Strictly Come Dancing: Week Six

This week each couple has two dances to perform. The celebrity boys are doing the Waltz and the Rumba, the girls are doing the Quickstep and the Cha Cha Cha. Ballroom dances were to be performed first, followed by the Latin.

Roger and Camilla kicked off with their waltz. I had always been a fan of them as I thought they showed promise, but recently they have not improved as much as the other couples and Roger was starting to get quite negative in training. I thought their Waltz was quite boring, but I am not a fan of that dance (or an expert) in any way. The judges agreed with me and they got quite a poor score. Jill and Darren came on the do a very polished and impressive Quickstep, and got ten points more from the judges than Roger and Camilla.

Julian and Erin did a beautiful waltz, and got a reasonable score. Denise and Ian's Quickstep was also good, and the judges scored them just a fraction ahead of Jill (as Jill's upper body/shoulders had been a bit stiff). Aled and Lilia waltzed next and also got a good score putting them into third, just ahead of Julian & Erin.

Now for the Latin, Roger and Camilla's Rumba was slated by the judges, and they had a point, it was over-dramatic and Camilla did all the work. Their score was even worse this time round, giving them a total of 41 out of 80. Jill and Darren's Cha Cha Cha was praised and they got 36 points for that dance alone. Jill had rather an odd tasselled dress that spun out as she moved but looked rather unflattering, especially in fuchsia pink

Julian and Erin's Rhumba was excellent and very passionate, no mean feat considering how camp Julian is, and his general phobia about anything too heterosexual. Denise and Ian did a good Cha Cha Cha, but were criticised for Denise not getting her feet quite right, thus scoring just under Jill and Darren for second place overall in the judges scores. Aled and Lilia's Rhumba, whilst not there best, kept them in third place by one point above Julian and Erin.

In spite of the judges scores, the audience vote counts for 50% of the overall score, so during the second show the bottom two changed to be Roger and Camilla and Denise and Ian. Unsurprisingly, and quite rightly, it was Roger and Camilla to go. This stage of the competition is always going to see promising dancers go and Roger and Camilla had not lived up to their promise on the night.