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Week 10 Thoughts! Rose & Giovanni - Paso Doble: I was intrigued to see how Rose would tackle the Paso. She says it's not her, but she has done well with selling the moody/angst type dances. This is such a different and unexpected song choice for the Paso, so was also curious how this would all work. I thought this was good/decent but not one of Rose's best. She committed to the character and sold the attitude of the dance well. The partnering and footwork was good as a whole. I did feel there was a lot of stiffness in her upper body/movements here and her posture seemed stiff too. It lacked the flexibility and Spanish lines that was needed for the dance. The ending looked like it kinda went wrong there too? Aww Rose apologized and felt bad about it but sweet of Giovanni to reassure her it was okay. I did agree with Anton on how her shaping was held which restricted some of her finishing lines. Kinda surprised Craig gave an 8 as he gave so many negative critiques. My score: 32. Dan & Nadiya - Rumba: Lol Tess mentioning that Dan is the only celeb to yet to top the leaderboard as if he'll do so with his Rumba. i really feared for Dan doing the Rumba but it is really nice learning this is Nadiya's favorite dance style and how she lights up talking about it and talking about her she won World Championships for it. I guess with me having such low expectations, I didn't think Dan was a trainwreck here so yay for that. I still don't think he quite mastered or was too good in this dance. He was stiff and lacking hip action nd needed to exaggerate his movements more, but he did try and put in effort. He did partnered and showcase Nadiya well. I did feel a little awkward seeing them getting all close up like that, lol. And speaking of Nadiya, wow...... she was dynamic and breathtaking in this dance! She looked SO gorgeous and danced so beautifully! You could tell this is her dance as she looked like a star. Was hard for me to focus on Dan. But he did alright, but really is lasting longer than he should at this point. These judges overpraising this like whoa, but at least Craig is there to tell it like it is. omg Craig marking one point up for his involvement & commitment, so he was supposed to give a 5? My score: 25. AJ & Kai - Couple's Choice (Commercial/Jazz): Aww this was a really sweet VT of AJ talking about her family and them being featured in this. And aww at all of them getting emotional about her.... so lovely! Aww her comments of how her parents couldn't afford for her to take dance lessons but she can do so now! I was very excited for this Couple's Choice as I love the song choice and think it could lend itself to a fun sexy routine. And yes, this was a very stylish, fun and sexy routine. It took a little time to get it started but I take it as setting the mood for the dance. AJ had great style, musicality and had the swag & attitude down in her character, and danced it all wonderfully. She owned it, and she looked sooo gorgeous and stunning here too. They had some crazy lifts in there, especially that big moment where she threw herself at Kai? That was an insane moment! Craig did point out how technically difficult this dance was and how she could have made things poppier and arms were a little messy, which I can get but ehh didn't really bother me. I thought she did really well technically and performance-wise, even if it may not have been her very strongest. Hmm Cynthia gave all positive comments (and I was waiting for the critiques) so I am puzzled on that 8? My score: 37. Rhys & Nancy - Waltz: I was super curious to see how Rhys would slow it down and perform the Waltz because goodness knows, he needs a slow dance like whoa. Oooh the scenery where they were rehearsing their Waltz in the VT was very pretty. Aww I thought this was a very lovely and beautiful Waltz from Rhys. He is really showing good progress and improvement in ballroom. His posture was good but was a bit off at one point I noticed (with the bottom sticking out which Craig mentioned), but he did have a very good frame and footwork throughout the dance. He was controlled in his movements and leading of Nancy. They had lovely believable chemistry in the dance. He does have moments of Oooh wow at how emotional Rhys got and was crying a bit after that dance. That came out of nowhere, but aww. OMG dangg that crowd went in hard booing Craig with his comments.... WTH? I was surprised with Shirley's 10 but it makes up for Craig's 7 so I can live with that. Omg then they gave him a video message from his grandparents? Rhys is gonna be crying forever. My score: 35. Tilly & Nikita - Samba: Omg Tilly's "oh dear" reaction at getting the Samba. A rollerskating theme is very interesting. Now I would have been even more impressed how they done the Samba in roller skates, lmao. This is a very challenging dance for Tilly - both with the dance style and the character she's got to sell. I figured this dance would be a struggle for Tilly, and sadly it was. I do think she performed this well and had a lot of great fun with it. The Tilly from the first few weeks wouldn't have performed this like this. So it was nice seeing her let loose. She did struggle with the technical aspects of it. She didn't really nail the footwork and the dance did come off a little hectic and messy. And there was some Samba partnering move at the end of the stage where something looked a little off and messy. But I do love how she threw herself into this and had fun with this. She gave a good effort on a hard dance but don't really see her surviving this. My score: 29. John & Johannes - Argentine Tango: Aww it was nice seeing Johannes visiting John at his day job/TV show he's apart of. Oooh I was really looking forward to their Argentine Tango. I do know that the AT originated from two men dancing that style together, but never really got to see that.... so it's really cool how we get to see this on Strictly! But wow this was an amazing and really outstanding dance from John & Johannes. These intense and powerful dances really work best for them. They had so much intensity, power and passion in how they danced and performed this. Loved the start with their side by side dancing and then how they got into the intricate AT partnering! John did really well leading and controlling the dance, and wow Johannes really threw himself into all of those lifts! I loved the intricate footwork they did with all of those kicks and gaunchos. Johannes did have more of those as the follower, but I loved where they had this intense battle of their footwork! That part where John was hooking his legs onto Johannes, specifically. The last sequence of lifts they did really powerful. This was the dance John really needed, after the comments he got last week. Aww how sweet how John got a message from Mary Berry of the Great British Bake Off. My score: 39. Rankings: 1. John & Johannes - Argentine Tango 2. AJ & Kai - Couple's Choice (Commercial/Jazz) 3. Rhys & Nancy - Waltz 4. Rose & Giovanni - Paso Doble 5. Tilly & Nikita - Samba 6. Dan & Nadiya - Rumba

