Strictly 2025 : Week 9. Grab some Rock and get in the Rollercoaster queue. It’s Blackpool. 18.45PM NO SPOILERS

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Five For Alex

Same here

Jill and Aleesha Dixon’s jives are my favourites

George and Alex were both extremely overmarked .

Think it would have been an Alex and Amber dance off if happening just because of the public vote for Amber and being middle of the board (even though it was all 9’s)

Amber will still be getting all the votes from this house though

3 for Lewis 1 Karen 1 Bal

I like George but that was incredibly overmarked and nowhere near Karen and Carlos 🙄

3 Alex, 2 Balvinder

I've gone for Alex and Karen.

Next week could be interesting - it'll probably be Bal in the DO but not sure who else?

Wouldn't expect much else from Voldemort.

Totally agree. Karen and Carlos were another level

I did 2 2 1 because I really want to see more George.

Might be Amber.
I am going to predict that Karen will win.

I’ve given 4 votes to Karen and 1 to Lewis to be fair as these were the best dances of the night for me. Karen’s was my favourite. 💃

Karen should've been second on the LB at the very least.

I think if it's Amber and Lewis and X in the final then whoever X is will win. I'd be happy for Karen to win but if she has a Latin next week, then she could be in the DO.

Yes, that's well put!

I voted for Karen and Lewis.

George way overmarked. Karen and Carlos were head and shoulders above them.

Amber is middle of the leaderboard, so if there was a dance off tonight, I wouldn't be surprised if she was in it.

Karen all the way. That is one of the dances I’ll be watching again in a few years. There have been no memorable dances this season for me, until that Paso. Stunning.

I enjoyed Lewis and George but they weren’t in the same league. Alex should leave next. Bal did well this week.

I'd had high hopes for Alex's CC but it was one of the worst I've seen, so laboured and lacklustre. If there had been a Bal v Alex dance off I dont know how that would have gone.

5 for Bal.
I thought Alex and George were both completely overmarked so have redressed the balance.
Alex's couple's choice was like LaVoix's - style over substance and I think the Diva theming is more JoJo's idea than her own.
George did not deserve 9s and I hated the number. I think they know from the voting he has big fan base so are hedging bets to justify his place in the final as a journey contestant.
Lewis was amazing. Would be happy for him to win it, ringer or not. Katya deserves a second win.
Kaz has three decent standout routines now.
Amber is good but cannot warm to her. Nikita's dad looked like a serial killer. George's footage of Blackpool is the one I know in Winter. And Jules pretending Aussies want to come here. Insert the game of thrones LIIIEEESSS meme.
Glad noone is going home though.
See you all next week xxx

One of my DC called just as it was starting so I made him wait during the dances but was half watching the in betweens. That said, the VTs are mostly contentless, I miss the focus on learning the dance.

I loved Karen’s Paso.

I liked Bal’s AT but it seemed an odd choice of music and I’m not convinced Julian is the right partner.
George is much improved but the choreography stil seems designed to keep the eyes on the pro - reminiscent of Ola - and his hips still seem stiff for latin or is it just me? It was good but no way did it earn the same score as Karen’s paso.

Alex’s dance didn’t do it for me - love her to bits, but honestly not that dance.

Of the ringers, I prefer Lewis to Amber but that may be because I love Katya. I’d love to see Katya go all the way with one of the celebs without serious dance experience as she seems to bring out so much. Maybe Bal would have done better with Katya as a partner. Katya for me is the nearest to Oti in the way she fosters the non dancers.

What happened to La Voix, did he have a fracture or ligament issue? Its a rotten way to have to go out the contest.

Same here

Good grief, still the criticisms of LaVoix. He's gone, he's left. Relax.

I've given 3 votes to Lewis and 2 to Karen. Both amazing. I like George, but he was overmarked. I thought Alex was hugely overmsrked as well, and didn't enjoy anything about her dance. It was boring and she didn't actually do much dancing. I quite liked Bal's dance, but just can't warm to Amber at all.

Asking what happened to an injured dancer is criticising them?

Well who knew.

I thought they were placed second on the leaderboard 🤷🏻‍♀️