Strictly 2026 : WEEK THREE 18.15 pm Get On Your Dancing Shoes NO SPOILERS

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HOUSEKEEPING :

Doing weekly threads as was agreed to at the start of the series by the majority. But this means for the first time this series we’ve got an unfinished thread. People are also posting still on the end of Week Two. Chat split over 3 threads isn’t great. If we could all move over to this thread and stick to it, that would be great

CHEERS

KEEP DANCING 💃

All this Joshy and JoJo business is starting to grate

Stop with the Joshy 😖

Bethany, Jaime, Lacey, Will and Tabby.

Show is far too long and I'd forgot who was in the show until I saw the voting page lol

I threw votes Lacey and Will's way as they were so went so early.

Voted Tabby, Lacey, John and Dani

was just coming onto say that

also Vincent and Rachel Steven’s AT

Delta, Tabby and Lacey for me. DD is voting for Graham and Dani.

Mark (Ramprakash) and Karen’s is the first AT I remember. Steamy.

I kind of like that JoJo is bringing out more from the pros. I never thought about it, but that's Mark's first time of doing an Argentine Tango in a competitive setting, because it's not part of Latin/Ballroom competitions. I thought that it looked amazing.

I learned all that I know about dance from Strictly (and here), and I like it when there is more about the technical details, which have been coming out with JoJo's questions.

I'm voting for Lawrence as the rumba is the dance of death for most male celebrities as it's so hard to get right so he was at a massive disadvantage tonight.

Will, Lacey, Tabby and 2 for Jaime.

Voting for John (x3)... Not great but doesn't deserve to be 3rd bottom, Lacey and Tabby. Loved Delta and Kai but she's safe.

Voted Graham, John, Lacey, Jaime.

Tabby
Lacey
Dani
Jaime

…and I thought he did portray a great deal of emotion and connection even if there weren’t enough rumba steps for Shirley’s liking. I’ve seen many far worse rumbas by male celebs.

Still one of my favourite Strictly dances.

Yes I thought he did really well but Shirley hated it and he was marked low. I usually hate the Rumba but I agree he put a huge amount of emotion and connection into it. He was very emotional afterwards so the dance moved him.

A bit lacklustre tonight. I enjoyed
Tabby
Delta
Lacey
Dani
Bethany

I think I might vote Lawrence and John as I'd like them to remain a bit longer.

Voted for Delta, Sarah, Tabby. It was all a bit underwhelming this week.

Just watched 2 of Flavia and Vincent's AT show dances. The 2007 one intro by Bruce :) is beautiful and passionate. Shame the pros don't demo a dance any more

I loved Simon Webbe's AT too.

I usually find the younger female celebs don't quite get the intensity and passion of the AT right but Tabby did a fabulous job, loved it, so powerful.

Voted Tabby, Lacey, Will and Grahame. Ideally wanted to throw one out for Sarah, Jaime and Lawrence too but so hard to narrow it down this time around. I usually have a clear favourite by now but there are loads that are...fine.

Have been watching on catchup FFing through the tedious VTs but I've been underwhelmed by tonight's show. Too many really weird music choices, too much brown, it felt a bit lacklustre with a few bright points.

Loved the snark about Lauren not just dancing around her partner a la Jowita or Ola. I did like that Graham did keep dancing in that jive rather than just be passenger.

Loved Tabby's AT, also really liked Bethany's AS even if it wasn't the best dance of the night.
I assume from that choice of music, costume and choreography that Melanie is destined for an exit.
I can't work out why Dani just doesn't work for me - Nikita is one of my favourite pros for choreography and she is clearly good but it does nothing for me.

After three weeks of the new presenters I think Emma would be vastly better without the annoying kid dangling off her arm, interrupting and those stupid "ad lib" skits.
I think Jojo is getting better - I really like that he uses his dance knowledge in the questions and compliments upstairs but I can only assume wardrobe hate him.

I really would prefer just Emma and I'd be happy with Jojo upstairs but primarily I just don't think Josh works.

Agree re Dani, she doesn't make me feel anything when she dances sadly. And I love Nikita so such a shame!

That AT - it looked as if Tabby and Mark really connected, and were still in the moment for a while after the music ended. No wonder there's the 'curse of Strictly'!