Strictly

JessM. He had the "my mum cut my hair" look all the way through his politicle career, nothing to do with the strictly hairdressers, although I think they might have advised him to let it grow a bit 'just in case' nudge nudge wink wink he gets to Blackpool and has to dance the jive. The ' my mum cut my hair' look wouldn't have been compatible with the rock& roll look. Just saying

I'm just saying that they are carefully managing his "dopey middle aged dad" look. Accentuating his manly figure etc.

Rubbish.

Well what ever they are doing to Ed I LIKE IT!! He was cute at the start and he is still cute!!

Rubbish? The programme? Ed's rock and roll look? The world in general?

I like the idea of Ed being cute --- that means there's hope for me.

Can you post a video of you dancing Gangnam style so we can judge for ourselves Wobblybits?

LOL Jane, if only I could.

Is it me?
Lovely dancing, but I am not loving the music!

Loved Ed's tango LOL and Craig's comments!

Could this be the end of Ed, or will the public save him again ? I do hope so, he is so enjoyable.

I've voted to save him and Judge again. Fingers crossed!

They really didn't need to "manufacture" another opportunity for Ed to come last did they? That sort of thing is almost guaranteed to provoke the opposite reaction from the public.
And am I alone in being bored with (little) Claudia? And annoyed with the way the presenters speak to her as if she was 12?

Yes Jane I have as has a friend of mine. I thought that Ed was so entertaining tonight. I agree Daphne apart from Ed's dance I have not liked the music when anybody else was performing.

Ed's run his course now, I have thoroughly enjoyed his performances and he has worked hard to maintain his place, everyone loves him, but now it's serious! He really ought to be in the dance off tomorrow.

I think that Claudia may be in the dance off but I do not know who the second person will be.

Time for Ed Balls to go he can't dance and he's not even entertaining now, feel embarrassed watching him.

Everyone can dance, they just need tuition and confidence. Well done Ed Balls who is not a natural dancer's shape but has learnt some nifty footwork and puts his heart into the character of the dance every week. I hope he and Katya survive for another week.

Azie09, sorry but not everyone can dance, sadly we can't as we are unable to walk let alone dance.

Too true Wobblybits

Danny Mac is a professional dancer and it shows. He is great but it's not a level playing field, Ore has never had any dance training and has progressed so much. The winner should be Louise or Danny based on dancing, but if the US election was based on politics - a certain D Trump wouldn't have won- the voting public aren't rational as we know all too well!

So nobody but me ( on here) found his air- thrusting crotch finally to the routine very embarrassing ? As my father would have said: a jokes a joke, but f**k a pantomime.
I notice Evette wasn't in the audience, perhaps she'd seen the routine and didn't want to be seen applauding it.

DH - formerly a dance band drummer - is constantly criticising the music. For ballroom dancing the melody is secondary - it is the tempo that matters. How can the dancers produce a proper strict tempo dance when they are dancing to another rhythm? DH is constantly shouting at Len in particular who must know that the music is wrong for the dance.

As to Ed - he cannot dance. He does not have it in him. He performs like one of the dancing dog acts on BGT - well trained but not actually dancing.

Being able to dance is a state of mind. Judging people as 'not able to dance' is a put down, the kind of thing all too prevalent in the UK, just so people don't 'get above themselves'. I can't dance anymore either so sorry, playing that card kind of back fired! But perhaps Ed Balls has some disability I can't see?

Ed Balls doesn't have a disability but he does have an inabillity to recognise that he's rubbish at dancing. The trouble is: all the hype has gone to his head.