Well I never thought I would say this but Come Back Brucie all is forgiven. While Tess was located upstairs with the dancers and interviewed them as they came off she was bearable, just. Now that she is fronting the main part of the evening her inadequacies and lack of natural talent is exposed. Claudia should be doing it as she has the knack and looks relaxed and easy. And as the evening wears on Tess starts getting louder and louder so by the end of it all she is SHOUTING AT THE TOP OF HER VOICE. You are miked dearie, yes you are.
The dancers are beginning to fall into natural camps, the good, the wonderful, the so-so, the not bad down to the dire, embarrassing and awful
Into the latter category we have Judy Murray who is simply not up to it and looks like a rabbit caught in the headlights Stiff, akward and lacking any kind of natural grace, which is surprising seeing as on the tennis court, as she was shown in one of those interminable VTs before each dance, she moved beautifully. Andy said she would be awful and sadly he is right.
Gregg Wallace is just boring and irritating, working so hard at gurning and being Mr Hilarious that he totally forgets to dance.
Scott Mills and Joanne - I gather he is a DJ. I have never heard of him but that means nothing. He is awful, tango dire, bum sticking out and spent most of the routine walking round the floor.
Tim from the auction show, the name of which I have forgotten, is charming and he and Natalie did a gentle waltz. She looked stunning in a gorgeous white dress. He is in the middle not bad category but should last another week or two.
Alison and Pasha did the foxtrot. Now she is a large lady, we all know this and as she herself said This body is not built for ballroom, but she has a fantastic personality and is a delight to watch. Pasha and she seem to be getting on so well and having fun.
I wont go through every single couple as there are still so many of them that by the end of the show I had forgotten half the routines. Stand out of the evening was Jake who I gather is the obligatory refugee from Eastenders this year, and he did the most terrific salsa. He looks as if he is going to biff you over the head, sports a gingery stubble and is not exactly George Clooney, but once he got on the dance floor, well what a transformation. Craig said his hip swivels could 'crack coconuts'. Best dance of the night.
Gorgeous good looking Tom carried on looking gorgeous and essayed the salsa this week. Not bad at all but he has a look on his face as if he doesn't know what is going on half the time. Just vaguely bemused. But he really did look good in his red vest so I forgive him his gormless look.
Trixie Lott brilliant and she has obviously had previous dance training which helps, Frankie from the Saturdays did a great Charleston with Kevin from Grimsby, Mark from TOWIE unexpectedly did a delightful American smooth and was practically in tears again he loved it so much, Simon and Kristina did a good tango, oh cannot remember the rest.
Random thoughts - why does Tess call everyone Luv? Annoying.
Why are the judges making their entrance dancing across the floor?
Why is Darcy's hair a different colour this week? I swear she was blonde last Saturday. Looking forward to seeing what it will be on the next show.
Claudia has had her fringe cut and she looks weird. So used to watching her peer through the shrubbery seems odd to see her forehead. She has also cut back on the Dusty Springfield eyes which is a shame.
But all in all, the show is bedding in nicely.
And now they are filming the Results Show for tomorrow night after Darcy, Tess and Claudia have changed their dresses so they can pretend tomorrow that it is today when in fact it is yesterday....
And I am off to a website later on to find out who is going as it is always leaked by 11pm. I think that the person leaving will be out of Judy, Scott or Gregg. I hope it is Gregg as he is acutely irritating.
We shall see
Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeep dancing