Congrats to AJ & Kai on their 3rd win with their Waltz! The Week 10 round will start on Monday!

Sent in my rankings + comments!

OMGG I just went on the Strictly instagram and saw all of her scores. I'm crying and loving how she did this. So that means taking account her scores (and removing Cynthia's).... they would be: Rose - 8/8/8/9 = 33 Dan - 6/8/8/8 = 30 AJ - 9/10/10/9 = 38 Rhys - 7/9/10/9 = 35 Tilly - 7/8/8/8 = 31 John - 9/10/10/10 = 39 So the only differences would have been: AJ would have had 2 more points, Tilly one more point and Dan one less point. The Top 4 spots would have been the same on the leaderboard. But Tilly would have been 5th and Dan would have been 6. Yikes, this sounds like this would have made a lot more sense.

Now, it is our time to rate the routines! Please vote fairly and honestly solely on the dance performed (with no outside of the dance feelings interfering). Voting will be open for a full week and will close after next week's show. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "California Dreamin'" (Paso Doble): Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Desperado" (Rumba): AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Make Me Feel" (Commercial/Jazz): Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "You Light Up My Life" (Waltz): Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Levitating" (Samba): John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "The 5th" (Argentine Tango):

IDF Rates Strictly Come Dancing Series 19 Routines (Week 9) Score Averages: 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Edelweiss" (Waltz): 90 / 10 2. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Love Is An Open Door" (Quickstep): 80 / 8.88 3. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Revolting Children" (Street/Commercial): 75 / 8.33 4. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Viennese Waltz): 71 / 7.88 4. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "Footloose" (Jive): 71 / 7.88 6. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "On My Own" (Contemporary): 69 / 7.66 7. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Good Morning" (Charleston): 63 / 7 *9 votes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here would be the SCD equivalent version of the scores: 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Edelweiss" (Waltz): 40 (=) 2. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Love Is An Open Door" (Quickstep): 36 (-1) 3. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Revolting Children" (Street/Commercial): 33 (-7) 4. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Viennese Waltz): 32 (=) 4. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "Footloose" (Jive): 32 (=) 6. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "On My Own" (Contemporary): 31 (=) 7. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Good Morning" (Charleston): 28 (-3) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Overall Dances Averages: 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Don't Bring Lulu" (Charleston): 10 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Edelweiss" (Waltz): 10 3. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Shivers" (Tango): 9.9 4. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Symphony" (Contemporary): 9.88 5. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Milord" (Charleston): 9.6 6. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "The Charleston" (Charleston): 9.55 7. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Dangerous Woman" (Viennese Waltz): 9.5 8. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Fallin'" (Viennese Waltz): 9.4 9. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Edge of Seventeen" (Argentine Tango): 9.3 10. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Acuyuyé" (Samba): 9.22 10. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "He's a Pirate" (Paso Doble): 9.22 12. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "I Have Nothing" (American Smooth): 8.88 12. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Love Is An Open Door" (Quickstep): 8.88 12. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Rose's Theme" (Foxtrot): 8.88 15. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Shape of My Heart" (Rumba): 8.87 16. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Gold Dust" (Jive): 8.72 17. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "Por Una Cabeza" (Tango): 8.7 18. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Amparito Roca" (Paso Doble): 8.62 19. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Revolting Children" (Street/Commercial): 8.33 20. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Bad Moon Rising" (Quickstep): 8.2 20. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Foxtrot): 8.2 22. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Little Things" (Foxtrot): 8 23. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Tears Dry On Their Own" (Foxtrot): 7.9 24. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Viennese Waltz): 7.88 24. