

He must have laid in extra supplies of pickled walnuts under the desk to help him bite his tongue for now.Ĭraig: the great choreographer trapped inside a pantomime dame Was Gangnam really a salsa? (Not that anyone cares.) What about Daisy’s routine? (Also supposedly salsa.) Mind you, he won’t come out with critical remarks at feelgood Blackpool either. I’m surprised he hasn’t been hotter on criticising the content of the routines the last couple of weeks. “There are no words in the dictionary to describe that.” And: “There is always a sense of anticipation for you more than for any other couple.” If Len gets stuck for a job when he leaves Strictly, he can always write a compendium of euphemisms. Len: the diamond geezer on a farewell tourĪn excellent response to Ed Balls. Here it was a kind thing to do, making sure Daisy went out with her ridiculously beautiful head held high. I’m sure he’s not briefed to do this and he would never admit to it, but he does have a habit of throwing a bone to the losing side in the dance-off and forcing Len to make the cruellest cut. Photograph: Guy Levy/BBC/PAīruno’s moment of clemency towards Daisy was adorable. Is Greg on borrowed time? Yes … the dance-off.

Favourite moment? Her face during Gangnam Style, screaming with laughter and clinging on to Craig for dear life. Or there genuinely isn’t anyone she fancies. It’s as if they’ve asked her to tone down the “Phwooooarr” remarks to the male contestants as there have been (mercifully) few this series. Here’s what the judges made of it all …ĭarcey was curiously restrained this week. Highlight of the entire thing (Gangnam aside)? Judge Rinder’s granny saying “We watch your husband on telly” while Mrs Vernon Kay tried to conceal her horror. Louise, Judge Rinder and Claudia are steadily improving but need to pull something spectacular out of the bag. Am I the only person who thinks Joanne and Ore are frequently drawing the short straw on music choice? A rumba, the dance of love, to Ordinary People? (Sample lyric: “We’re just ordinary people/We don’t know which way to go.”) He was lucky to avoid the dance-off through no fault of his own. And I can’t say enough how much I love Oti and her extraordinary legs. In reality, he’s so far ahead of the competition, it’s laughable. I think the judges are playing a cautious game with Danny, mindful of the voting public’s potential hysteria about “previous experience.” They’re careful not to overpraise him. If you hadn’t already been struck dumb by that phenomenon, Danny Mac was sorely undermarked for not only one of the best Argentine tangos we’ve ever seen on the show but one of the best routines in the history of the show full stop. A man who learns a dance as if he were Hermione Granger facing expulsion from Hogwarts … Ed Balls.
