Strictly Come Dancing - Week Seven

Again this week the couples are performing another of the dances they have not attempted before. Bill and Karen were to do the Waltz to What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love and it was quite a sweet dance and I could not find fault with their turns and footwork, although the judges had criticisms, but all in all saw an improvement and scored them 25 points.

Patsy and Anton danced the chi chi chi in hot pink to A Little Less Conversation and although good in places and quite impressive there were parts where Patsy seemed a bit out of time, though it turned out that her dress was falling down as it was too big on top. Being in the bottom two last week had knocked Patsy's confidence and they were no doubt at risk of elimination with 24 points. Colin and Erin followed then with the Viennese Waltz to Stop which looked very elegant and accomplished. It was praised highly by the judges who did not find anything to criticise and scored them an impressive 34 (I thought they should have had 4 nines, instead of two).

Zoe and Ian did the Tango, this week, and the pressure was on after last week's ten. They danced a passionate and sophisticated dance that was loved by the audience and judges alike. Arlene Phillips said they had "sent the standard of the competition into the stratosphere" and their overall scores were 38, with two tens this time. Darren and Lilia danced the Foxtrot next, to Hey Big Spender and I felt that they interpreted the music really well, and it was quite a dramatic dance which impressed the judges generally and the steps and technique were there, although sometimes his hands were too much like a cricketer's (strange, considering it is his profession!), in spite of that they did score 34 which they must be very pleased with.

The final couple were James and Camilla doing a waltz, I thought it was well executed and quite dramatic. A huge improvement on last week's jive, it garnered them a score of 32 which they were thrilled with, and has made the scores at the top very tight.

The main show closed with a group Argentine Tango which was not scored but the judges did pass comment on. I thought all contestants did very well and the judges singled out Colin, in particular, for praise.

The bottom two couples this week were Bill and Karen and Patsy and Anton. It was Bill and Karen to go, which was probably right. Bill managed to take a turn with his nemesis Arlene before he left though.