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "Footloose" (Jive): 7.88 24. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Iris" (Viennese Waltz): 7.88 27. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Cinema Italiano" (Samba): 7.87 27. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "What A Man Gotta Do" (Quickstep): 7.87 29. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Watermelon Sugar" (Salsa): 7.8 29. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Spooky Movies" (Cha-Cha): 7.8 29. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Charleston): 7.8 32. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Starstruck" (Cha-Cha): 7.7 32. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "The Eve of the War" (Paso Doble): 7.7 34. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "On My Own" (Contemporary): 7.66 35. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "I Won't Dance" (Quickstep): 7.55 36. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "Spider-Man" (Street/Commercial): 7.44 37. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "I've Got The World On a String" (American Smooth): 7.4 38. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "9 to 5" (Quickstep): 7.37 39. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Game of Survival" (Paso Doble): 7.33 40. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Don't Go Yet" (Samba): 7.3 41. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Johnny B. Goode" (Jive): 7.22 42. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (American Smooth): 7.2 42. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Raspberry Beret" (Cha-Cha): 7.2 44. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Fly Me To The Moon" (Foxtrot): 7.1 45. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Blue Monday" (Tango): 7.09 46. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Good Morning" (Charleston): 7 46. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "Butter" (Salsa): 7 46. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Kings & Queens" (Tango): 7 46. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Highway to Hell" (Tango): 7 50. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Beggin'" (Cha-Cha): 6.9 50. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - "Get Busy" (Samba): 6.9 50. Nina Wadia & Neil Jones - "Mi Gente" (Samba): 6.9 53. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "End Of The Road" (Viennese Waltz): 6.81 54. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Moonlight Sonata" (Viennese Waltz): 6.8 54. Robert Webb & Dianne Buswell - "La Cumparsita" (Tango): 6.8 54. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Diablo Rojo" (Paso Doble): 6.8 57. Ugo Monye & Oti Mabuse - "You're Welcome" (Jazz): 6.77 58. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Argentine Tango): 6.66 59. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Little Bitty Pretty One" (Jive): 6.62 60. Katie McGlynn & Gorka Marquez - "Black Hole" (Tango): 6.54 61. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Tango in the Night" (Argentine Tango): 6.5 61. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "Reach Out I'll Be There" (Cha-Cha): 6.5 61. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Cuba" (Salsa): 6.5 64. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "King of the Road" (American Smooth): 6.33 65. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Rock Lobster" (Jive): 6.2 65. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "She's Always a Woman" (Viennese Waltz): 6.2 65. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - "Hero" (Waltz): 6.2 65. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "You're Still The One" (Rumba): 6.2 69. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Giant" (Paso Doble): 6.1 69. Ugo Monye & Oti Mabuse - "Bring Me Sunshine" (Quickstep): 6.1 71. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - "Chain of Fools" (American Smooth): 6.09 71. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Shake It Off" (Jive): 6.09 73. Katie McGlynn & Gorka Marquez - "Cruella De Vil" (American Smooth): 6 73. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "Best Years of Our Lives" (Samba): 6 75. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Classic" (Street/Commercial): 5.87 76. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (Quickstep): 5.8 76. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Faith" (Samba): 5.8 78. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "The Nicest Kids in Town" (Jive): 5.77 79. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (Quickstep): 5.72 80. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - "Physical" (Cha-Cha): 5.7 81. Robert Webb & Dianne Buswell - "The Muppet Show Theme" (Quickstep): 5.66 82. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Consequences" (Waltz): 5.54 83. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "September" (Cha-Cha): 5.45 84. Greg Wise & Karen Hauer - "James Bond Theme" (Paso Doble): 5.44 85. Nina Wadia & Neil Jones - "Would I Lie To You?" (Tango): 5.4 86. Greg Wise & Karen Hauer - "That's Life" (American Smooth): 5.36 87. