I totally agree Marg

 I don' t really have a favourite either ... but I do like Chris, cos he makes me smile, Ricky is a good dancer but is a bit full of himself I think, as for the others, I like Laila as a dancer, but......

if i had too pick baz i'd go for laila  just too wipe the smug grins off the others faces

LOL.. same here Aimee Anyway, how are you? Did you sort your puter out?

no. it's going to cost about £50 to sort out and i haven't got the cash at the mo, will get it sorted after crimbo



how are you?  is there only you and me here tonight

She's also flat footed ,and stompy, and I'm sorry Darlo, but I read a comment on DS saying she looked like Margaret Rutherford  Been bugging me for ages who she reminded me of.

You won't be offended by this, because you won't know who she is

Glad to hear it...... LOL.... not according to the side panel You can always go visit in the Towers Mind you, I am off to bed now too

Aimee, and Baz

Hi stoory  natalies face annoys me sooo much, she reminds me of my sister in-law  my mum and dad agree though

It's the confidence thing he really believes in himself that he can get better every time, he has a very competitive streak. Jade had it as she is an athlete but it's better than having none at all.

Aww I don't know what it is about her that annoys me so much.

There's been plenty of others in the past that couldn't dance for toffee, but I still liked them (Julian Clary) She's just far too enthusiastic, and gushy for me.

I enjoyed John Sargeant.


Anyone remember Jan Raven's bitter comment when voted out in the dance off  to Craig in series 4 '' I hope you're happy now''.



I wish I had seen Julian's series. I've read about the bitchy comments he and Craig exchanged each week and it would have been fun to see.

I did too up to a point Darlo, and I'll never forget Jan Ravens fit of pique

It never ceases to amaze me how some people (Craig Kelly) see themselves as much better than they actually are.

Dominic Littlewood was another case in point

I think Ali and Brian dance beautifully. Lovely to watch.
I also like to see Brian dancing with Kristina - they dance as one! (They were so good again in the group dance tonight.)

When she knows the camera is on her she grins from ear to ear .........just watch when she's in thje background ........never seen such a mardy arsed cow! I think she's very heavy footed and stomps every single dance TBH .....can't see why she keeps getting through. She should have been in the bottom two tonight and then out of the door IMO.

He really got to Lilia, they so couldn't stand each other.

Claire King and Brendan Cole was a match made in hell, they so didn't get on and had to put on a show in public.

And lets not forget Gary rhodes and karen Hardy .........i think it was him that made her kick off her dancing shoes and not come back. A real shame IMO.

There's no doubt that they can dance  Brisket, but they lack something for me, and I can't put my finger on what it is.

What do I know though.... Zoe and Ian were my favourite couple ever, and they were robbed by Darren. He did make huge improvements though, and I didn't dislike him............even so

Oh that really took the biscuit. He was part of her decision but Karen explained she felt the fun had gone out of her for doing the show and that winning made it complete so she wanted to spend more time with family and concentrate on her dancing school.



Gary's dances made me cringe, he had a real attitude problem. Hope you enjoyed your birthday.

Thank you Darlo .......i had a lovely day and ended up causing a bit of a stir on here ..............not a lot changes

Oh dear, this place never changes at all.

Ah just came into see who got booted...I'm glad he's gone, he was a bit uncomfortable to watch.  Natalie and Vincent next week hopefully.

Terrible news about jade though!  I fancied her for the win!

That guy Dominic was my worst ever "Celeb dancer". He was repulisve and you could tell Lilia didn't gel with him. I couldn't bear him. I remember Jan Ravens hissy fit and Carol Vorderman going off on one too.Chris Parker and Julian Clary were slaughtered each week but the show had that certain somthing. Past shows have been more exciting than this year. There is just something missing.

I thought Chris Parker was the absolute worse!  Dominic was bad too - and it was his attitude more than anything else.  I kind of liked him before SCD, but his celebritydom sure went to his head.  The same with Gary Rhodes.  I think the two of them could never accept that they were rubbish dancers.  Not all of us are brilliant at everything.

Spot On Suzi

Oh yes Suzi - it makes my blood boil to think of him!! It was a disgrace he got to the Final!

Louisa Lytton going out in the quarter finals really got to me.


I liked Kate Garraway, she went out at the right time but I still think the Gabby/Penny fiasco wasn't her fault at all.. the voting said it all.

I was soooooo upset over Austin and Erin going out, it tainted the winning that year for me. That was another judging fiasco

I was a Lisa and Brendan fan so I was delighted, plus I never took to Austin I always thought Tom was miles ahead.

