Claire King and Brendan Cole have been voted out after being one of the bottom two couples with Carol Smillie and Matthew Cutler. They have entertained us all with their wayward ways, raunchy dancing, Brendan’s fights with the judges and surprises each week. Actress Claire, an arthritis sufferer, has impressed us all with her cheeky cheerfulness and will be sorely missed.

The dancing has reached a very high standard with a nice variety of dances, gorgeous costumes, excellent progress, brilliant floor shows and good music. The competitiveness has reach boiling point with many contestants putting in longer hours of practice than ever before. It is going to be a real tough competition with the remaining five couple.

Mark Ramprakash and Karen Hardy impressed the judges the most, with their beautiful Viennese Waltz, floating romantically around the floor, fantastic choreography and intricate steps. Mark was told he danced with great Panache! After being told they were beautiful, fantastic, wonderful, very professional and charming they were rewarded with the highest points of the evening, 36 out of 40

In tie position with Emma Bunton and Darren Bennett, we have Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone dancing the Paso Diablo. The judge’s comments were passionate, fearless dancing, excellent timing and full of drama. with Louisa dancing like a professional in only eight weeks. Brilliant choreography with a great variety of exhilarating steps, well executed spins and drops. She was called a feisty cracker. 34.

Emma and Darren also earned 34 points and were told that their dancing had much improved and Emma was back amongst the top dancers. Emma’s regaining of her balance after spins was excellent but she must watch her spine. They danced the American Smooth, in the judge’s words ‘with the wow factor’, splendid lifts (stunning) and exciting to watch. Emma’s arm movements are extremely graceful.

Carol Smillie and Matthew Cutler received a thirty from the judges for their Viennese Waltz which the judges said, although very beautiful, graceful and romantic, was ordinary with Carol dancing with her head not her heart. Loved the reverse spin.

Matt Dawson and Lilia Kopylova’s jive was described as being like a warm, bubbly Jacuzzi, pronounced flicks and a job well done. Tremendous footwork but needs to be lighter on feet with more extensions. Great improvement all round. 28 out of 30

The judges liked Claire and Brendan’s samba but one judge described it as a dance after the night before. The other judges found it entertaining and said Claire was a very likable person and always made them laugh. All four judges felt that they should be the couple to go this week. They received 25 points.

The group dancing with all six couples participating found Louisa getting the highest compliments from the judges, being told she was as good as the professionals and hard to tell them apart. ‘Girls Aloud’ sang their new single and ‘danced’ with the male professionals

Next week we will see the remaining five couples dance it out to win. What surprises have they in store for us?

This article was written by Evelyn a contributor here at Unreality TV. Thanks Evelyn!