Strictly 2018

I must admit that although I LOVE the prgogramme by the end yesterday's episode I wasn't sure if it was still Saturday because it was so l-o-n-g!!

Time Anton retired and allowed himself to go grey, gracefully?
I'm a but concerned about Tess. She's such a skilled professional and fully deserved to replace BF. Never put a foot wrong but last night looking tired and not on form. Maybe a virus but could be the dreaded menopause, in which case I really pity her. A very long live show if you happened to be having those all-the-blood-is-draining-from-the-language-centres-in-my-cerebral-cortex hot flushes.

Not only is it the long live show, then they have to record the Sunday 'live' show.
You know, the one where we are supposed to believe that they all dress up again to be voted on.
Do you know I have met people who actually think this happens

Well Susannah went as predicted. Felt sorry for the other one in the dance off ( senior moment his name escapes me) he was traumatised from the red light I think. Let's see whose next! I thought AJ's routine was ambitious for week 2 it is going to be difficult with lifts I think with his partners disability, thought she looked a bit scared when they were doing them.

I wish they wouldn't have the dancers on when the guest 'act' is performing. I love George Ezra and was enjoying his slot last night when those two dancers started prancing around. It makes me cringe.

I thought that Susannah was very gracious in her defeat. She must have suspected, and Anton known, that they would be first to go.

The young fellow in the dance-off also was really shocked that he was there- maybe he will realise that nobody is safe.

Susannah seemed to make very little effort - she always seemed to be leaning back and letting Trinny do the work in her own show.

I've seen Anton with some rubbish partners but this is the first time he's had one so bad that she made him look as if he couldn't dance either! Unfortunately she doesn't have the personality or the humour to get the viewers on her side.

Well said Deedaa!!

Trinny and Susannah was one of my all-time favourite TV programmes.

Loved movie night show, some of the routines were amazing, but Katya’s choreography absolutely took my breath away, so good.

It's difficult to pick who will be in the dance off. They're all improving.

I agree with both Nannyloveshopping and merlotgran. The dancing this year is so good that is at the moment hard to put someone in front. The professional dancers are one step above ballroom and are wonderful to watch. Different to the original Come Dancing all those years ago when the ladies all wore those circular and many petticoat dresses. LOVE IT.

Of all the wonderful film music they chose that lot - terrible!

We watched some of it last night for the first time.
I kept asking DH 'Who's that?'
'No idea' he kept replying.

I did know one or two, Kate Silverton for instance.

As for Claudia - I think she's the highest paid woman in tv - so it's a moot point whether or not she is wasting her Cambridge double first. She is obviously clever enough to negotiate that salary!

Some amazing performances from the contestants last night.
I do think that sonetimes the pros let them down slightly with their choreography though.

Well someone’s got to bring it up! I thought Seann and Katya dance was so good, will they stay or will they go?

It's good publicity. There's always a so called romance/bust up/bitchy exchange to keep the viewers alert.

I like Seann in Bad Move.

Yet again two stars of Strictly Come Dancing appear hell-bent on proving the notion that dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire. Seann Walsh and his tango partner Katya Jones were filmed outside a pub sharing the kind of smooch that smacked of the last slow-dance at a boozy teenage party. And now Walsh’s partner has really hit back, according to today’s papers.

What a wally - or worse - he is! I suspect his days are numbered as not a lot of women will vote for a man who appears to be so controlling. I don't think strictly can dump him though. For damage limitation, he should resign but I doubt he thinks it's his fault! Men like him make me so angry!

Well it takes two to tango? Katya doesn’t seem to be getting the flak in the press as much as Seann, his girlfriend has got her priorities right and has taken their cat!

What a pair of wallies, I’d say. What sort of man takes another woman out on his partner’s birthday, for starters? Rebecca Humphries’ statement on Twitter was perfect. “And I’m not sorry that I took the cat”! Let’s hope she left him the steaming litter tray.

I think the fact that he repeatedly told her she was a psycho (according to her) is what's telling against him.

Smacks of narcissism!

Plus a dash of coercive control?

Celeb industry stuff. Sometimes there is something in it, sometimes staged and sometimes faked. At least Tess back on form. I was worried about her.