Strictly chaos

Poor Ellie, she deserved to stay and Tony to go.

Absolutely rubbish isn’t it?

It has always been a popularity contest.

If it was a dance competition the public wouldn’t vote - it is entertainment.
We have this type of situation every year and it is makes it mainstream Saturday night viewing.

I agree LizHsnd

I think Tony will be in for another couple of weeks wrong really isn’t it! When better dancers have left, obviously an awful lot of people find him entertaining

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I think Tony will be in for another couple of weeks wrong really isn’t it! When better dancers have left, obviously an awful lot of people find him entertaining

Perhaps people like to watch Dad dancing!

There is always the "comic" turn, on SCD. I don't ever like them (Anne Widdecombe, John Sergeant etc) and usually simply don't watch them. I do enjoy the rest though and think the next few weeks will be very good, it's quite a high standard (imho) and once TA gets into a Dance Off, the Judges will vote him out.

I thought Tony was so good the week before, such an improvement. I enjoyed that anyway. Ellie is very likeable but she would not be in the final, neither will Tony, so it doesn’t much matter to me which order they leave in.

well it isn't a 'strictly' dancing competition is it! otherwise it would be just the judges voting.

it's a very entertaining celebrity show where the public at home vote for who they want to save!
I enjoy it and my favourite is still in there

it will be tony adams old teammates and families voting for him not the total arsenal fans many who won't know who he is. he will not win will he.

Same every year, Tony will eventually be in the dance off and the judges will then boot him as he’s no dancer. Currently he’s getting along on the pop vote. That’s it.

If all the contestants were Tonys then not many people would watch Strictly. If all the contestants were wonderful dancers people wwould still watch.
I guess tthrowing the odd funny one in here and there is no big deal.

First and foremost, it’s an entertainment programme and because of that it gets a prime time slot.

This situation arises most years and Tony will go.

I’ve always enjoyed the show and tolerate certain elements of it: judges and one of the presenters! However, I do hope CRH never leaves 😄

Yes muse Craig is the only one who talks any sense (well, mostly!)

I've seen people saying "Bring back Come Dancing" but as far as I remember that was shown late in the evening and watched by dance enthusiasts. It was never mass entertainment for a Saturday night.

If he keeps being voted for then it is what most people want so it cannot be wrong.

Apparently the Arsenal base fan club are voting en masse for Tony Adams without even watching the show. They think he could win!

I’ve heard this too dragonfly I’m just hoping that as we head towards the end of the series common sense prevails.

Tony won't win. But he provides entertainment for many. My 26 year old daughter loves him. She's not a football fan at all.

Hamza will win 🏆

I like Hamza very much. He's very humble, doesn't get over-excited at the results, and clearly works very hard..... however, for Shirley to say that his recent Cha Cha was the very best she'd "ever seen" was ridiculously OTT in my opinion. His dancing was good, but the very best ever seen during Shirley's decades of professional dancing??

With the random marking that the judges have given in this series I have joined those who wonder if Strictly is fixed, and whether Hamza is being promoted to win, and Tony is being kept in to make it more interesting for the audience with a "Will he/won't he get through" scenario. Dare I say it ... maybe our votes count for nothing?

Keeping poor dancers in is one way of eliminating competition, witness Ellie T, who doesn't seem aware of how limited she is. At least Tony Adams acknowledges his lack of ability.