Disagree.


But hell what do I know, I thought cassidys big trip in the middle should have put her in the dance off.

What exactly was the point in having Ronnie Corbett there?  Surely Claudia backed up Tess well enough to make him redundant?  All he's done is a few bad jokes

 Hello Liverbird.

Claudia has been amazing tonight. The BBC don't know how lucky they are to have her and should get rid of Tess.


Glad Phil's gone smirk wiped off his face, but he's done well to make it this far.

That was a surprise to me, never though Tuffers would be out.

I dunno, but a waste of a few grand in my opinion, he is ridiculous and totally redundant.

Im gutted for Tuffers, I thought he was fantastic tonight.


BUT im glad the public saw sense and put Laila through.

I am pleased that Ricky stayed.... but think it should really have been Natalie that went tonight.

Good Evening Folks, I'm off to the X-Factor thread now, going to put my recording on.

Have a good evening.

So glad Ricky Groves is still in, I like him and I adore Erin. Loved Claudia tonight, shes just fabulous

I`m off to catch up with X Factor now, see you all later.

Indeed. I would love for her to be involved in the main show more, she's kind, pretty, professional and confident SCD wouldn't be the same without her.



Lack of Matthew Cutler and Brendan Cole these days.

What a show it has been. Going to watch XF too Yogi so bye everyone.

I'm wondering why Ronnie Corbett was asked to step in when he really had nothing to do on the show

I'm not switching to X Factor this week because of the farce last week and can't be bothered to be a part of it all. I'll watch tomorrow when they show the charity record that features their visit to Great Ormond Street Hospital.A friend's granddaughter who has Leukemia, Lily May, was filmed when they were there.

The fix factor is rubbish, the only decent singer going when the jokes are kept, mind at least if the jokes win it will be the end of the show.

We also call it the Fix Factor, the show's become a joke but Simon wins whatever the scenario.

Perhaps it would have wiser for Anton and Laila to have withdrawn.
But as they did dance, I cannot for the life of me see how they escaped a dance off, and eviction.
Laila is through - but not on merit.
Setting precedents like this is dodgy ground. What if each week somebody decides to retire halfway through their dance?
To me an incomplete dance is just not good enough (whatever the reason.)
I don`t think it was a vote on merit - I believe it was a sympathy vote. And I don`t like, or approve of, sympathy votes.

 

On a more positive note I thought once again Ali and Brian were great, closely followed by Ricky Whittle and Natalie.

I know, its killing me. .   I love Matthew to bits

Matthew danced in the professionals dance tonight with Darren and James.

Wouldn't that also to apply to Jade and Ian who got to sail through to next week without dancing, fair enough Jade's injury was more serious and it's a shame but it would have been unfair on Laila if she went in that circumstance... glad she got through.



Laila has a lot of guts for dancing through the pain, she was ok enough to dance but it still hurts but she deserved another chance and thrilled she has it because she deserves it.

Gosh some people on the BBC message boards are really getting their claws into poor Laila and Jade, not their fault they're injured and someone had to go either way...

I think it was a bit unfair that Jade got another week , simply on the strength of getting injured. After all, she could have had a terrible dance this week ... but we shall never know. As for Laila... I felt really sorry for her... she seemed genuinely in a lot of pain..... but, again,  I feel she was simply saved by a sympathy vote.

Really not seeing where the support of Natalie is coming from .....thought she was over marked tonight TBH .......she's flat footed and there's no elegance at all IMO.

Anyone seen her when she thinks the cameras are off? What a sour faced old cow ..........bit different to the bubbly, bubbly nicey, nicey when cameras are rolling.

Not liking her (OR HER stomping at all).

Did you see the state of her knee? personally i think it'd be wrong to kick her out on account of an injury ....................I dont think it was minor TBH.

If a contestant is withdrawn on medical advice I think that is reasonable - although I strongly suspect they wouldn't allow this for any more than 1 week.
But if an injured contestant decides to dance I think they should not receive  special treatment - they should be judged on the same criteria as everybody else.

I don't think it was minor either Soozy... what I meant was that the contest became a bit unfair, as she was given a free ride through to the next round....

