What happened to fair, honest winning by the best dancer? I have also noticed that the other choice of dances for the two men is going to be a real challenge due to past criticism by the judges during these dances. Craig has been pushing for our votes for Emma since the beginning, even getting into a fight with honest and outspoken Brendan Cole whose accusation was the over marking of Emma. Surely ‘they’ must realise that Emma is not the best dancer otherwise they would not feel the need to push for her votes.

The public have shown week after week that they do not agree with the judges’ leader board showing Emma Bunton at the top, by repeatedly voting her into the bottom two. We loved Louisa Lytton and love Mark Ramprakash for their exquisite dancing and great personalities so why have they been continuously knocked and Emma’s dancing shortcomings overlooked? Can anyone please explain to me what is going on? Are we to vote for the best dancer or who we think the judges will go for? Or are we to vote at all?

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The most impressive dancer of the evening was Matt Dawson with his partner Lilia Kopylova in his second dance. He was utterly amazing and received well deserved praise from the judges but unfortunately not the tens he so richly deserved. Not even nines. I have not been a Matt fan in the past but willingly admit that he was phenomenal. The judges now have to get past two remaining outstanding dancers to get their favourite, Emma to win.

Is it a forgone conclusion that Emma is to be the next winner, in spite of the public and bookies’ opinion? Are the public wasting their time and money voting for their favourites?

Do the judges not value their reputations as, obviously, other experts in their field and the public, do not agree with their point distribution, favouritism, critisms of the serious contenders and weak excuses for their behaviour. Will Mark, the remaining favourite with both the public and bookies, be the next contestant to be ousted making way for the judges’ favourite, Emma, to win? None of this does anything for Strictly Come Dancing or Reality shows. Strictly Come Dancing was once one of the fairest of the reality shows and much enjoyed by all. Maybe it is time to replace the present panel of judges to enable it to be a more pleasant show for both viewer and competitor Do judges have training to judge, as knowledge of dancing is not sufficient. Viewers should be able to vote off the judges not fulfilling their positions of trust.

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Louisa had struggled with her training throughout the week and she and dance partner Vincent Simone collected the lowest number of points from the TV judges of the four quarter-finalist pairings. They received cumulative totals of 31 for their American smooth and 29 for their rumba.

Although former Spice Girl Emma Bunton scored the highest on the night it was she who was in the bottom two for the third consecutive week, but yet again found herself surviving the chop.

Next weeks semi-final will feature Matt Dawson, Mark Ramprakash, and Emma Bunton.

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During rehearsals, he told partner Lilia Kopylova: “I hate the samba!�

He then yelled out “hate it!� at the top of his voice a total of 13 times.
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Matt admitted: “Honestly I haven’t a clue what I am doing.�

Lilia told him: “But you expect to get it just like that, it’s not normal�

Matt answered back: “You’re not normal.�

Lilia yelled: “Ahhh, can somebody help me please!�

Banging his head on the wall, Matt screamed: “I don’t have a clue — I might as well just stand there. S**t.�

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Well now, that was a very interesting showing of Take Two by Claudia Winkelman

First we were taken to Head Judge, Len Goodman’s Dance Centre where he teaches children to dance, with tremendous humour. Then Judge Bruno Tonioli came on the show with Louise Redkapp, to defend his judging on Emma, Mark and Louisa on Saturday night.

Carol Smillie and Matthew Cutler, who were knocked out of the competition last Saturday by the public, were invited on the show to share how they felt about this after having received their highest score ever. They were at the bottom with Emma Bunton and Darren Bennett (The judges had put Emma and Darren at the top with a generous rewarding of tens, beating both Louisa and Mark and their partners, unfairly, many of us thought) last Saturday. Carol said she knew she was going that week but very happy to have earned her nine and thirty total, for which she and her partner had been aiming.

The really interesting part of the evening was when a panel of four public judges made up of friends of Judge Craig Revel Norwood, were asked to judge the controversial couples. The four public judges were dance performance coach, Doreen, theatre, TV and film director, Arthur, random friend Amber and West End stage and costume designer Christopher.