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "U Can't Touch This" / "Super Freak" (Cha-Cha): 5.3 88. Katie McGlynn & Gorka Marquez - "good 4 u" (Jive): 5.2 89. Ugo Monye & Oti Mabuse - "Iko Iko (My Bestie)" (Samba): 5.18 90. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - "When You're Good to Mama" (Charleston): 5.11 91. Greg Wise & Karen Hauer - "If You Could Read My Mind" (Disco): 5.1 91. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "Queen of the Night" (Paso Doble/Ballroom Fusion): 5.1 91. Ugo Monye & Oti Mabuse - "Leave The Door Open" (Rumba): 5.1 94. Robert Webb & Dianne Buswell - "Rasputin" (Cha-Cha): 5 95. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "I See You" (Rumba): 4.77 96. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "The Boss" (Cha-Cha): 4.36 97. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Once Upon a Dream" (Foxtrot): 4.33 98. Greg Wise & Karen Hauer - "Macarena" (Samba): 4.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Overall Couples Points & Averages: 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - 78.93 / 8.77 (=) 2. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - 74.98 / 8.33 (=) 3. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - 74.6 / 8.28 (=) 4. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - 68.15 / 7.57 (=) 5. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - 58.73 / 7.34 (=) 6. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - 64.59 / 7.17 (=) 7. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - 52.59 / 6.57 (=) 8. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - 43.19 / 6.17 (=) 9. Nina Wadia & Neil Jones - 12.3 / 6.15 (=) 10. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - 30 / 6 (=) 11. Katie McGlynn & Gorka Marquez - 17.74 / 5.91 (=) 12. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - 53.05 / 5.89 (+2) 13. Robert Webb & Dianne Buswell - 17.46 / 5.82 (-1) 14. Ugo Monye & Oti Mabuse - 23.15 / 5.78 (-1) 15. Greg Wise & Karen Hauer - 20.2 / 5.05 (=) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BY STYLES: AMERICAN SMOOTH: 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "I Have Nothing" (American Smooth): 8.88 2. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "I've Got The World On a String" (American Smooth): 7.4 3. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (American Smooth): 7.2 4. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "King of the Road" (American Smooth): 6.33 5. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - "Chain of Fools" (American Smooth): 6.09 6. Katie McGlynn & Gorka Marquez - "Cruella De Vil" (American Smooth): 6 7. Greg Wise & Karen Hauer - "That's Life" (American Smooth): 5.36 ARGENTINE TANGO: 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Edge of Seventeen" (Argentine Tango): 9.3 2. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Argentine Tango): 6.66 3. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Tango in the Night" (Argentine Tango): 6.5 CHA-CHA: 1. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Spooky Movies" (Cha-Cha): 7.8 2. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Starstruck" (Cha-Cha): 7.7 3. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Raspberry Beret" (Cha-Cha): 7.2 4. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Beggin'" (Cha-Cha): 6.9 5. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "Reach Out I'll Be There" (Cha-Cha): 6.5 6. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - "Physical" (Cha-Cha): 5.7 7. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "September" (Cha-Cha): 5.45 8. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "U Can't Touch This" / "Super Freak" (Cha-Cha): 5.3 9. Robert Webb & Dianne Buswell - "Rasputin" (Cha-Cha): 5 10. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "The Boss" (Cha-Cha): 4.36 CHARLESTON: 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Don't Bring Lulu" (Charleston): 10 2. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Milord" (Charleston): 9.6 3. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "The Charleston" (Charleston): 9.55 4. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Charleston): 7.8 5. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Good Morning" (Charleston): 7 6. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - "When You're Good to Mama" (Charleston): 5.11 COUPLE'S CHOICE: 1. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Symphony" (Contemporary): 9.88 2. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Revolting Children" (Street/Commercial): 8.33 3. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "On My Own" (Contemporary): 7.66 4. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "Spider-Man" (Street/Commercial): 7.44 5. Ugo Monye & Oti Mabuse - "You're Welcome" (Jazz): 6.77 6. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Classic" (Street/Commercial): 5.87 7. Greg Wise & Karen Hauer - "If You Could Read My Mind" (Disco): 5.1 7. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "Queen of the Night" (Paso Doble/Ballroom Fusion): 5.1 FOXTROT: 1. