Strictly - shall you?

What's that numpty Donny Osmond doing on the judges panel?
I know he was on the American Strictly but why?

Looking forward to the clash of sequins and egos again tonight. After Greg's confession I hope that the two ladies will be discretely inspecting all parties to make sure that approriate undergarments are being worn. The thought of all those uncovered organs waving about in the breeze is almost beyond contemplation. Let battle commence!

So one chef and a greengrocer are preferable to two women (regardless of whether the women can cook or not)

I'm glad I don't watch it

Greg's made himself popular by saying that Masterchef could never be presented by two women!

That's alright then Holly

Not just on my part Lona - I am a gentle pussycat who is never rude (or ill-mannered or judgemental, either direct or by innuendo) to others - unless goaded past a point that I'm prepared to tolerate

What a shame about the tweeting twits

I typed 'twits' originally and then changed it as some twitterers get a tad miffed about it

papaoscar phew, you're asking for it now

Holly I think I've read too many 'serious' threads where there was a lot of 'cut and thrust' going on.

Glad to see the back of Greg don't like him at all but at least he made a graceful exit.
Claudia has the wit and ability to ad lib and is funny but also gets the serious points but Tess gets more and more wooden.
I do wish the judges hadn't started fannying about at the start of the show though.

Claudia is brilliant- she`s so splendidly daft! She always makes us laugh. Tess is the straight person which is fine. The show needs both. Just gushing loveliness is too boring. Claudia certainly isn't boring. What a shame about the tweeting twits complaining about her.

Well said papaoscar

Be not scared, Lona' it is the mark of literary greatness to be quoted by those envious of superior linguistic abilility. Be proud of your own ability and leave the writing of drivel to others like myself!

Well, Lona, I have just noticed that all the twitterererers in the Twittersphere are complaining like mad about her and accusing her of being so bad that she is rehashing Brucie's old jokes! I thought you might have heard a little something ...

You get scared! Why?

Holly I know nothing! Said in my best Manuel voice.

I have to confess Holly, when you cut and paste something I've said, I get quite scared.

Does anyone else think that the lifts that Jake Wood had to do were a bit too dangerous for a novice?

she has all the grace and dancing ability of a tailor's dummy.

For some of us, that is the attraction of SCD - to see a complete novice given some really good dancing abilities; what's the point of watching people who can already dance be teamed with professionals to teach them?

Fortunately, since I've been watching (about six years now), the winners do tend to be novices that have learned to dance from (almost sometimes) scratch.

I have a sneaky feeling that Claudia is going to take over the show wink

How intriguing Lona - are you in possession of a few tidbits that we are not (and, more importantly, are you going to share them)

Over the years the professional women's costumes have become skimpier and skimpier. Originally Ola Jordan was the one who appeared half naked, but now most of them have these almost indecent outfits. And I'm no prude, but I suspect that this display of flesh draws attention from the dancing. Maybe that's the intention!

That dress would have looked ghastly on most women IMO.
Sometimes it's as though the wardrobe dept. decide to make a celebrity look as bad as possible. The shiny stuff on the top of Alison's skirt made her hips look even bigger............... why do it?

Do the competitors have a say in choosing their own costumes?

I was wondering who thought that a pink and red dress was a good choice of colour for poor Jennifer. With her colouring it was all wrong. She'd have looked so much better in a midnight blue - or any other colour but pink.

Glad to see the back of Greg too, I have no idea what that man has, or how he stays on t.v. I wonder if he can actually cook, I would love to see him in a cookery competition now! There are some really awful dancers and some very good ones, and it will be interesting to see how the weeks pan out. I always enjoy this programme, but the waiting when they are announcing the results, and that music drives me mad.

The trouble is that the dancing is now secondary to all the glitz and spectacle, and some of these sad creatures are certainly making a complete spectacle of themselves. Poor old Greg has been shown up for what he is - a loud-mouthed windbag with two left-feet and a big belly. Judy could be next out, she has all the grace and dancing ability of a tailor's dummy. The hyperbolic nature of the so-called judges comments and conduct doesn't help either and the pouting presenters fawning over each other and the competitors is sickening. I also notice that the audience is stuffed full of media luvvies and assorted hangers-on. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers must be laughing out loud up on their clouds in dancing heaven, and even Sir Brucie must be feeling very smug. I love it all, keep it up!

I thought Judy was worse than Greg. It would be nice to see Jennifer improve and stay on for longer.

I was so pleased to see the back of Greg, thankfully it was him, because no way did Jennifer deserve to be in the dance off, over Judy or Scott. I also find Steve Backshall mildly irritating.

I really thought Judy should have been the one to go tonight although her and Greg were equally terrible (at least Greg had a sense of humor/humility about it). I think the only thing that saved her was the fact that Anton is her partner . It was like watching a stick dancing!