I think his Mr Mean image is becoming tiresome now.

It was lovely, but the gapping was really obvious.

Can't take to Leyton. I find him a bit of a show off.

Have to admit I really liked that dramatic and intense

It was technically brilliant but I preferred other routines tonight, Nigel Bobby and Ellie.

When Nigel dances I get all excited. And he's getting better every week.
He reminded me of Gene Kelly, whose style of dance i absolutely adore.

When Nigel does his at I want proper at music.

The top 3 needs to be Leyton, Ellie and Bobby, those 3 dances tonight were ridiculous, if Craig keeps robbing our Leyton of his 40 though I swear

Layton is definitely the strongest dancer in the competition imo.

I seriously hope that we don't have another Disney-wannabe winner so soon after Rose.

Poor Bobby and Angela R.:laugh:

Tbf Bobby's not a very good dancer.

He may be popular with the public, but it doesn't mean that he is necessarily all that good.:laugh:

I don't hate Bobby btw like I know that some people on DS really seem to, but I honestly would say that he is possibly the third weakest dancer left in the competition.

The splits is a metaphor for how she splits the public.

Tbf it beats the other three crying about their feelings, and how every dance is either an 8 or a 10.

Speaking for myself.:laugh:

speak for yourself


nothing of ours, this smug theatre judges pet :idc:




sad he isn't more humble like our Nico Puschmann or John Whaite had been :(

Really Mock if I had my way I'd remove from the judges all their voting.
Often the votes don't match their comments.

Leave all to the public vote only and it has its faults too.
Except viewers pay to vote, the judges get paid to vote.

By all means have their comments but no decision by way of voting.
The judges spoil Strictly for me.

As to Craig I do take your point.
However he's done this for every series now and for me it's all you expect from him.
Some petty silly points and high votes only for his personal favourite/s

Craig definitely has his bias tbf, I agree with you on that Joey.

A pure public vote only Strictly would be interesting, I do wonder if the joke acts would get too far in the competition though.:laugh:

Joke acts????????


don't call them that, the likes of Ed Balls, Tony Adams, Jeremy Vine, Krishnan Guru-Murthy have limited dance capabilities but they still do try their very very best to keep improving week by week, even Michael Vaughan had his great moments in the ballroom, especially in Halloween week



the deadwood duffers (i call the bad ones) aren't entertaining for me personally, like Judy Murray, Nancy Dell'Olio




there are exceptions for the likes of Russell Grant maybe but tbh he had feel good factor going for him



Richard Arnold however, i'd never forget the Erin Island Salsa :joker: the least amount of dancefloor covering in a performance :laugh3:

He should be. He's a professional dancer already. And that was before the competition started.

Layton couples choice :sleep: another 39 or 40 then :rolleyes: :yuk:

also that ugly generic snoozefest song by christina aguilera :yuk:

I'm not denying that.

But the judges keep trying to make out that Ellie is comparable to Layton is pure fantasy land imo.

Don't get me wrong Ellie is technically a good dancer (and so is Nigel) but the judges (and I suspect production's) bias towards Ellie is really starting to get on my nerves, they're doing the same **** with her that they did with Hamza & Rose.

Personally I would really like anybody else to just come up and win it instead (even Angela R winning gives me some funny reactions off Kate) Ellie's just playing a Disney character and I already had to put up with that two years ago, I'm not up for a second one.

Tbf Krishnan and Tony Adams being compared to Ed Balls is probably a bit harsh.:laugh:

Nobody could do Gangnam Style like Ed.

Yes and I prefer Nigel and Katya. At least they take risks.
They could have done the theatre jazz, but they were with something different.

I like Nigel as well.

Unfortunately the Show doesn't seem to want to push him though.

Nobody could do Full Monty like Tony either, or his iconic grandstand cha cha

He's very popular. Second favourite to win and always in the top three exit polls. He's doing so well even without the show pushing him.