Jodie and Ian. They have been my favourite couple throughout. Ian is my favourite pro dancer and Jodie has really surprised me. At the start of the series I thought she would be a disaster because of her height but she has proved me wrong SEVERAL times and there is still room for improvement. Arlene was right about her. She is the dark horse this year.

But Rachel and Vincent's rumba deserves a special mention. As does Austin and Erin's tango. Two fantastic dances.

Austin and Erin for me.

Rachel and Vincent and Austin and Erin were both fantastic, Rachel just edged it for me, because it was her first "wow" dance imo.
Thought Lisa and Brendan were fab too

I want to see the judges walk off, when John hoists the trophy

John and Kristina's percentage this week is their best since week 1!

From another site; this could have been saturday's public vote!

Who was your favourite week 9 couple?

Rachel & Vincent
348 31%

Austin & Erin
223 19.9%

Tom & Camilla
153 13.6%

John & Kristina
144 12.8%

Christine & Matt
91 8.1%

Jodie & Ian
62 5.5%

Cherie & James
59 5.3%

Lisa & Brendan
41 3.7%

Number of Voters : 1121

Hi PD! Where did you get those figures from?- just curious!!

Liked Austin and Erin and Rachel and Vincent this week.

Christine and Matthew were actually my favourite couple/dance this week.
I felt bad because I predicted a couple of weeks ago that she would be the next one to go as I kept forgetting about her when I tried to remember who was still in the competition. But since then she has done 2 amazing dances 2 weeks running.

I doubt Rachel went from having possibly the least number of votes last week to the most this week. It was a good dance but not THAT good. The judges clearly wanted to boost her a few places higher so she wouldn't be in the bottom two again. Unfortunately she still bores me stiff.

Rachel and Vincent

John and Kristina

Austin and Erin's Tango was brilliant.

I didn't get Rachel and Vincent's Rumba at all.

Jodie and Ian!

Got the Jive this week so am a little scared for them!

Lisa and Brendan

Rachel & Vincent

loved Austin's & erins Tango too

Hi Ellie! Only just spotted your post. I got it from this site:

http://strictlydancing.utopian-total...-9-couple.html

There are other similar polls dotted all over the net but the numbers are generally smaller.

Unless all the polls are wrong, they suggest that people on here somewhat underestimate Tom and Rachel's popularity and possibly overestimate Jodie and Christine's. I'd say there's little to choose between these 4, with Austin slightly ahead of the pack and Lisa lagging behind.

Tonight's show should give us a clearer indication of voting trends, if there are any. For all we know the public vote has been as unpredictable as ours!

(There's of course the sympathy/underdog vote which could go to anyone, especially with the projected 1-3 million extra viewers tonight...)

does any1 know who has gone 2night ?