With only a few weeks left, let’s enter into the kaleidoscopic world of Strictly Come Dancing with its classy glamour, exquisite outfits, exciting music and amazing dancing. Celebrities, new to professional dancing, each have an experienced dancer to teach them various routines, week by week, to enable them to compete against each other, as couples.

Louisa from Eastenders and her partner Vincent were the most impressive competitors for weeks but now have serious competition from Ray and Camilla, Emma and Darren (who in my opinion have been over marked and favoured by the judges) and the incredible Mark and Karen who have WOWED us in the last two weeks with their dynamic, passionate performances. They leave us wanting to see more and more of them and make the waiting of a week, seem like a life time.

At first I thought the judges were mean with their points to Louisa (and remarks of her lacking passion) but when compared with Mark and Karen, I had to agree that the point distribution was fair, even though Louisa took offence as she stormed off to her dressing room. I am sure she will be bouncing back to impress us all, as in the past. Both couples danced the Salsa which has been introduced for the first time as part of the dance routines expected from the competitors,

Camilla and actor Ray swept us up into the romantic world of the Viennese Waltz as they glided across the floor with swirling skirt, arched backs and variety of graceful steps. The choreography was highly praised by the judges for Karen and Martins routine as they thrilled us with their very sensual dancing, two flames lighting up the dance floor.

Jan and Anton were voted out this week and have left us on a high, on the one hand (Jan’s best performance to date) and a low for her outburst of ‘ I hope you are happy’ to the judges, when she had to leave. Not good Jan. The judges points for their dance was fair, which Jan was most upset about as she is expected better, as improvement is expected each week so the marking becomes stricter. The right couple were voted out.

After bad boy Brendan’s head-on encounters with the judges over the past week or two (proud of you Brendan and am very much on your side as you brought out valid points against the obvious favouritism shown towards Emma and Darren and poor points for others, out of keeping with overall point distribution) we saw a very subdued Brendan. For the sake of his partner Claire I should think as they did get a ‘hammering’ from the judges, the UNTOUCHABLES.

What a pity the public cannot vote certain judges out or ban them from judging for a week or two. The outbursts of temper and deliberate spitting out of lower points than deserved, does not make a good judge. It makes a bully and should not be allowed. Do we need to retain our whistle blowing referee, Bruce Forsythe, or can we have a pleasant competition without scathing and derogatory remarks. So much laborious work is put in by the participating couples only to receive rude remarks of a personal manner. Come on judges, with your vast knowledge and experience, you can do better than that. Give CONTSTRUCTIVE criticism. Resulting in .

Strictly Come Dancing improving week by week, as the dancers are encouraged and shown appreciation for their highly entertaining, admirable performances.

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Emma Bunton was unusually grumpy this week and stormed out of Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals afetr becoming frustrated with her Viennese Waltz.

According to the Daily Mirror, she told dance partner Darren Bennett, “You can’t be frustrated with me - you only taught me that today.”

“I don’t know what I’m doing - how many times must I tell you?”

Jessicaindublin is no expert on ballroom dancing, but for Specialbets’ first foray into Strictly Come Dancing, she’s probably a bit more qualified than Damianinlondon. (Damianinlondon being the one who put a “cheeky tenner” on Jimmy Tarbuck… And won’t admit whether that was before or after the heart scare.)

The favourites in the competion are already clear. See here for the Betfair odds.

I won’t waste your time talking about the also-rans, so let’s move straight onto Emma Bunton. This week’s Foxtrot performance was a little disappointing. They did have various excuses and said they had little practice time. To this observer, the Foxtrot is one of the less fluid of the Ballroom section, but Emma failed to inject any grace to it. Looking over her past performances, notably her Jive last week, perhaps she’s better suited to the Latin dances (as we see Peter is more suited to Ballroom.) I note too that Arlene described Emma’s previous week’s Ballroom-section Quickstep as, “the sportiest Quickstep I’ve seen in a long time.” I wonder if Emma will struggle with the more staid Waltz or let her “bubbly” personality ruin the drama of the Tango. It’s always hard to guess how the public feel about the celebs, but I can’t help thinking that despite her protestations about never having done this kind of dancing before; her previous experience of being choreographed before will go against her. Perhaps seen as a bit of a “head start”.

I think Louisa might have some of the same problems as Emma. In her Quickstep in Week Two, Len said “they tried to cover up bad technique with clever choreography”. She did well in Week 3, but that was the Jive in the Latin section, which needs energy and vigour. Note that Len Goodman is the only judge who is actually a ballroom dancing judge (rather than a choreographer or similar) and he told us this week that her steps were wrong whilst Bruno focussed on the “chemistry”. This is a dancing competition, not “Love Island”, after all.