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Rose's Theme" (Foxtrot): 8.88 2. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Foxtrot): 8.2 3. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Little Things" (Foxtrot): 8 4. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Tears Dry On Their Own" (Foxtrot): 7.9 5. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Fly Me To The Moon" (Foxtrot): 7.1 6. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Once Upon a Dream" (Foxtrot): 4.33 JIVE: 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Gold Dust" (Jive): 8.72 2. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "Footloose" (Jive): 7.88 3. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Johnny B. Goode" (Jive): 7.22 4. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Little Bitty Pretty One" (Jive): 6.62 5. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Rock Lobster" (Jive): 6.2 6. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Shake It Off" (Jive): 6.09 7. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "The Nicest Kids in Town" (Jive): 5.77 8. Katie McGlynn & Gorka Marquez - "good 4 u" (Jive): 5.2 PASO DOBLE: 1. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "He's a Pirate" (Paso Doble): 9.22 2. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Amparito Roca" (Paso Doble): 8.62 3. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "The Eve of the War" (Paso Doble): 7.7 4. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Game of Survival" (Paso Doble): 7.33 5. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Diablo Rojo" (Paso Doble): 6.8 6. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Giant" (Paso Doble): 6.1 7. Greg Wise & Karen Hauer - "James Bond Theme" (Paso Doble): 5.44 RUMBA: 1. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Shape of My Heart" (Rumba): 8.87 2. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "You're Still The One" (Rumba): 6.2 3. Ugo Monye & Oti Mabuse - "Leave The Door Open" (Rumba): 5.1 4. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "I See You" (Rumba): 4.77 QUICKSTEP: 1. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Love Is An Open Door" (Quickstep): 8.88 2. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Bad Moon Rising" (Quickstep): 8.2 3. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "What A Man Gotta Do" (Quickstep): 7.87 4. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "I Won't Dance" (Quickstep): 7.55 5. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "9 to 5" (Quickstep): 7.37 6. Ugo Monye & Oti Mabuse - "Bring Me Sunshine" (Quickstep): 6.1 7. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (Quickstep): 5.8 8. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (Quickstep): 5.72 9. Robert Webb & Dianne Buswell - "The Muppet Show Theme" (Quickstep): 5.66 SALSA: 1. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Watermelon Sugar" (Salsa): 7.8 2. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "Butter" (Salsa): 7 3. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Cuba" (Salsa): 6.5 SAMBA: 1. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Acuyuyé" (Samba): 9.22 2. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Cinema Italiano" (Samba): 7.87 3. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Don't Go Yet" (Samba): 7.3 4. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - "Get Busy" (Samba): 6.9 4. Nina Wadia & Neil Jones - "Mi Gente" (Samba): 6.9 6. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "Best Years of Our Lives" (Samba): 6 7. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Faith" (Samba): 5.8 8. Ugo Monye & Oti Mabuse - "Iko Iko (My Bestie)" (Samba): 5.18 9. Greg Wise & Karen Hauer - "Macarena" (Samba): 4.3 TANGO: 1. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Shivers" (Tango): 9.9 2. Sara Davies & Aljaž Škorjanec - "Por Una Cabeza" (Tango): 8.7 3. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Blue Monday" (Tango): 7.09 4. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Kings & Queens" (Tango): 7 4. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Highway to Hell" (Tango): 7 6. Robert Webb & Dianne Buswell - "La Cumparsita" (Tango): 6.8 7. Katie McGlynn & Gorka Marquez - "Black Hole" (Tango): 6.54 8. Nina Wadia & Neil Jones - "Would I Lie To You?" (Tango): 5.4 VIENNESE WALTZ: 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Dangerous Woman" (Viennese Waltz): 9.5 2. Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Fallin'" (Viennese Waltz): 9.4 3. John Whaite & Johannes Radebe - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Viennese Waltz): 7.88 3. Tom Fletcher & Amy Dowden - "Iris" (Viennese Waltz): 7.88 5. Rhys Stephenson & Nancy Xu - "End Of The Road" (Viennese Waltz): 6.81 6. Adam Peaty & Katya Jones - "Moonlight Sonata" (Viennese Waltz): 6.8 7. Dan Walker & Nadiya Bychkova - "She's Always a Woman" (Viennese Waltz): 6.2 WALTZ: 1. AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Edelweiss" (Waltz): 10 2. Judi Love & Graziano Di Prima - "Hero" (Waltz): 6.2 3. Tilly Ramsey & Nikita Kuzmin - "Consequences" (Waltz): 5.54

