What A Show! To be fair I did miss the first 2 dances as I was still watching the first Harry Potter as part of my marathon before the beginning of the end and I'm rambling now. I'll stop. Back to Strictly, yes it was a fantastic show and some great dances!
Let's take a look at this week's leader-board:
Scott Maslen & Natalie Lowe – 39
Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev – 38
Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani – 35
Gavin Henson & Katya Virshilas - 33
Patsy Kensit & Robin Windsor – 32
Pamela Stephenson & James Jordan – 32
Felicity Kendal & Vincent Simone – 26
Michelle Williams & Brendan Cole - 24 Ann Widdecombe & Anton Du Beke - 20
Ssssssscott is back on top! After an amazing performance, Scott Malsen has reclaimed the top position after a disastrous week last week. Kara, who also performed brilliantly took second place. Gavin Henson is the surprise of the week, scoring an impressive 33! Maybe it was his wooing of one particular judge as you'll see later. Ann, again takes bottom place but she's not that far away from Michelle Williams so it's an improvement!
Let's take a look at my best and worst dances:
Best:
(Scott, Kara and Gavin)
For him to come out with this after a terrible week last time, it's amazing. He's such a fantastic dancer and Natalie Lowe is a great teacher! Dance of the series so far!
Kara was been constantly good these past few weeks and this is no different. Brilliant stuff!
And here is the wooing of the judge I mentioned earlier! While, Gavin still made alot of mistakes and his timing was out, this was really good. Very enjoyable. Over-marked but enjoyable.
Worst:
This was awful to watch. So awaked and just not good. You may be danger Felicity.
Seriously, time to jog off Ann. You've been funny but come on. Get out now.
So who will make it through to next week and get to perform at the home of the Ballroom, Blackpool?
Make sure you watch the results show tomorrow at 7:30 on BBC1!
This week it's either the Tango or the Charleston. Let's take a look at the leader-board.
Scott Maslen & Natalie Lowe – 35 Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani – 35 Pamela Stephenson & James Jordan – 34 Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev - 32 Tina O'Brien & Jared Murillo – 29 Felicity Kendal & Vincent Simone - 29 Patsy Kensit & Robin Windsor – 28 Michelle Williams & Ian Waite - 27 Jimi Mistry & Flavia Cacace – 27 Gavin Henson & Katya Virshilas 23 Ann Widdecombe & Anton Du Beke - 21
Peter Shilton & Erin Boag – 17
As you can see, for the first time since the show started Pamela Stephenson is not at the top of the leader-board. Is this the beginning of the decline? Probably not. She was still amazing though. The usually people are in the usual places. I don't mention them but I think I will this time. Kara Tointon, Tina O'Brien, Felicity Kendla, Patsy Kensit, Michelle Williams and Jimi Mistry are hover around the middle section of the table. None of them have either risen or fell into the bottom during the 4 weeks. They are good, but they dont stand out, although I have to give a special mention to Patsy Kensit. She was amazing tonight. Gavin Henson, Ann Widdecombe and Peter Shilton remain at the bottom. Ann was amazing as ever and Peter Shilton was terrible. Like seriously. Jeez.
So let's take a look at the best and worst dances of the night.
Best:
Scott Maslen and Natalie Lowe dancing the Tango. Wow. Scott has constantly been great and this is just amazing. Well done him.
Matt Baker and Aliona Vilani dancing the Charleston. Again he's been constantly good and this is fantastic.
Pamela Stephenson and James Jordan dancing the Tango. She's just amazing.
There are no words.
Worst:
Peter Shilton and Erin Boag dancing the Charleston. Awful.
Special Mention:
Patsy Kensit and Robin Windsor dancing the Charleston. I really liked it, shame the judges didn't so much.
And that's your lot. Tune in tomorrow night at 7:30 to see who leaves the competition.
For interviews and backstage gossip, watch Claudia Winkleman on It Takes Two, weeknights at 6:30 on BBC2.
Professional Dancer and Michelle William's partner in the current series of Strictly Come Dancing, Brendan Cole will take a leave of absence from the show due the death of his father, it's been reported.
The dancer found out about his father's death just hours before he was supposed to perform on the show. His father had been fighting Leukemia for 10 years and lost his battle. Brendan has flown back to New Zealand with his wife and brother.
Michelle Williams will be partnered with Ian Waite until Brendan returns.
I'm running behind tonight so I'm jumping straight into it.
In the bottom two were:
Michelle and Brendan
Paul and Ola
And the end result was:
Finally Paul Daniels has been booted out of the competition. He wasn't very good was he? The right person left tonight. Although Michelle Williams has been disappointing, I still think there's something there!
So the new series of Strictly Come Dancing kicked off good and proper this weekend with 2 shows and 14 couples dancing! Nobody left this week. All couples will return next week to dance again and the scores from this week will be added to next week's along with the viewers vote.
Here's the scores from the first week.
Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani - 31 Pamela Stephenson & James Jordan – 31 Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev - 30 Scott Maslen & Natalie Lowe – 29 Gavin Henson & Katya Virshilas 28 Jimi Mistry & Flavia Cacace - 26 Michelle Williams & Brendan Cole - 24 Tina O'Brien & Jared Murillo – 24 Felicity Kendal & Vincent Simone - 23 Patsy Kensit & Robin Windsor - 22 Peter Shilton & Erin Boag - 21 Goldie & Kristina Rihanoff - 20 Ann Widdecombe & Anton Du Beke - 17 Paul Daniels & Ola Jordan - 16
Best Dance:
Worst Dance:
Both shows were great in my opinion. There were a few surprises. Matt Baker defied my expectations, as did Gavin Henson and Pamela Stephenson. Paul Daniels is just a failure. Ann Widdecombe was immense. I expect her to be the new John Sargent and we all know how that turned out. Michelle Williams was a real let down. I expected great things from her but it just wasn't.
What did you think? Are you looking forward to next weeks show?
Make sure you watch Claudia Winkleman on It Takes Two on BBC2 weekdays at 6:30.
That's right, it's back! Let's have a look who's taking part this year!
Ann Widdecombe!
Gavin Henson!
Felicity Kendall!
Goldie!
Kara Tointon!
Jimi Mistry!
Matt Baker!
Pamela Stephenson!
Michelle Williams!
Pasty Kensit
Peter Shilton!
Paul Daniels!
Scott Maslen!
Tina O'Brien
This is 2010's line up and I actually have heard of the majority except for 2. Jimi Mistry and Pamela Stephenson. Who are they? We have a good line up here I reckon. I'm excited!
Don't forget to watch on the celebrities meet their dancing partners live on BBC1 at 6:25pm this Saturday!
Let us know what you think of the new dancers! Are you excited? Do you have a favourite already?