So does this mean that this week we will have an exhibition show dance? (Sorry if this has been covered before).

If yes who will it be as Hanna and Victor are no longer together?

Am really sad about that. I think Hanna is great and I love watching her dance. Will it be her and a new partner?

It's Craig Smith and Natalie Woolf this time. They just won the world Exhibition championship in Holland about two weeks ago, and they are totally fantastic. I would imagine they will dance one of two numbers, either 'Immortal' or 'Contradiction' but again, as with Victor and Hanna, I would imagine the BBC will have asked them to change their music.

I absoloutely adore Hanna Karttunen and Victor Da Silva .

However, I am looking forward to Craig and Natalie's Showdance, since I have never seen the them perform, which should be a treat.

I address this mainly to Becca as I imagine she'll know, but can anyone inform us as to why Victor and Hanna parted company?

I'm looking forward to seeing a new couple's take on the showdance

Couple of routines by Craig and Natalie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6vVB4ZoftQ&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdE1i3hXGXM&fmt=18

For something very different, this is David and Leslie Elkin, possibly the best couple ever at making the lifts look like part of the dancing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EwEpJPGCBE&fmt=18

Yes I see what you mean about the music. Loved the dancing.

Were Craig and Natalie on Strictly before - I found a clip on Youtube. Maybe it wasn't the English version.

I'm looking forward to Saturday now.

It's not the English version. At a guess, it might be the South African version, seeing as they are based there.

Incidentally, Natalie used to be Victor da Silva's partner (pre-Hanna).

Just a personal opinion, but Hanna and Victor's showdance each year has become one of those hide-behind-the-sofa with-eyes-covered events for me.

They ended their personal relationship and decided not to contine to dance together. And yes, the clips are from Strictly Come Dancing in South Africa.


As Donnie Burns himself said . . . dancing will always be the interest of a minority. Competitive dancing will never be right on a TV stage; in general it simply doesn't give the audience what they want to see.

I never like there dances either so you are not alone

i just remember the awful catsuit and lion mane hair

lol thats what jumps into my mind to