Now Jessica isn't popular its clear where the votes are going with regards to those 2

Ray peaked last week, he might get another 30 again but it probably won't have the same impact because it won't appear like he is improving. So in another replica situation to last year, Zoe will appear to come from nowhere and she'll steal the title I think.

I suspect the dark horse is actually Donal...

Well her nearest rival is Jessica, and tonight showed that Zoe is more popular with the public. She could creep up and even win this.

I suspect the dark horse is Donal

Let's hope not;
I think that Donal will be in the final & also Jessica. If it was between Zoe & Jess & Jess skated like she just has then bye bye Zoe. I think it is hilarious that Zoe it being made to believe that she is good!!!

Couldn't agree more- and she can't be the dark horse when they have been blatently backing her since the beginning of the series!

She was so overmarked again tonight its a joke.

Gawd I hope not, her constantly over-marked performances have virtually no personality or solo skating ability. If the public prefer her 'Look, I'm being lifted in the air...again' routines to Jessica's incredibly strong performances then it's their loss.

Absolute worst case scenario would be Sticky Backed Plastic Woman v the Hormonal Whinger in the final two...it would end up being Dark Horse versus Cart Horse...

You do crack me sometimes NXM!

I like Zoe but Jessica and Ray are in a different league.

But people have to remember she is more popular than Jessica. She went on first and was lower than her on the leader board yet still get through on public votes

Zoe has not improved much since week one, where she actually did more skating on her own that this week, and yet gets better marks each week.

T&D should give her a routine where she is forced to skate a lot on her own, like Jessica does, if Zoe can manage it...

People didn't vote for Jess tonight because they automatically thought she'd be safe being second on the leader board - same thing happens in SCD each year.

I hope to go Zoe doesn't win - she's certainly nowhere near the ability of either Jess or Ray and I think the programme would really suffer if she does win.

I can't stand either Donal or Zoe - both irritate me and imo are over marked each week but I realise either one will probably be in the final.

Ruth is totally obssessed with Zoe. She coul dfall 2 - 3 times and she would still get a 4.5 from Ruth. She even called Roxanne, Zoe at one stage.

Yeah I'm pretty convinced Zoe's going to win even though that will prove the whole show a big waste of time for me.

I also think the dark horse is Donal - the minute he skates a clean routine he will shoot up the leaderboard imho.

I was wandering where that sentence was going!

Sorry, I've got a filthy mind tonight

But tonight the public demonstrated that they quite like Zoe too. She was below Jess on the leaderboard but polled more votes.

Oh You...you...you...devil...you!

He needs to wax that chest (just for DOI) and have a decent shave!

Noooo you leave Donal alone! I like the rough and rugged look

i dunno i think jess being in the bottom two could be a blessing she will get loads of votes from now on

tut Sid - I'd have thought you'd know better than to take that as a sign of popularity - look what happens in SCD each year, same as tonight. People didn't vote for Jessica as they thought she'd be safe being second on the leader board - I bet they vote in droves next week.

WHY ?

Smoothies do nothing for me

Not clear where Zoe's vote is. Donal has to be top3 to escape tonight. Colleen has to be top2. That leaves Ray and Zoe for the other two slots somehere between 1 and 4 - even if Roxy isn't popular which she might be. They could end up with Zoe v Jessica in a dance off which would leave Ray with more of a walkover if Zoe went and make the final stages pretty farcical. Colleen just has to go which may be why they are giving her ludicrously high marks and not going down the Todd route. its obviously not working though.

The idea of a final with Colleen, who isn't worth much more than 12, fighting a final against Donal, who does almost nothing and can't get to 20, and Ray who probably would deserve 50 by comparison is just plain absurd.

LOL!

I don't mind hairy chests but not when the hair grows all the way up to you chin...

I suspect the "oh she's safe so I wont vote" had something to do with Jessica being at the bottom,
Also I'd imagine Zoe isnt much above jessica in terms of the public vote, she's fairly near the bottom also. Donal and Coleen have to be in the top 3, along with Ray I'd imagine and Roxy has to be doing well with the pubic also. I'd imagine either next week or the week after we'll see a jessica v zoe skate off.
I reckon Donal is the dark horse.