Strictly, yay!

I am not sure if Judi will be well enough to return next week- rehearsals are gruelling.

It seemed to me that Judi was struggling before she caught Covid as she always seemed very breathless.

Definitely not Sara's best night and as for Adam, I was cringing because I thought it was also crude with the amount of groin clutching and hip thrusting. Not dancing as I know it.

Dan has improved- hopefully he will not go out tonight.

My money is on Nancy and Rhys for the door. I am not sure if Judi will be well enough to return next week- rehearsals are gruelling.

I too didn’t like the crutch-clutching that Adam did - crude and unnecessary. Reminded me of Michael Jackson’s dance moves and I didn’t like it then. I do really like Adam though, but this was overdoing it. Rose and Giovanni, superb, as were John and Johannes. AJ & Kai - I would have preferred proper Argentina Tango music (the AT is my very favourite dance - I used to love watching Flavia and Vincent dance that). Poor Ugo - he was trying to mask the pain, bless him, but it was evident.

So who will leave tonight? I think it will be Ugo as everyone else has considerably upped their game, and poor Ugo had not only missed a week but clearly still wasn't on his best form.

I thought it was excellent last night, so many of the celebs had improved since last week. I felt sorry for Ugo, you could see how stiff he was, his back must still be painful.

Just found out contestants get paid large sums of money - I had no idea

Oh Kali did you honestly think they do it just to learn to dance? No, it’s to earn money and boost their profile, many careers are revived after being on Strictly.

Learning to dance a bonus maybe.

I watched john and Johannes twice. That Charleston was completely fabulous.

Oh no Fadingrose, I love that Stevie Nicks song......?

Just caught up with it, as we record and flick through
I thought that John and Johannes we're superb
Rose and Giovanni, so elegant and touching
AJ and Kai were fabulous, I just think that having authentic tango music would have added to their wonderful performance

Just found out contestants get paid large sums of money- I had no idea!

Each celebrity is handed a standard payment of £25,000 just for signing up to the series, reports Metro.

But bonus payments are in order for those who succeed. Reaching certain stages of the competition means extra cash in the bank for the celebs.

If they get past the first month, their payment soars to £40,000. For those who make the quarter-finals, there's a £60,000 reward, and anyone who lasts until the final will take home £75,000.

I agree too. There was no real art to it in the true sense of dance.

I agree with you Sweetpeasue then I wondered if I am becoming a prude, but all that groin clutching and “heavy “. thrusting didn’t really equate to dancing for me. It was crude .

Sparklefizz agree with you. Plus Adam--crikey indeed. Those jeans were VERY tight.

Rose, Tom and AJ for me, though I thought Dan was better this week.

Dan is lovely manPollyTickle and deserved his 7s tonight.
AJ I thought amazing, as we're Tom, John n Joanne's, Rose, Rhys. Such great dances tonight - - wonderful night's viewing. Tilly might not be consistent with all her dances but deserved her score tonight I thought.
Adam quite brilliant but I felt unable to take my attention away from the groin area! Yes, I know Katya gave him the choreography, though for me just a little bit 'trying too hard' in the full on sexuality. Please don't shout me down in flames everyone. To each his own. His hip movements are quite something, wonderful. It was just all the pointing the groin around! ?

Wow! What a fabulous evening.

Those wonderful comments from Dan to his wife. What a lovely man he is.

Adam - crikey!

Tom - brilliant with amazing lifts.

AJ - Absolutely fantastic.

Rose - so tender and fabulous.

John - it was fun and in perfect synchronicity.

It's hard to know who to vote for!

Another fabulous week, the standard is so high. Loved Argentine tango with Kai and AJ. Dan was good too and Tilly. Lots of really good dances tonight.

What a brilliant show!
A J, Rose & John are getting my online votes.
Just thinking …….. if A J Pritchard was still one of the Pro dancers there could have been A J & A J dancing together ?

I just love Rose and Giovanni. They dance beautifully every week and Rose makes me smile, she’s so bubbly.
I’m glad Tilly got well deserved praise after the horrible comments from an LBC radio presenter. That sort of meanness can destroy confidence, especially in one so young.
What Dan said to his wife brought a tear to my eye, what a lovely man

I loved Tilly and AJ. I know all the proffesional dancers are brilliant but I love watching kai dance. He and AJ look lovely together.

Those billowing curtains across the orchestra in Ugo's dance were annoyingly distracting. It looked like the stage technician was having trouble opening or closing them.
I think Ugo's time is limited anyway.

TillyTrotter

AJ deserves full marks in that amazing dance !

Hear. hear!

AJ deserves full marks in that amazing dance !

AIBU to suggest that Tilly Ramsay is being overmarked?
Yes she’s good but not that good -is she?
Is it to keep the younger viewers watching?

That was a lovely performance by Tilly.
Tom was good, but those baggy trousers à la Greg weren't the best on him.