Having just watched the show, I have to say the right couple went, but then Natalie and Vincent should have been in the dance off, their samba was week 3 standard not this stage in the competition, stompy out of time, flat, and very very very uncomfortable to watch, if they were in the dance off against Ricky and Erins correct Tango (and the judges judged in an unbiased manner which we all know they never do) they would have gone.


Alesha marking it an 8 was totally off the wall, Bruno's 5 was more like it.  That said Alesha marked terribly most of the night her 10 for Ricky W was well astonishing given that there were errors......


I think I have finally made up my mind, and as much as I like Alesha, she definately should NOT be judging the competition, maybe they could have given her Tess's job?????



Anyway onto the rest of the dances, Ali and Brian again were amazing, such a shame Ali was so nervous, you could see her hand shaking so much at the start of the dance, so all in all a deserved 35.


Ricky and Natalie, what a lovely dance, fantastic lift at the end, shame about the mistakes, but still great to watch, 36 overmarked given the errors, but still one of the main contenders.


Laila and Anton, I liked it, and given the lack of practice, it was really nice to watch, if she had had a full weeks practice could have been a contender for top of the leaderboard, I am disgusted at Aleshas comments, she was the only one of the judges not to take into account the injury, and say she expected Laila to put her ankle in more danger.


Chris and Ola Nice precise dance, such a shame he was soooo stiff, he needs to up his game significantly, his expression though better was still uncomfortable, their score was about right.


Ricky and Erin, a shame that he messed up so badly as he might have missed the dance off if he had, but that is three weeks in a row he has been poor, so it was his time, I actually liked the fact he was pissed off so much he messed up.



Natalie and Vincent, terrible just terrible, out of time, stompy flat, not so much get the party started, as oh dear there is an elephant in the house, and to do the whole dance in hold, just awful, they should have gone, that said she should go next as neither the charleston or rock and roll will suit her at all, I just hope the puclic realises she just cannot dance, and I am totally fed up of her, oh I love it at I am the biggest fan, I was in Eastenders etc rubbish.


On another note, did someone have a word with Bruno? He was almost nice, well compared to how nasty he has been all series anyway.


I am looking forward to next week and some fun dances tho (well except Natalie who will be awful).

OOps, forgot to say, so sorry to see Jade go, as well I was warming to her personality, and she was just getting better and better...


So I guess that means we are down to a two couple final again this year.

A little bit of playfulness between Ricky Whittle and Brian Fortuna last night in the little back room.
Not easy to see from these pictures, but it was all smiley and friendly! Rather nice really!

Dances confirmed so far for next show:


Ali Bastian and Brian Fortuna are doing Charleston
Ricky Whittle and Natalie Lowe are doing Rock N Roll

Very much looking forward to it.

Really enjoyed Lisa's performances too, she was just beautiful.However, I couldn't bear Tom Chambers. I mean, not take to him at all.Still don't like him and now he's in Waterloo Road

I loved Tom Chambers in SCD and wanted him to win.  I absolutely loathe his character in Waterloo Road.

I wonder if he were in next year's SCD, instead of this year, if it would influence my perception?  I never have watched Holby City so I had no idea who he was.

There are usually just a handful of celebrities in SCD that I recognise.  In many ways that is good because I don't have many preconceived ideas based on the characters they protrayed.  I knew Ricky Groves from EE and really expected him to be anywhere near as good as he was (not that he was brilliant, but I liked him much more on SCD than on EE).

BBC always make sure an employee of theirs does well like ITV does with I'm A Celeb. I wouldn't be surprised to see Chris Hollins make the final due to the facts A) He's a BBC employee B) He's popular with the public and C) He can DANCE.

I don't think so, Darlo.  Mark Ramperkash wasn't employed by the BBC, nor was Darren Gough.  Jill Halfpenny was no longer working for the Beeb - as Ricky G and Natalie (although she is now filming for the EE special thingie) are no longer working for the Beeb.

I think, in the main, the people who watch SCD probably tend to watch the BBC more, in general, than other channels.  I know I do, mainly because I get bored with the adverts.  Plus, the BBC continues to make it's own programmes and relies less on imports than the other channels.

I make sure I get full value from my license fee!

That doesn't apply to me but I still watch more BBC, we love BBC3 &BBC4.

We do watch BBC3 a lot, not so much BBC4.  Well, my husband does more than me. 

Back to the original point though, out of 16 celebrities that started on SCD, how many really has an association with the BBC?  Chris Hollins, Natalie Cassidy, Ricky Groves - were there others?  I'm struggling to remember who else was in!