Absoloutely! I think Lailla was in a dreadful position as she knew Jade had withdrawn earlier with a (perhaps) more serious injury. I'm guessing she was put under some sort of pressure TBH. In fairness she really didn't get a great score from the judges .....they reacted accordingly. The public voted to save her ......i'm guessing Anton might have something to do with it.

am i the only 1 that like Natalie and Vincent

Obviously not as they got through again on the public vote .......they obviously have support. Personally I cannot stand the pair of them .......HEY HO

Nope....the judges like them too

I'm glad Tuffnell's gone.  I liked him in the comp, but I'm glad to see all the difficult ones to watch in case they go wrong are being weeded out.  I won't be popular for saying this, but hopefully Ricky Groves next week

Poor Laila, at least she gave it a go.  As for Jade, what a shame.  I just hope she'll be okay for Jan.  Imagine having to back out of athletics because you entered a dance competition   Will they give her another go next week?  I missed the end (Ire -v- Fra in the world cup)

Hello everyone.  I couldn't be bothered to set up the lap top in front of the telly last night, so watched and moaned with hubby instead.  And I didn't get the constant "what's the forum saying now?" questions! 

Shame about Laila and Jade - I hope both are able to compete fully next week.  If not, they should not be allowed to continue.  It will throw a damper on the semi finals and finals though, so they will have to have a week or two of no one leaving.

I thought Ricky G was marginally better than Tuffers.  It was split at our house as to who should leave.  Ricky will really need to pull out all the stops next week if he wants to continue - same with Natalie.  Chris Hollins is dancing on thin ice too, but I do see a lot of improvement and I did like his Paso - but the music was crap!

Morning Temps ltns

Yes, she had a bye, and will appear next week, however, I thought they should have judged her by the dress rehearsal that took place earlier, as it was only on the last move that her knee popped out, I consider that it would have been fairer

And as for natalie, she has grown on me weekly, she has such passion and vivaciousness for each & every dance, I really want her & vincent to get to the final

I would love it if Laila went next week and thought she should have been in the dance off last night, she has the personality of a mushroom

Did anyone miss Brucie last night?  

I know I didn't, it was only near the end of the show I thought about him

Tess & Claudia did a sterling job between them  

Hi Gel and Suz...how are you both this morning?

Natalie to me comes across like a teacher's pet.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not too keen on the 'I'm so crap even though I'm brilliant' facade either, but Natalie's schmooozing is starting to grate now   I'm very picky

I didn't miss Bruce at all...I hardly thought about him either.  I love Brucie, but to be honest I think he's jokes before each dance are lame to say the least   Like your dad making a speech at a wedding

I'm not sure I agree with Jade being given another go.  If she didn't perform on a night I don't think it's fair to the others.  I know her knee was very badly injured etc and she would have performed if she could.  But I still don't think she should get a green card to next week.

Hiya Temps and Gel

I can't say that I missed Bruce either, and I do like Brucie!  Tess did all right, a bit flustered at the beginning doing Bruce's job, but overall she did all right.  Claudia was brilliant!  I prefer her backstage rather than Tess.

I really, really like Jade and I'm glad she went through.  Not that fussed about Laila, tbh, and I was really hoping she would do better overall than she has done.  It's a shame they were both injured.  It's been a bad year for injuries - Ali with her foot a couple of weeks ago and Tuffers having had to have surgery on his knee.

It's getting tougher and no one that is being slack will be able to blag it anymore.  I think Ricky G and Chris and Natalie are the weakest dancers now.

I'd say Tess got a bit nervous last night alright!  Claudia was so lighthearted and fun backstage.  You don't really realise how serious Tess is about it all until you see how CLaudia is

Didn't miss Brucie a bit, can't stand his pathetic jokes anymore anyway.

They only stand and read an Autocue surely that can't be hard to do.

Like Claudia though, she doesn't take the whole thing that serious.

They should axe Bruce and Tess then replace them with Claudia Winkleman and Paul O'Grady.

Really enjoyed a Bruceless show last night, it was much better without his constant me, me, me routine, I think the show ran well and Tess was great, so was Claudia, really enthuastic and warm towards the contestants.

Poor Jade and Leila, that was a shame, loved the way Anton just knew she couldn't carry on any more and picked her up and twirled her round, and Jade's knee - dreadful.

If I was Brucie, I would be worried, the show carried on perfectly well without him and DS and BBC boards, most people are saying the same thing.