Some of their remarks were as follows, Emma not very Spanish, wrong dress, cleaning her hands down the front of her dress and Doreen hotly disagreeing with Arlene’s ravings of how wonderful Emma was, shouting ‘No way Arlene, we don’t agree with you’. ‘The judges must have been taking kindness pills’. They felt there was nothing Spanish about the dance and did not like some of her movements or her smile. (I think it was a grimace for the fierce dance). They also felt she did not tell the story. Matthew, they stated, was not allowing himself to be seduced, too much posing and a fixed smile. His upper body was too stiff and they had not seen him dance. They loved Mark’s whole performance, hip movements, etcetera and felt he had earned the nines but they would have liked to see a ten. Arthur emphatically stated ‘that was very nifty, I gave him a ten’ with nods of approval from the panel of public judges. They said ‘Louisa just lights up’ and ‘this is what a waltz should be’…Arlene was strongly against their fantastic, very graceful, interpretation of the waltz, wanting something more conservative but she stood alone there. Louisa definitely deserved tens especially compared with Emma who got three tens for two dances not that well performed. Louisa’s second dance brought the house down but once again she received only nines although the judges raved about their dance, as did everyone else, audience and fellow competitors.

As said before, judges, put your points where your mouth is.

THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE PEOPLES’ VERDICT FROM THE PUBLIC JUDGES.

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Carol Smillie and Matthew Cutler who were in the bottom two last week and wanting to earn a thirty out of forty this week, opened with their fabulous Viennese Waltz, impressing all the judges who gave them a thirty four. Len Goodman described Carol as being like a great big red swan gliding across the water. Clever footwork and rotations, amazing, surpassed yourselves were some of the other judge’s remarks. A lovely start to the evening. Thirty four is their best score so far.

Rugby player Matt Dawson and Lilia Kopylova followed with the Quickstep. Their second dance will be the Rumba and Lilia has said that the Rumba is the hardest dance for scoring well. They did a beautiful and exciting Quick step with the high score of thirty four from the judges. One judge’s comment was ‘I’m on cloud nine watching you’, another remarked on Matthew’s growth as being the most outstanding of all the celebrities and Len Goodman, head judge, said ‘by golly that was good’ and ‘cant wait for the raunchy rumba’. Another 34.

Emma Bunton and Darren Bennett, aiming for a ten, impressed the judges with their Waltz. Craig Revel Horwood, who is said to favour Emma, said he was mesmerized and could have watched her all night and ‘Great Choreography’. Arlene Phillips felt that although Emma’s upper part was good, her footwork was a little ‘nasty’ Len’s opinion was that the song, routine and performance all came together. They received two nines and two tens giving them the highest score of thirty seven, earned only once before in this series. Ten is for perfection and faults were found so either they are scored too high or people like Mark and Karen and Louisa and Vincent are being underscored. Especially if one listens to judge’s comments, watches audience response and their faultless performances. Emma and Daren still have to get there and did not deserve 38 points.

Cricketer Mark Ramprakash and Karen Hardy danced the Foxtrot with a beautiful entrance, lines, twirls, falls, good head posture, to receive the ridiculous score of 28 from the judges. These are one of our two top dancing couples. Why are the judges underscoring them so badly??? Their remarks were weird, to say the least. Were we watching the same dance? 28 points!!! Enough said.

Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone made a striking entrance with Louisa wearing a breathtaking white dress. They waltzed around the floor introducing steps we have never seen before. Their joy in dancing shone through every move and a sheer pleasure to watch. The judges remarks of ‘you rocked me’, good choreography, gorgeous and great, were well deserved earning them a thirty three. We expected nines with at least one ten. The judges are not consistent in their judging and do not put their points where their mouth is. 33 was an insult.

All the contestants are working flat out and should get what they deserve.

Carol and Matt’s second dance was a Samba with excellent moves and ‘wriggles’. The judges loved it and told them to keep up their good work, rewarding them with 34 and 68in total. Carol could be a good dancer but is inconsistent and lacks concentration.

Matthew and Lilia’s second dance, the rumba, brought much deserved criticism from the judges as Matthew did very little. Lilia was doing most of the dancing with Matthew on his knees half of the time. In spite of this, the very generous judges gave them twenty seven, added to their previous dance, they had 61 out of eighty. Lying bottom.

Emma and Darren’s Paso Doble brought mixed remarks from the judges. Pleasant to watch but not enough steps from Emma, bad beginning, brilliant choreography, liked it, beautiful interpretation but not enough from Emma, great and well done. You can guess who said ‘it gave me goose bumps’. They received thirty seven which was way over scoring. 74 grand total.

