Strictly Thread 8: Do the Carlton!!

[Gooseysgirl]

New thread for later xx

None of my smiley faces are showing?? 

Not showing for me either Hannah. The emojis have been voted off!

Agree about Graziano, i know its to do with heights but why bring another pro in when they had Neil, they should of kept Brendon, for all his faults he was full of experience and i preferred him to many of the newer pros. Then again im not sure how much, this girl, i could take

I really hate to agree with James Jordan, but he's right about Graziano just not being a good enough pro teacher/partner.

I loved Graeme and Oti last night - so surprised that he was able to hide his natural exuberance! He's my dark horse. We also had a discussion about why cricketers have natural rhythm and showmanship and footballers do not - still not sure why

Was I the only one who though Stacey was overmarked? It looked a bit clunky and ungainly to me so I was surprised at the gushing compliments

Please don't come back, Bruno. Take Shirley with you.

Anyone else think the results show should be scheduled before Doctor Who, not after, as they're more family-friendly than the actually-quite-scary Dr?

DD would love to stay up and watch the results, but they're just on too late for her on a school night.

Couldn't bear Alfonso last night - dreading his return tonight! Eurgh! I thought he talked about himself far too much and considered himself quite the expert. Why couldn't we have Anton step in as guest judge - I think he would have been brilliant!

In fact I think Anton should hang up his hat as pro dancer as take over from Tess as joint presenter.

Place marking for later

I find Anton intensely annoying, and he's made it very clear that he's not going voluntarily unless there is a better offer in place. I don't particularly want him to be a presenter, but I find Tess quite annoying on her own and maybe it wouldn't be that much worse to have a Tess/Anton combination. Or perhaps they could give him Gethin's job. Anything to stop him dancing Latin.

Checking in

Hopefully Lauren goes tonight. Think Charles should be safe

Then vick or Seann in the dance off with her

Phew - couldn’t find you for a minute.

I think at this stage what differentiates those who leave and those who stay is who the public "like" or is on a "journey" rather than dancing. Hence Charles who doesn't have much of a fan base ending up in the bottom. And also why I think Dr Ranj will stay for a while. Joe has a huge YouTube following.
Therefore I'm predicting a Seann vs Vicki dance off. Internet will go into meltdown who ever leaves.
I also think that Graeme will do well - likeable plus on a journey & Oti has a strong fan base.

There are spoilers on the internet. Feel very sad :(

I’ve learned not to read the comments section of any posts to avoid spoilers.

Please, no hints or reactions to spoilers either as that also becomes obvious.

You're allowed to feel sad that there are spoilers. But if you know who has gone and that makes you sad then you should know that you're not allowed to drop hints on this thread about who has left. You can't say "That was a shock", or "That person was my favourite" or anything that might even hint at who has gone.

I put a lot of effort into NOT knowing the result before Sunday evening, and have already accidentally found out the result twice this series, so I have become even more careful now. I will stop reading this thread between the Saturday and Sunday shows if there's even the slightest chance that I will find out the result.

Isn't it time in the series that we have a "shock" elimination, like the guy from JLS? Think the only one that would shock me now would be the Cat but with his judges scores can't see that happening.
Does anyone who the guest singer is tonight?

I really like Swanny, he just seems to be so enjoying it which is lovely to see.

I guess Ashley or Faye would be a shock, but I can't see either of the going out.

I'm still a bit resentful about the sudden departure of Aston last year, I thought he had plenty of fab dancing still to give. I hope that Janette will be bit more thorough with the content of her choreography in future.

Checking in. Thanks for the new thread

Has there ever been a really close dance off where the judges vote 2:2 ?

Yes, it's happened a few times. Whoever the head judge votes for goes through

I found out who leaves, which is helpful since the US GP is on right now. Hoping to see Lewis take the championship tonight.

Do let me know if the pro dance is worth watching, though I don't hold out much hope!

At least Alfonso was not quite as ridiculously lavish with the scores as Donny was. I agree they ought to get proper dancers as guest judges, not celebs who think they are experts because they’ve won it. I never agreed with Alesha Dixon replacing Arlene as a judge.