Tish's
AT- 9.5 Best of the night

=18

actually a very very good semi

Alesha: QS - 9 One of her most entertaining routines for me!
AT - 7 Didn't really like it ... wasn't grounded enough but she looked tres gorgeous in that red.

Gethin: Paso - 8.75 Felt the chreography didn't gel with the music through the middle section of the dance a wee bit. The using camilla-as-a-cape section I really I loved. One of the few male paso's were I felt the guy was really driving the dance.

AT - 8 I thought he expressed the connection in the dance really well. I know not everyone agrees but I really like his chemistry with Camilla.

Matt:

AT - 6.95 Really disappointing as I could see Flavia had put together a great routine, he was hesitant and it looked like she was leading him.

Waltz - 8.95 It was good but I never felt he relaxed into it... could see the cogs wirring a bit still... lacked that wee bit extra something for me.. (Not a patch on his performance levels in say the Salsa or his Quickstep for example)

Aleshas quickstep - 10 It was fab. I couldnt see any footwork problems and it was a fun dance.

Aleshas AT - 8 It was good but not great

Matts AT 7,5 was expecting a lot better. I thought it would be his wow dance with him having flavia as a partner.

Matt waltz- 9 beautiful dance but not worth 4 x10s IMO

Gethin paso- 7.5 - not great. Was suprised by Lens 10 but i always thought it would be a tough dance for Gethin

Gethins AT 9. Fantastic. Best AT of the night for me and undermarked IMO

lol - people are dishing out very strange whole numbers here I'm going to try and mark without half marks:

Alesha
Quickstep: 9 (great, but didn't have much wow factor)
AT: 8 (thought she coped superbly well but the routine I found lacked a bit of fire. Music didn't help)

=17

Matt
Waltz: 9 (brilliant - but he seemed a *bit* too nervous)
AT: 7 (Flavia was brilliant, choreography was great but Matt didn't do too much)

=16

Gethin
Paso: 7 (a mix for me like Arlene had said; some parts were really good, some were not so)
AT: 8 (best AT of the night but wasn't overly exciting)

=15

Alesha: QS: 9
AT 9

Matt: At 7
Waltz 9

Gethin: Paso 8
AT 9

Alesha QS 8
AT 8 don't think choreography stretched her and Matt not the greatest at AT

Matt
Waltz 8
AT 7.5 did nothing wrong

Geth
PD 7.5 good try, choregraphy not great
AT 8 commendable

Totals
Alesha 16 certainly can do better
Matt
15.5 peaked?
Geth
15.5 not too hot

Hmm, may be over generous...

Yep...I agree.

Alesha:
Quickstep: 9.5
Argentine Tango: 9

Total: 18.5

Matt:
Waltz: 9
Argentine Tango: 7.5

Total: 16.5

Gethin:
Paso Doble: 7.5
Argentine Tango: 9

Total: 16.5

I thought Gethin and Matt were about equal tonight.

Mattt and Flav walz - 10 (the rise and fall, the interplay, the hands, the music, the body contact, it was all there, aswell as a performance that emotionally connected with me)

Their AT - 8.5 - Good, but not wow.

Alesha Matt QS - 9 technically good, but was not wow.

AT - 8 - It was ok, was expecting more, she performed well though.

Gethin Cammilla Paso - 7, didn't get it at all...the music and the flashing lights, just. Didnt understand it.

AT - 8.95 the mood was right, and i liked the music the choreography was good. Best one of the night.

Alesha:
QS - 10; brilliantly performed complex routine (again)
AT - 9; extremely good for a female amatuer, passionate

Gethin:
PD - 8; each part looked fine - more or less - but it didn't flow
AT - 9; ticked nearly every box, suprisingly passionate, good job Camilla

Matt:
AT - 7; tentative and poor footwork, worst dance of the night
W - 9; confident, well performed and joins this years list of good waltzes

Alesha
Quickstep; 9.5
Argentine Tango; 9
Total = 18.5

Gethin
Paso Doble; 8
Argentine Tango; 9.5
Total = 17.5

Matt
Waltz; 9 (Overmarked By The Judges!)
Argentine Tango; 7
Total = 16

Alesha & Matthew

Quickstep - 9
Lots of difficult steps in here. She did very well. Still found the feet untidy in places and I wasn't sure if she had gone wrong in one section.. seemed like she wanted to break away before Matt did in the last section and lost the body connection.

Argentine Tango 8
I thought the drama of the dance was fabulous. Loved the story... but I'm with Craig on the backward walks.. most walks in fact.. the legs didn't seem to finish the line off and didn't look elegant enough.

Matt & Flavia

Argentine Tango 7
I was just relived he got through the dance as I'm sure the rest of the nation were... but I was counting steps with him.. and didn't feel that he was really performing the dance. It was a careful performance of the steps but not a performance to the audience.

