Strictly My Views Part 5

The best dance night of the year has to be strictly come dancing Halloween Special. Everything about it is just special, To the build up with Takes Two, about the costumes and music and make up. All the team get involved and I think that is why it is such a big success.

First out the gate was the sexy Katie Derham, looking as awesome as ever, doing the Paso with Anton to the Phatom of the Opera. I happened to think it was ok, but the judges ripped it apart which is a shame. I wouldnt consider it a bad dance, certainly not bad enough for the dance off, but she isnt as popular as some.

Kirsty and Brendan dancing a Charleston. It was one of the worst I have ever seen, and I happen to like Kirsty. She was clearly upset at the missed grip which threw her out for the rest of the dance. Perhaps this was bad enough to hit the dance off.

The Salsa and Jeremy and Karen was to Thriller, Now Jeremy is rubbish for sure, The sad thing is that the competition is not about the dancing, it is about popularity and that means he can easily avoid the dance off.

Anita and Gleb danced the Waltz. Really they are slick and polished, However, I think I have mentioned before the passion and intensity seems to be lacking. It is great to watch, but would you watch them over Kellie for instance, probably not. The judges loved them, but I felt there was plenty of gapping, That is where they should be stuck together from the hip up.

Jamelia and Tristan dancing the Jive is just wrong, for me it looked ugly, just nothing to make it stand out from the rest. It needed to be scored far lower. Its a no from me.

Jay and Aliona dancing the American Smooth. Aliona looked gorgeous, and Jay looked amazing with his make up. Not a bad dance either. First lifts for him, and he made great work of lifting her apparently effortlessly.

Kellie and Kevin danced the Paso. Kevin has magnificent choreography and his paso is always amazing. The table, as Len said did detract from what they could achieve. All in all a good standard, but not as I had hoped.

Carole and Pasha were never going to make a good job of the rumba. Make up was good and that was about as good as we good say over this performance. Again she is very popular, but she has to go.

Team GG danced the Tango, and much as I would not pick them, they were easily the best performance tonight. Ghostbusters, what a chance to let go and dance.

Peter and Janette danced Foxtrot. This didnt work for me at all. Sadly Peter, not your best performance.

Helen and Aljaz dancing the Samba, and contrary to the judges, I enjoyed her hips but, even though it seemed ok, she was slightly clinical. I think she sums it up perfectly when she says she feels British is the latin. Nice job though.

I thought Claudia and Tess looked good, but in all, this was not a spooktacular night such as we expected. I think the dance of should be Carole and Jeremy. I expect it will be Carole and Kirsty. What do you think?

Related articles

• Strictly Come Dancing 2015: Tickets for the live tour go on sale this week (manchestereveningnews.co.uk)