Strictly 2018

If the popular vote in the final comes down to a choice between Ashley and Stacey, the latter will win hands down.

I think you are right Sparkle and GrannyG and in the end it’s the public vote that counts.
I think Stacey will be the popular choice.

I think Ashley is brash whereas Faye is modest, so although both have dance experience (and I think Ashley has the most), Faye is more likable and gets more of the public vote. But I want Stacey to win (or Joe, but I don't think he will unless he gets given a fabulous dance and piece of music)

NotSpaghetti
No wonder she's good: 18 yrs of training

People who go into the entertainment field, soaps, pop groups and acting in general, the majority of them have been to a "performing arts school/college". So they will have some dance experience, usually not ballroom or Latin though,

Athletes have the advantage of fitness, Joe has the advantage of millions of young Utube followers.

My vote will stay with Stacey, I think she is the most improved overall.

You are right Alima - I don’t think those with dance training should be on the show as contestants either - but why don’t people feel the same about Faye as they do about Ashley? I read that Faye had 18 years of dance training?

I think the judges judge on dancing, but the public vote is a popularity vote, which is why Ashley has been in the bottom two the last two weeks. The final winner isn’t chosen by the judges, so the most popular one will win.

I was sad for Charles to go, I like him and he has done well his last few dances but couldn't win against Ashley. If I'm honest I would have preferred Lauren to be in the dance off and go. I think Joe should have gone weeks ago, I think he is massively overmarked and has never been criticised like any of the other dancers. He knows he is going to get the teenage votes every week and doesn't even look worried on the results show. I think he will end up in the final with Stacey, Ashley and Fay but I don't think he deserves it, he's not in the same class as any of the girls

Joe has a big following through his blog. He’s peaked now I think but will still pull in these vital votes.

The problem is that if Ashley is in the dance off again next week she may dance so well that she wins especially if she is up against Lauren or Joe. I do like Pasha but I do not like Stacey.

Yes, it is a dancing competition. Think people expect the contestants to start on a level playing field. Ashley is a trained dancer and so good she should be dancing against professionals. Leave this competition to the non dancers who are doing incredibly well. Lauren, Joe and Stacey.

I'm pleased with the result.

It`s a pity, but the trouble is there`s not a great lot for a man to do in a rumba. I`d have preferred Charles to stay and Ashley to go, although I`ve nothing against Pasha, he`s lovely.

Bye bye Charles - good decision - he didn't actually do very much in that rumba.

Ashley and Pasha's routine was quick and clever but left me cold.
I agree about the song so that might have explained my lack of interest.
Sadly I think it's Charles for the chop tonight!

I think Fay and Giovanni have a very good chance of winning the glitterball, although Stacey and Kevin are hot favourites .
Joe seems to be fading away ..... all celebs lose a lot of weight doing Strictly but he was painfully thin to start with!
Will Ashley and Pasha be in the dance off again I wonder?
Don’t rain on my parade is a ghastly song, and although the judges loved the routine, I didn’t.

I like Stacey very much too but it is a dancing competition not a popularity contest. She is a very good dancer but so are Faye and Ashley. I think Joe is good too but didn't like his dance last night.

If there is an issue regarding dancers' previous experience - and there appears to be - then I start to wonder whether it's worth watching the programme at all.

Well if we all voted we might just swing it for S
and K!I
I certainly will - 3 free votes on bbc website!

Well going by people's posts on here I'd say that Stacy is almost certain to win.
Hoorah for her and Kevin!!!!!!!!!

It'll make my Christmas if she wins Jane.

I like Stacey too as she has no dance training, making her performances even more amazing. I have liked her documentaries for years - the ones on the lack of police interest in disappearing Native American girls in Canada and ISIS are very good.

I watched a programme with Stacey interviewing the homeless through the night and she came across as wonderfully sympathetic without being gushing. There's no side to her and she's so unaffected unlike the rest of them .

I've always liked Stacey-------ordinary girl, loads of talent and doesn't take it as seriously as the others. A chilled-out girl who I'd put money on for her to win.

I agree Charles is a bit 'Moi' when they say nice things about him - he is very easy on the eye though. I expect I am the only one who didn't like the Lonely Goatherd Charleston- dont like the music or the dance. I like Laurens dance - beautiful.

I too am a Strictly fan. I think Faye and Ashley are excellent but they both come from a performing background in some sort of way. I would love for Stacey to win, think she is genuine and her dancing for a non-dancer is absolutely outstanding. Not sure who will go tonight.