Waltz 10
I'm saying 10. It surprised me. I loved it. It brought me to tears. I didn't think he was capable of doing a Ballroom dance to that standard.. loved it. Also loved the choreography. He really knew what he was doing.. looked like he was loving it.. and it was an amazing performance.

Gethin & Camilla

Paso Doble 10
I loved this. I loved the choregraphy.. the use of Camilla as the cape was highlighted. I loved that Gethin was in command of the dance... he really lead Camilla and dominated the floor.. I don't however think the music was a great choice.

Argentine Tango 9
I thought Gethin executed the Argentine Tango the best of all the celebrities. His passion and emotion with Camilla was evident.. he was so controlled with his movements and danced beautifully. Again I didn't care much for the music choice.

Well there's my tuppence

Judge Peach
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Alesha QS: 10 (thought it was gr8)
Alesha AT: 9

Matt AT: 9 (loved flavias chorography, took a mark off for Matt showing his nerves again, otherwise would have been 10)
Matt waltz: 9 ( Loved it but not as good as Alesha's Waltz)

Gethin AT 8 ( choreography not as exciting as Matt's or Flavia's)
Gethin PD 8 ( Didn't wow me as Paso usually does)

Alesha 19/20
Matt 18/20
Gethin 16/20

Look's like I agreed with the judges on plaicngs and proportion of scores!

Alesha: 9+9
Matt:7+8
Gethin: 8+9

Here we go:
Round One

Alesha and Matthew- Quickstep 10 Amazing. If this dance wasn't 40 I don't know what is. It was flawless, I couldn't see any part I didn't enjoy and there were no mistakes, her footwork was as sharp as a needle! Fantastic!

Matt and Flavia- Argentine Tango 8 Hmmm.. For me it lacked attack and sharpness. Their interaction could have been stronger I think, and there were a few minor mistakes in the feet, and it was a bit flat, lacked wow factor.

Gethin and Camilla- Paso Doble 8 Like the judges daid, a mix- great in some parts, flat in others. The energy and power was all there but it could have been technically stronger for me.

Round Two

Alesha and Matthew- Argentine Tango 10 Although this ance wasn't as imapcting as Mark and Karens for example, I was drawn in with the intimacy and delicate sublety. It was a great interpretation of the Argentine Tango. It wasn't all raunch and seduction, it was subtle and delicate. I'm no expert in this dance, I only know the standard Ballroom dances, but I know how much more difficult it if for the women in the AT (and I'm a bloke). This AT was beautiful to me.

Matt and Flavia- Waltz 9 Don't get me wrong, it was one of his best dances and it was rather stunning, but for me, it just didn't stand out as a perfect dance. It deserved 38, maybe 39 but I don't belive it was "perfection" I'm afraid. It lacked something for me, maybe it will grow on me in time but I'm scoring on what I saw.

Gethin and Camilla- Argentine Tango 9 Above my expectations! I thought he was going to be a bit "Matt Dawson" but Gethin had all the passion and emotion. Technically very clean.

Overall Take- I probably seem like an Alesha Lover and Matt hater, but honestly I'm not! I'm scoring Impartially. I am thrilled Matt has shaken off last week and come out all gones blazing, but I did not think he deserved a perfect 40. Call me old fashioned, but I prefered the "old days" (series 1,2) where most of the 10's were saved for the final! I have not seen 1 dance this series that has deserved 4 10's, Alesha's Quickstep being the only one.

Also, I don't like the way people are reacting to scores. I noticed when Matt recieved 8,9,9,9 for his AT, he seemed unimpressed which annoys me slightly as it is an excellent score. Tehre has benn overmarking this series, even Alesha has noticed when you see her look shell shocked at some of her marks such as her samba.

For the Final: Alesha and Gethin please.

Actually, after just rewatching Matt's Waltz, I think it is a 10! Just shows how second time viewing changes your opinion!

Alisha and Matt
Quickstep 9
A. Tango 8

Matt and Flavia
A. Tango 8
Waltz 9

Gethin and Camilla
Paso 8
A Tango 9

I made them all equal. Mind you as much as I enjoyed their performances there isn't one dance there that I would have given a 10!

Easy...straight 8s.

It was actually a very sub-standard semi.

I might even be tempted to give A&M's tedious AT a 7 if I cared enough to watch tonight's mess again.

All three ATs bored me tonight.

Alesha and Matt

QS 10, quite frankly wow!
AT 9, loved it, v difficult for woman and given her partner doesn't have experience either but loved it

Matt and Flavia

AT 8, disappointed given Flavia's experience
Waltz 8/9, can you say overmarked!? Still no expression on his face.

Gethin and Camilla

PD 7/8, v disappointed
AT 9, much better than Matt's