Mark and Karen danced a very exciting Samba with lots of hip and shoulder movements as they sizzled across the dance floor. Arlene was very excited as she gleefully shouted ‘the sexy hip movements are back’. Other judges remarks were liquid action, good hip and shoulder movements, legs, feet, routine, good line and lovely to watch. Mark and Karen certainly looked liked they were enjoying the dance tremendously. Bruno said it was the ultimate party dance, shouting excitedly, ‘You did it’. Craig said ‘you are back and burning it, it was amazing. (They really were all of that and more. Flawless)) Len said ‘You get it in my book, that was really jolly good. Mark you are right back’. Now tell me what would you expect the judges to give them after that, keeping in mind Emma’s score of two tens???? We expected four tens, full house as it was outstanding. No, they received 36 points and not one ten (giving them a total of 64 points and 2nd from the bottom). Can anyone tell us WHY?????

Louisa and Vincent made a sizzling entrance with new exciting steps, fast moving, sexy funny, a star. Joyful, fiery and amazing footwork. They just come bouncing back after knocks by the judges, determined to show what they can do. Good for them. Louisa has been told that she is as good as the professionals, in the mixed dances. There was an outcry over the judges underscoring them last week by audience, fellow competitors and even guests on the mid week ‘Strictly Come Dancing, Take Two’, hosted by Claudia Winkleman. Louisa was invited on morning and afternoon TV shows and all shocked at the underscoring of her brilliant dance last week. Do the judges not care about their reputations and are they trying to enforce their choice, and not for the dancing, to win? Louisa’s outfit was a gorgeous gold and silver sparkling skimpy dress with a wide belt. Judges comments ‘Cutest Cha Cha Cha’, Arlene said ‘a Cha Cha Cha must be cheeky and it was’, she loved it. Len said it was cheeky and lovely and suited Louisa. The audience went crazy and it was the most exciting dance of the evening. Bruno was so excited he had to make up words to describe his pleasure in the dance ‘beautidelicious’ being one of them. These two always look so happy as they thoroughly enjoy dancing together. The judges have expressed how they have become one, essential for successful dancing. If ever a dance deserved ten across the board, this one did. What did they get??? 36 giving a total of 69 and second to Emma and Darren with their undeserved 74, as beautifully as Emma danced and as nice a person as she is, the dancing was not of the same standard as Louisa and Vincent’s and Mark and Karen’s.

Final Judges Scores out of 80: Emma and Darren 74, Louisa and Vincent 69, Carol and Matthew 68, Mark and Karen 64 and Matthew and Leila bottom with 61.

After the public votes were added, Carol and Matthew and Emma and Darren were the bottom two couples. (Does this not tell the judges that their over scoring of Emma is not doing her a favour as no one likes such obvious unfairness). This is Emma and Darren’s second week at the bottom.

There was much tension all round before Carol and Matthew were announced as the couple to be leaving. Four couples left, who will go next week.

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

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Twelve weeks and with 2,181 hours of dancing has been put in by the contestants. We have the bookies favourites as follows:

Mark Rampramkash and Karen Hardy are the bookies No. 1 at 11 to 10 and will be dancing the Foxtrot and Samba on Saturday. Two extreme dances as one will be floating, sophisticated, suave and elegant with the Samba being the complete opposite. A charismatic couple who have put in the most hours of practice, 268 hours to date.

The bookies next favourite, lying second, is Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone

At 2 to 1 with 159 hours of practice, the lowest, due to two weeks of unavoidable absence from rehearsals. Everyone was so impressed with their brilliant Paso Doble, last week, professionals included, saying they were underscored and should have received tens across the board. It was amazing. This week they will be dancing the Cha Cha and Waltz. Once again, two extreme dances. Louisa has been very excited about dancing the Waltz.

Matt Dawson and Lilia Kopylova have put in 233 hours and the bookies have given them a 13 to 2 chance of winning. They will be dancing the Quickstep and Rumba. Matt has improved tremendously over the last few weeks and earned the highest score for their waltz last Saturday. For the Rumba they will have to use shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands, well and not forget raunchy hips. Last week they received the highest score of the series, 37 out of 40

Emma Bunton and Darren Bennett with 191 hours of training in twelve weeks will be dancing the Viennese Waltz and Paso Doble. They are feeling more confident but dread being placed in the bottom two again. 5 to 1 by bookies. They stunned us with their British Waltz last week. Emma is fast catching up on the practice she missed when helping to raise funds for Children in Need, recently.

