I will bet Len will finally get sick of Craig Revel Horwood, after one comment Len really gave him a really dirty look.

I bet Len will walk out during this season, I hope the BBC have a replacement Judge, they are going to need one.

They are like that every year. Len loves the fame and money.

I thought Craig was being even harsher than usual tonight, especially at the start of the show when he seemed to say nothing but negative points to the couples

Len did seem to be getting aggitated by it but I don't think he'd walk out, he enjoys it too much, plus Arlene and Bruno were giving fair comments tonight imo, so he'll have the other judges backing him up

Someone one should give Graig a slap, because some of his comments where a bit harsh and the scores he gave where a bit odd

Len and Craig did my head in tonight. They seemed to be competing to get the highest/lowest scores in of the panel.

Never thought I'd say this - but thank god for Arlene and Bruno being vaguely sensible

lol the mouthing Len gave Craig.......


I would rather honest consistent Craig than silly old doddering Len any day.....

and Arlene's eyes were gonna pop out tonight with some of the men....... er with Bruno joining in....

fancy nearly calling Karen "Miss Piggy" nearly made me choke with laughter......

Me too - and I've never said that before.

Yeah, 1 and 3, lowest scores I've ever seen.

Scores a tad harsh but he was he was right though in pretty much everything he said

I agreed with everything Craig said and I'd made all of the same comments to my boyfriend during the performances!

Perhaps Craig should have tempered a few of his comments by making the same points in a nicer way or adding congratulations to the contestants for their efforts, but the other judges had usually said nice stuff already and there's only very limited time for them all to speak so there's no need for repetition. Plus it makes better television when Craig says, "I don't mean to be vile..." instead of, "I'm really, really sorry, but I'm afraid you're a tiny bit awful".

Craig made positive comments as well as negative ones so I think he did his job well tonight. It's week one so all of the celebrities (and professionals) should be wanting to hear what they can improve.


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Len is just building his part up. He sneers when Arlene or Craig are speaking, tries to talk over them when he's already had his say and then slags their opinions off. I wish he'd leave to be honest. He overmarks too.

They'll just bring in Phillip Jackson (who does the professional commentary) if Len walks, won't they?

I think Len doesn't like the fact that not-from-the-ballroom-world Craig is a better judge than him... I haven't watched all of last night's show, but Craig was being his usual frank-but-constructive self whenever I caught a glimpse... was he just being too negative or coming out with 'Ola = pole dance' insults?

I like Len ,Craig and Arlene, but I do think Len should mark with his head rather than his heart, a nine on opening night was a bit ott. Bruno does my head in, he gets too carried away. I dont think Len will walk out, we dont want an X-Factor type of panel.

I thought Craig's comments were pretty fair - but his marks were just silly last night -. That 1 was ridiculous - he gave Kate 2 last year - one for each foot and Gary though bad was much better than Kate at the same stage.....

Mind you - I think he's a bit jealous of Len being the head judge - he made some bitchy comment about it in the preview show last week....

Fingers crossed!

Judges really irritated me tonight.

I like him but last year Len got on my nerves in the end, and it sounds from last night like he is going to continue this 'stroppy old man' stuff, it's wearing thin.

If Craig is consistently marking low it does not matter. It's about leader board position .
I think the judges expect too much. The standard has improved so much since the first series.

Exactly. If Craig marks low, or Len high, it makes no difference. The scores aren't carried over to next week. These are the orders that each judge ended up with. In fact, Len, Arlene and Bruno gave almost identical scores based on order. Only Craig disagreed with the leaderboard positions.


.....................Cr.... Ar....Le.... Br
Austin & Erin........7.....8.....9.....8
Tom & Camilla.....6.....7.....8.....7
Andrew & Ola......4.....6.....7.....6
Mark & Hayley.....3.....6.....7.....6
John & Kristina.....5.....5.....6.....6
Phil & Flavia.........4.....5.....6.....5
Don & Lilia...........3.....5.....6.....5
Gary & Karen......1.....5.....6.....5