That said, there is palpabale chemistry between Mark and Karen. Or at least it looks like Karen is mad about Mark; always going on about how proud she is of him. And there’s just no excuse for the favouritism that Arlene is showing for Mark. He did well in his first dance with the Cha Cha Cha in the Latin section, despite the judges not liking part of the routine. His Tango was wonderful in Week Three and gave arguably the best Paso Doble of the night. Having proved himself capable of passionate Latin dances, I have no doubt after his Tango that he’ll lend himself very well to the elegance of the rest of the Ballroom sections.

Mark is the only one of the celebrities, in my opinion, who looks like a professional dancer on the floor. He has no previous experience which will surely endear him to the public and Arlene, although biased, has said, “You must have been a dancer in another life.” I think that says it all and I will be putting my hard earned tenner on him. Will the public mind if another cricketer wins this year? I don’t think so, and our poll seems to back this up at the moment.

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Emma Bunton is taking time out from Strictly Come Dancing to record a charity single for Children In Need.

Baby Spice is set to cover Petula Clark’s 60s hit, Downtown.

She said: “I am honoured and delighted to be asked to do this on behalf of Children in Need.

“I’ve always loved Downtown as a song and I’m really looking forward to putting my own stamp on it.”

She added: “The video should be a good laugh. I’ve asked all the Strictly guys to come along if they have time and show off all the hard work we’ve been doing and hopefully there will be a few other surprises in store too.”

Emma’s single hits shops and official download sites on November 13

Former Spice girl Emma Bunton has broke down in tears twice this week during rehearsals for BBC show Strictly Come Dancing.

The singer (who is bookies favourite to win the competition) has been totally overwhelmed by the publics high expectations.

She said: “Last Saturday, it was so nerve-racking I really didn’t think it would be so bad. Now I know what’s to come it’s made it even worse.”

Emma continued: “I find it really flattering that people are being so positive, I just feel so much pressure now.

“I am just going to have to do my best. I’ve never done ballroom before, if they are expecting good stuff, I am going to give them good stuff.”

But Emma admitted that she is desperate not to be the first girl to be voted off. She added: “If I get knocked out on Saturday I’ll be devastated. I’ll probably cry again.”

But despite the pressure, she says that she’s having “a great time”. She said: “I’ve never done a live show - people are getting to see the real me.”

Strictly Come Dancing contestant and former Spice Girl, Emma Bunton, is set to marry her long term boyfriend Jade Jones next year.

A source told the Daily Express: “Jade and Emma are tying the knot next spring, and it’s looking like March. They’re both really happy together and Emma is extremely excited about getting married.”

Strictly Come Dancing host, Terss Daly, had some words of praise for former Spice Girl Emma Bunton and also her co-host Brucedy Bruce Forsythe.

“Emma Bunton is the sweetest girl,” Tess told Celebs on Sunday. “She’s going to look gorgeous in her frocks. During her Spice Girls days there was an awful lot of finger-pointing but no footwork. Time will tell if she can dance but she’s definitely going to look the part.”

She added: “I genuinely adore Bruce. He doesn’t make it feel like work. He has so much energy too. How many TV presenters do you know who are Bruce’s age and still have a spring in their step? He keeps up with most 20-year-olds and doesn’t break into a sweat.”

The BBc has finally announced which clebrities will be dancing their feet off in this years ‘Strictly Come dancing’ competition and the list is as follows!

FEMALES
Baby Spice Emma Bunton
ex-Bad Girls star Claire King
EastEnders actress Louisa Lytton
TV presenter Carol Smillie
Singer Mica Paris
comedy actress Jan Ravens
Casualty’s Georgina Bouzova

MALES
Former Manchester United goalie Peter Schmeichel
comedian Jimmy Tarbuck
former England rugby player Matt Dawson
newsreader Nicholas Owen
cricketer Mark Ramprakash
actor Ray Fearon (Nathan in Coronation Street)
Radio 1’s DJ Spoony.

Louisa Lytton, 17, who plays gangster’s daughter Ruby Allen in Eastenders, is the youngest contestant and will partner Italian ballroom dancer Vincent Simone.

Claire King, who found fame in Emmerdale as Kim Tate in Emmerdale, will team up with Love Island ladies’ man Brendan Cole.

The BBC One show returns to Saturday nights next month with presenters Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly.

Daly said: “With a line-up like this, the new series is set to be bigger and better than ever before. Where else could you see a Spice Girl dancing alongside Jimmy Tarbuck?”

In a change to last year’s show, week one will see the boys dancing to stay in the competition while the girls entertain with a group mambo. The format will be reversed in week two.