Ellie - Slightly weird song, slightly weird routine, horrible singing, but I thought she did pretty well given what they had to work with. Really wish we could've seen what she could do with a proper song and styling. She acted it well though.
Annabel - Irked me that no one mentioned her clawlike grip on Johannes' shoulder. Other than that it was fine, but I would say it was the same, if not slightly worse than her American Smooth. No improvement. But her scores were fair so can't complain too much. Whatever they did to that poor song has to be one of the worst crimes the show has ever committed. Up until it was usurped by the sea shanty fever dream anyway.
Layton - It wasn't quite what I was envisioning, I think they could've used better parts of the song and I still think a little bit of capework wouldn't have gone amiss, but thankfully all my worries about it not looking great in the camera blocking footage were unfounded. It was absolutely amazing and well and truly deserved the 40. I loved it, it's probably tied with the Cha Cha for my favourite of their dances. Thank god their costumes were great after last week's debacle. The singing was as horrendous as expected, but after a few rewatches I'm desensitised to it. Aww, Nikita crying!
And all the other pros so happy for them!
Motsi and Nikita both mentioning the trolling, presumably given the green light from high up? Curious why they've suddenly decided to gently address it now. I think having some intern delete the worst of it from the official insta/twitter/facebook pages from the start would've perhaps been a better move (though of course the bigots would've screamed about their right to free speech being censored.)
Booby - I didn't actually think it was that bad? Apart from nearly dropping Dianne, of course. The 9s were too high, but I thought he did alright and it was one of his least bad dances. Wouldn't rush to rewatch it or anything, but it was OK. I honestly started to find Bobby a bit less annoying this week. He seemed to be taking it more seriously and working harder and I was about to be happy for him to get reasonably good scores, up until Dianne had to open her big trap and blather that fucking nonsense about trusting Beanstalk McNoodle Arms (who just nearly dropped her!) more than the other pros.
Can't believe we have to put up with either them or Annabel in the final. I really wish Angela was still in. And Nigel of course.
Also, will never understand the nutters who whine about ringers. What a snoozefest the night would've been without Layton. It was bad enough without Nigel. I really hope Katya is allowed to post some rehearsal footage on instagram. You could tell it was going to be a great one, possibly go last and get the second 40. It'd be a real shame to not be able to see any of it.
