Strictly 2025 : Week Five. Can anything be as Iconic as the Tess/Claude duo? NO SPOILERS. 18.25PM

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Getting it ready early as I am out this afternoon.

KEEP DANCING

Is it just me or is the camera work pretty dodgy in places?

I was replying to someone who said she could have more opinions on this morning

I think it was just the terrible mascara but that was a lovely message to send. This is nowhere near a Dolly Parton song. I can do it better than that....

SMTV after Cat and Ant and Dec left

Ellie is wonderful and inspirational to young people to show that nothing can stop them! For me the biggest change is to Vito who has always come across as arrogant. To see him learning from Ellie is fabulous.

Tess already seems slightly more relaxed and spontaneous tonight. She's also ridiculously beautiful. Looks like she's been created in a lab.

Ahhh Alex - no fancy frills, just gorgeous dancing.

She took over SMTV when Cat left. Also was a reasonably famous model (not supermodel level but people knew who she was)

Nice but boring.

That was beautiful Alex.

My god Alex’s dress is hideous. Wasn’t sure if it on ITT but they’ve made it worse. My favourite Dolly song and I quite liked that.

Beautiful graceful Dolly.

Ha, I love it

That was pretty, but perhaps not terribly exciting. I like her dress.

I love Alex's elegance, she looks so natural with it.

Kerry Weaver in the audience! Bastards at channel 4 have taken ER off the app when I only had 2 series to go.

I didn’t enjoy that much. I haven’t really liked much tonight so maybe it’s just me.

AHHHHHHH DR Weaver is in the building

Ahhh ok thanks. So maybe a This morning gig then.

perhaps a bake off, seeing bee type show

She is but when they showed clips from when she started, you can see how much she has changed.

I think they gave her more honest critiques today. so that is better. As to the judge's scoring, I don't know.

I was delighted to see her

Thirty years ago Channel 4 started showing ER. Loved it.

Thought the hair and make up aged Alex tonight. She’s great but left me a bit cold.

"Reasonable adjustments". It was noticable that Craig had some actual criticsm for her this week, that's the first time (IIRC) and I think it will gently ramp up. If she is getting a strong public vote then how she is marked by the judges is not totally relevant - we will see.