Going to close the voting now. 9 votes! Thanks to everyone who voted this week. Will do the calculations and post this week's form shortly!

Our group has decided: Finals: Chelsie Hightower & Mark Kanemura - "Kiss Kiss" (Jazz by Mandy Moore) Courtney Galiano & Gev Manoukian - "Standing There" (Jazz by Mandy Moore) Voting round: Chelsie Hightower & Gev Manoukian - "The House is Rockin'" (Jive by Jean-Marc Généreux & France Mousseau) Katee Shean & tWitch Boss - "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Broadway by Tyce Diorio) Round 3: Kherington Payne & tWitch Boss - "2 Buck 4 TV" (Krump by Lil' C)

Lmaooo I've been so puzzled and questioning her scoring, just from reading them. Def can't wait to see the show to see what I really think, lol. Yeah I think this too at the Bottom 2.

Final Overall Leaderboard 1. John and Johannes: 39 (6 points) 2. AJ and Kai: 36 (5 points) 3. Rhys and Nancy: 35 (4 points) 4. Rose and Giovanni: 33 (3 points) 5. Dan and Nadiya: 31 (2 points) 6. Tilly and Nikita: 30 (1 point) Hmmm, it does look very likely of a Tilly vs. Rhys Bottom 2, as they are the only ones to have land in the Bottom 2 multiple times. I am wondering how long Dan's fanbase can hold up. He could likely be safe, but I wouldn't be surprised if he were to land there but kinda doubt it. But then if he lands in the Bottom 2, I fear the judges would save him. But yeah mostly thinking Tilly will go this weekend.

