Underwhelming night, IMO. The atmosphere was off. Thought it particularly tense when Anton and Ruth were at the judges.
Joe was overmarked again. He wasn't that good. Mollie was rubbish but partly that's because AJ makes her look like she's dancing with her little nephew at a wedding.
Susan was OK, terrible music though. Davood was good; probably my favourite of the night. Jonnie has stopped trying or reached his limit, one or the other. Also he's young, fit, good-looking, so how do they manage EVERY WEEK to make him look like an overweight middle-aged trucker playing darts in the pub?
Ruth was poor but I like her and her obvious friendship with Anton, even though the latter needs to shut up.
Alexandra's AT was too frantic, not enough smouldering. Vincent (in the audience) is looking good.
Gemma was OK but needs to look at her partner and engage more.
Debbie's marks and comments were an outrage. I'm utterly sick of the judges' blatant fawning and favouritism. She wobbled through her turns and didn't seem to know which way she should be facing. She stood still for about five minutes before that lift waiting to be put into it. She had ZERO hip action. Anyone else has been/would have been slated for all of those things (Craig last week grudgingly admitted Gemma's salsa had good side-to-side hip action, but put the boot in about there being no figure-eight rotation.) Are they being paid to make sure she's in the final?