Strictly

Manrara and Melvin Odoom "went home".
Grossly unfair IMHO

Brendan is still in Anniebach - it was the other couple - Melvin and Janette who left. Because Anastacia couldn't compete in the dance off it was decided by the couple who had the least public votes. So unfair!

No he wasn't it was the other couple surely? Or have things moved on since last night's programme?

Poor Brendan, voted off in first vote

I gather from the papers that Anastacia had a 'meltdown' and filming had to be halted for 30 minutes. Brendan not happy and had to be comforted by Anton. Poor Brendan. What a shame for him.

Teddy123 I know that. However, she's an actor who has played the stereotypical Jewish woman. This isn't Pedant's Corner.

I have a soft spot for Will Young ever since the lovely part he played in Mrs. Henderson Presents.

I knew of four , Ed Balls, Lesley Joseph, Will Young and the BBC presenter , sorry forgotten her name

Gulliegrannie I ve never heard of half of them I didn't know Daisy who you all think is pretty and I don't, I didn't know the Danny or kelvin man or the other black guy or the gymnast or anastasia

Just back from getting all ready for the dinner party - yes it's Claudia Winkleman I don't really want, not tiny little Frangipane (who was great at the Olympics).

I have to confess I don't know who Danny Mac actually is, but have read on here that he has dancing experience. Hmm.

I enjoying watching the ones who cannot dance ,and if not voted out to soon , watching them improve a little each week. This year the majority seem expert dancers

Anastacia seems like a pouty diva to me. If she is not physically fit they should not have allowed her to be in the show in the first place, sympathetic though I am to her post-op problems. Why didn't she hold her Strictly place over for a year to make sure she was completely healed after her op? I feel sorry for whatsisname who was knocked out this evening, it should have been Anastacia who got the chop, even if she is donating her fee to cancer research.

As for Ed Balls, I'm so glad he's still in. He's a real trier, isn't he? Perhaps he'll be like John Sargent, keep getting voted in by a sympathetic public until he feels he must voluntarily drop out. He'll become so popular that Jeremy Corbyn will plead to get him back in the Shadow Cabinet.

Wilmaknickersfit ..... Lesley Joseph hasn't spent "years playing Jewish women" since she actually IS a Jewish woman.

I can't see Anastasia being able to carry on with all that stretching etc. Stupid to risk her health.

If her physicality stops her dancing one week why wouldn't it the next? I don't mean to sound heartless but it doesn't bode well for any future dance off she is in. Sorry, crabby today.

I hate myself for saying this but...... Ed Balls....

I wonder if she will appear next Saturday? I thought that she looked disappointed when she and Brendon were not eliminated.

That is a travesty. If you are unfit, younretire. End of.

I agree that if you aren't fit to dance you shouldn't be there. I know nothing about Anastacia but I gather she's a big "Star" and I wonder if they are going out of their way to keep her in.

My thoughts also re Anastacia.

Before Strictly I would never have given Ed Balls the time of day but he has worked hard and is doing his best. It is very difficult for him when he is up against the likes of Danny who has obviously had a lot of experience prior to this show.

I agree.

And I am sorry but if Anastacia was unable to compete in the 'dance off' due to an injury then she should have gone. It was unfair to not give the other couple a chance to dance again.

No. I think he's lovely too. I always thought he looked like a little boy even when he was being a serious politician.

Is it wrong that I am finding Ed Balls quite cute?

Had a friend who had the same thing done. You only have it if you want a reconstruction. Was pretty major