Last set of scores: Tilly & Nikita - Samba: 7/7/8/8 = 30 John & Johannes - Argentine Tango: 9/10/10/10 = 39 Seems like fair scores for Tilly, but now I feel really certain she's probably going to go. A few weeks ago on ITT, it was revealed that the most amount of couples left on a Samba with 20 couples, so I can see this remaining true here. Amazing scores for John here. I was expecting very high scores for him and maybe the potential 40 but just fell shy from that.

Next set of scores: AJ & Kai - Couple's Choice (Jazz): 9/8/10/9 = 36 Rhys & Nancy - Waltz: 7/9/10/9 = 35 Not Cynthia giving AJ an 8 here. I can't judge as I am not seeing the dances but I am SO confused especially as she gave Dan a 9??? So confused. Scores all over the place here. Def reading lots of outrage on Cynthia's scores today. Good and improved scores from Rhys too although they are all over the place too.

I'll post the scores as usual. Rose & Giovanni - Paso Doble: 8/8/8/9 = 33 Dan & Nadiya - Rumba: 6/9/8/8 = 31 Rose continues her upward trend of increasing her Latin scores, her best score for a Latin dance. Oooof not Cynthia giving Dan's Rumba a 9. She was doing so good last week. I'm REALLY curious about this now. Surprised Dan managed to score so well, as I was expecting mid 20s or so. This is not the way to let Dan go, especially if he doesn't land in the bottom of the leaderboard lol.

3 Week 2 : "Here Comes The Sun" (Foxtrot) - 27 Week 4.2 : "Once Upon a Dream" (Viennese Waltz) - 3 + Foxtrot

3 AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Edelweiss" (Waltz): 81 Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Love Is An Open Door" (Quickstep): 3 + AJ & Kai

2 JoJo Siwa & Jenna Johnson - "Born This Way" (Freestyle): 72 Iman Shumpert & Daniella Karagach - "Lose Control" / "Bounce" (Freestyle): 8 + Jojo & Jenna Freestyle

Week 10 show will be starting fairly soon (about an hour and 40 minutes, I believe). Here are some of the rehearsal clips:

Ugh yess, same! I've been missing the female pop star signing on the show for a few years. Hopefully she'll love the special enough to commit to a full season in the future.

2 AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Edelweiss" (Waltz): 80 Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Love Is An Open Door" (Quickstep): 4 + AJ & Kai

2 Week 2 : "Here Comes The Sun" (Foxtrot) - 24 Week 4.2 : "Once Upon a Dream" (Viennese Waltz) - 6 + Foxtrot

1 Week 2 : "Here Comes The Sun" (Foxtrot) - 44 Week 4.2 : "Once Upon a Dream" (Viennese Waltz) - 16 + Foxtrot

1 AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Edelweiss" (Waltz): 78 Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Love Is An Open Door" (Quickstep): 6 + AJ & Kai

5 Week 2 : "Here Comes The Sun" (Foxtrot) - 43 Week 4.2 : "Once Upon a Dream" (Viennese Waltz) - 17 Week 5 : "You’re The One That I Want" (Quickstep) - 0 + Foxtrot - Quickstep

Ahh yes, I totally agree with you regarding Episode 2. That wsas really super emotional to watch and all with the points you mentioned. I felt so bad for Derek C and his family there, and felt bad he was the first to go. I didn't want to see Nehemiah go either so it was tough all around. And Ayanna helping Leah finish her challenge was so touching to watch! Loved that! And oooo lol yes from Episode 3, the Jodi/Tina rivalry is quite fun to watch. Was kinda sad to see Ryan go, as I wanted to see more of him with his alliance/friendship with Jonna and Jasmine but wasn't meant to be.

5 AJ Odudu & Kai Widdrington - "Edelweiss" (Waltz): 75 Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice - "Love Is An Open Door" (Quickstep): 9 + AJ & Kai