Strictly 2025

Very sexy dance from the pro's ! Terrific routine.

I love the “Cell Block Tango” from Chicago.very sultry!

I’m delighted for Balvinder . Such a worthy semi-finalist and this may give her the boost to dance her socks off next week and surprise us all.

merlotgran

Blimey! Bal’s through. 👏👏

Good, I did keep voting for her but we were out last night so didn't see it.

Blimey! Bal’s through. 👏👏

😂 seconds after I said that she’s through!

Balvinder is through!

I’d love to see Balvinder avoiding the dance off this week

Thanks Grandmabatty- also agree about the music!

Somewhat awkward for George too...

Sweet Charity is set in the 60s but at the very start of the hippie years. It wasn't based on being a hippie although Charity accepts a flower from one right at the end. However the rhythm of life is most definitely not right for a samba and very difficult to dance to, I agree Maremia

But I do love Phantom.

And that was a difficult tune to dance to.

So difficult to chose. I am fond of George.

I did think Sweet Charity was a 1960s musical.
I've only seen it set in the 60s I think.
...were there "taxi dancers" in the 70s?

I enjoyed Balvinder, but I fell asleep when Amber danced and was so cross with myself.

I thought George was really good, but I agree with the mismatched music, and as somebody said, it has happened many times during this series.

I find the disconnect between the music and the dance really spoils my enjoyment of the programme. It's been really noticeable this year and I've noticed that the scores are generally higher when the music is dance appropriate. Karen, George and Lewis all had music that was nothing to do with the dance style and at the start I thought Karen and Carlos would be dancing to something from Hair. What were those costumes all about?

2 fir Georfe, 2 for Karen and 1 fir Balvinder. They have come on the most.

Done something stupid, I was reading this thread and the one in Mumsnet and I missed the vote. Ugh.

I gave Bal 3, George 1, and Amber 1.

Didn’t care for either Lewis or Karen tonight, but they are better dancers as a rule.

I've also given 5 votes to Lewis because I love to watch him dance. However, I think it was far too ambitious trying to condense a West Side Story movie number down to the size of the Strictly studio and it ended up looking messy.

2 to Balvinder, 2 to Amber and 1 to Karen.

I have given my votes to Lewis. I love his dancing.
I should give a vote to Amber, but I just can't take to her, but that dance was fantastic.
I liked Karens dance and enjoyed her energy, but the costumes made it look messy.As a couple I think Calos and Karen are lovely.

All 5 votes for Balvinder tonight

It saddens me (as I am a Lewis fan) but I agree with you Sparkefizz

Too many extra dancers tonight especially for Lewis and Katya. I couldn't see where they were.

I might actually vote for Balvinder as I loved her dance.