Carol Smillie and Matt Cutler have put in 204 hours of training. 12 to 1 by the bookies who have predicted that they will be the couple to leave on Saturday. It all depends on their performance, as they dance the Viennese Waltz and Samba. Carol is a beautiful dancer when she concentrates although the judges feel she needs to dance with her heart more than her head.

At the end of each day the dancers go home from rehearsals exhausted, yawning with some napping on the floor, beforehand. So many hours of extensive training before each Saturday’s show. The competition is getting tougher as the gap closes between the couples and anyone could go on Saturday. We have three and a half weeks left to find a winner.

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Matt and Lilia scored the highest marks in the series with 37 out of 40, which was well deserved for their waltz, described by Craig as phenomenal, graceful, and elegant with good rise and fall. Len said it was the best dance he had seen of the whole series and rewarded them with full marks, a 10. Bruno excitedly declared it sensational with Matt improving week by week and both he and Arlene said the couple would be in the final if Matt continued this improvement. All remarked on the incredible change in Matt and his dancing as he has leant to smile and enjoy it more. We loved it.

Louisa Lytton (17) and Vincent Simone came second with 35 points dancing the Tango. They were greeted with much excitement from the audience, screams and cheers, as they took to the floor. Craig said he absolutely loved their dance routine and performance. He congratulated them on their maintaining the body contact. Arlene commented ‘some dreams are made of this’ but told Louisa to work on dramatic, strong facial expressions. Len thought it was great. Bruno found the choreography impressive remarking ‘Full Bloom tonight’.

Emma Bunton and Darren Bennett danced the Cha Cha Cha earning a 30. Emma was amazing in her shimmering, short silver dress. A pleasure to watch. Craig remarked that it was top Choreography (Craig is a top choreographer) but too many ‘still’ moments. Arlene (West End legend) agreed with Craig and added that Emma’s footwork needed attention and they needed to engage more. Len, the Ballroom expert, said they did not come out and wow him. Lastly, Bruno thought it was ‘very naughty and very nice’ but Emma did not raise her leg once. Was it because of her concern over the very short skirt? We thought you danced beautifully Emma. Plenty of hip action.

Carol Smillie and Matthew Cutler earned a matching 30 with Craig saying he really liked the amazing routine and Carol had improved but needed more hip action. Arlene said there was a remarkable improvement and liked the way they came bursting out onto the dance floor. Lens comment was ‘dark horse of the competition’, much better, very well done but sell it more. Bruno said it switched him on and Carol’s arms had improved.

Claire and Brendan wowed us with the Tango and deserved more than the 29 they were given due to Grumpy Len (has he not forgiven Brendan for his earlier attack on the judges?) giving them a ridiculous 6 against Craig and Bruno’s 8s. Disappointing Len, put personal things behind you and judge on the dancing alone. He tried to justify his low points with ‘all the aggression and passion was left to Brendan, not Claire’ and this followed with Craig hotly disagreeing saying it was dramatically excellent. Arlene felt they had nailed it and were very sexy. Bruno found their dancing strong and positive.

A heated argument pursued amongst the judges until halted by Bruce Forsythe’s whistle.

Mark Ramprakash and Karen Hardy received the undeserved, second to lowest points of 27 due to, in our opinion, Craig giving them a ridiculous 5 against Len and Bruno’s 8s. Craig tried to justify this by saying he did not like their dance as it was passionless, disappointing, with only occasional action. We thought it was marvellous. Len said he liked the great long lines, held the time well but needed to act the dance more. Bruno found it sexy, raunchy, smouldering and passionate. Arlene felt it did not show all the aspects of love and needed more hip movement from Mark, as performed in the past.

The dancing, all round, was of a very high standard and beautiful to watch. The entertainment was very classy and fast moving and the music superb. Next week we will see the remaining six couples dance it out in an attempt to reach the prestigious finals.

This article was written by Evelyn Lewis, our newest contributor at Unreality TV. Welcome aboard Evelyn. We’re thrilled to have you with us!

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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.

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