Strictly '22 #11 — Not too many fireworks last night, but might somebody go out with a bang tonight?

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I agree

Of the 20 years that strictly has been on. I can only remember a handful of the participants, including the winners. I will remember Ellie for years to come. I won't remember molly

Didn't someone withdraw themselves from the show a few years ago for that reason?

Such a shame. Shouldn't have been either of them in the dance off, should've been Tony and the other Ellie.

She is just very cool and I admire her.

The camera went to tony and katya

John Sargent, I think.

Watery eyes here. Katya looked distraught.

What a pile of shite - how’s Tony still in ?

The Charleston is this year's samba. Really shouldn't be.

John Sergeant quit because he was booked to do talks on a cruise. He pretended it was because he was afraid he would win. That was tosh. He wouldn't have won.

Here is a link to info about Ellie's documentary on dwarfism. Not linking to the actual video doc as it might do one of those video links that mess up the threads fir some people.

😂😂😂 I didn't know that was th real reason. Or if I did I'd forgotten

Sad to see her go, I had tears too. Kind of feel sorry for molly it's hard for her to win over the public, no prior fan base and she's basically a recent stage school graduate so everyone just thinks meh she's not starting from the same point. I didn't realise that harvey from a few years ago was a stage school lovely too (he went to the same school as molly and was in her vt yesterday), he didn't mention it did he, he went quite far if I remember rightly?

Those of you who don’t like Luke Evans’ singing might like to give this a listen. He recorded it at home during lockdown.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=v4kNJnJdwvA

Tony needs to come out fighting next week and dazzle us with his jive but sadly I doubt he will. I can't believe he's only had the one ballroom dance which he scored well in. He really can't do all the Latin and technically fast dances. Although if Katya pulls off a miracle with him next week, having seen her jive with Neil that was posted on the last thread, it will be interesting. I think Tony knows he's on borrowed time.

Well, I'm not an expert (or Welsh); still lovely imvho 🎶😘
And I like him anyway.

It's not Molly's fault. She's just dull

Haven't read it all yet so am sure it has already been commented on (watching on catch up) but my god Luke Evans is the spitting image of Kai!!

Perfect summary of the situation!

John Seargeant did quote from bbc press conference from Guardian
Some people would think this is the horrible John Sergeant ruining a marvellous dance contest. The idea that we would do this week after week to annoy people was not what we wanted to do.
"As time went on, it became increasingly obvious I might have won this competition. That is a frightening thought for me and for millions of people around the country. It would have been a very bitter sweet victory."

Still warbling

I'm presuming that Hamza is getting the CBBC vote maybe Helen can't remember when she stopped doing cbbc stuff . So not sure who is voting for molly. What's her fan base

I was at the Olympic pool watching when Ellie Simmonds won gold. She is an amazing athlete and I have huge admiration for her. I'm disappointed she went out tonight.

I thought Luke Evans' singing on Jonathan Ross the other night was amazing but I thought he murdered Bridge over Troubled Water!

Very sad to see Ellie go. Much preferred her dance tonight.

The voters don’t like the stage school types, do they? Molly will be in more DOs.

I think that many Ellie S fans threw a vote or two at Ellie T this week because of the perceived scoring nonsense.

I was a Tony fan but only because he was settling and improving a little bit every week. He should have been in the DO this time. I hope that he performs well next week and goes to Blackpool on merit.