Strictly Come Dancing: Running Commentary, Week Six

The clothes show - Tess' dress defying gravity! Erin's a highlight-er; Natalie C's best yet, Natalie L reminds me of rhubarb and custard and I can't see where Ali's ends and she begins.

Ianade samba, but first - a look at a big strop in training, all made up now, but, you know - that could turn people off. Great frock and trousers, a feisty dance to Charlie's Angels, unusual but they made it work, full of movement, a turnaround at the end with Ian on the floor being subdued by a heel! Len: Came to grips with it marvellously; Alesha: Timing brilliant, shaping, the wow factor; Bruno: fierce exotic Amazon, woman on top; Craig: absolutely great, full of attitude, would have loved one more spin from Ian on the floor. Score: 32 might have been more if later in the show.

Chrola the first American Smooth of the night and ... did Ola just nipple twist Chris in training there - well, no wonder he's much improved! That was lovely, dancing to Jimmy Mack, very soft and sweet - and two excellent lifts. Len: an improvement on the last two weeks; Alesha: Look forward to seeing you next week; Bruno: More Ealing than Hollywood; Craig: I thought you did fantastic (crowd cheering drowned out the rest)! Chris gets a Yeah Baby, he can call her Ola again now and not Mrs J! Score: 28

Phitya samba and Katya says - with a straight face, mind: "Phil is not your conventional student." More polish, less pub was his philosophy this week - and the whole technique might not be there, but how much fun was that? Full of energy, party time is here; he's got rhythm and has a ball - I loved it. Bruno: Daddy well oiled anything goes; Craig: You did well to move that fast; Len: Attitude, you came out full on, did the botofogos and voltas well; Alesha: Not as bad as you made out, stop counting out loud. Score: 25.

Zojam's American Smooth was well done but a bit nervy I thought, especially with the wardrobe malfunction and I'll blame everyone else for continually going on about the bottom two thing - that was sooo last week. Craig: Well balanced, effective, full of sophistication; Len: If you're in the bottom two I'll dance a lambada with Craig next week; Alesha: Graceful, elegant, adore your partnership; Bruno: Beautiful dance. Score: 33

Cravia ready to samba - kids eh, say what you see! Still very stiff, no hip action, but he's singing along and his timing is the better for it. Alesha: Very awkward, not quite pulling it off; Bruno: Like the Royal Mail, failing to deliver; Craig: Forcing your hips into submission; Len: Admire your pluck. Score 18 Lowest score, but preferred that to his jive. And the samba music tonight has not been conducive to bouncing has it?

Rickin's AS lived up to it's promise, a lovely routine to an inspired song, full of personality, great choreography - especially enjoyed the hoppy bits. Bruno: Plenty of content, surprisingly good turns; Craig: A most enjoyable routine, musical theatre; Len: Inspired; Alesha: A good mix, you take on board what we say. Score: 29

Ricalie and a full on rhythmic samba, nice samba rolls, best samba song of the night, can't remember what it's called. Oh I say, when I said, shake it, shake it all, he must have heard! Craig: Electrifying, loved the series of rolls, overall effort extraordinary; Len: Came out and attacked; Alesha: Rhythm amazing, brilliant hip action; Bruno: Ricky, the sexy beast - it's not all about sexy though. (Oh, I dunno...) Score: 32

Vinalie dance the American Smooth, Natalie's favourite, she loves it, she embraces another lovely routine from Vincent. She loves it, you know. And how to time an ending! Alesha: Think you've found your dance, Hollywood glamour; Bruno: nice and easy, pleasing; Craig: Timing and balance very good, delicately danced; Len: Know you enjoyed it, that's the way to go. Score: 29 She doesn't just enjoy it Len, she loves it!

Jodan samba and here's hoping the party girl can come out and ... oh dear - they went wrong from the off really and Brendan's literally carrying her, such a shame as it's a great song. Hip action sometimes and the twisty walky thingies were quite good, I thought. Len: Brendan deserves a medal, showing Jo off instead of himself; Alesha: So difficult, work on your hands; Bruno: Dragged Brendan into samba hell, damned; Craig: Futile and ineffectual, a complete darrrnce disarrrster. Score: 14 Tess asks: How do you keep coming back? That'd be the public vote, Tess - really, you've been here all your life like Claudia, you know how it works!

Alian and - oh, please, cut the "jokes" about them now *yawns* a gorgeous start to their American Smooth and they carry it through - she has lovely arms. Bruno: I knew you had it, it's magic time; Craig: Stylish, classy, absolutely stunning, brilliant; Len: Your best dance; Alesha: Simple, well executed, best AS of the night. Score: 37 LOL at Alesha turning Bruno's head to face front. No, I mean, a real belly laugh out loud. Brian saw it too.

Lainton follow with a samba - I'm not a fan of cheesey disco moves in a samba, however, this is Laila's best Latin so far, she actually got moving - bit concerned at one point in that spoon move that there was another wardrobe malfunction, which is why she wasn't moving so much. Craig: Bounce and rhythm, no wow factor; Len: Beige, needed sparklers; Alesha: Captured the funness, definitely more focused; Bruno: Disco moves unsatisfying. Score: 28

Pro Jive - there's now just a red blur across my eyes, incredible - and to the Buzzcocks too, who'd have thought? Then there's Michael and Joanna, World Latin Champions showing us a Fab-u-Lous Cha Cha to She's Not There - timing, musicality, fantastic. Chrola have Cha Cha next week, Chris says they've given him a few ideas ... Harry Connick Jnr sings The Way You Look Tonight, you can hear the resemblance to Sinatra. Anton and Erin dance a foxtrot AS, marvellous. The family montage, how can we refuse any of them? Someone's gotta go!

The Moment of Truth: Cravia; Alian; Chrola; Phitya; Lainton; Vinalie; Rickin; Zojam! They could have put them first, meanies! Len was worried! But OMG - surely not Ianade versus Ricalie?? Ricalie safe *phew* that would have been awful. It's a no brainer of course, even if Jade has a major cock up, which she doesn't - Jo did better that time though, Brendan went for a lift and why not? They're not waiting for the judges, but there are formalities. Craig is short and sweet, Alesha has a sporting word for Jo; Bruno the blunt; Len agrees.

So who's it going to be next week - top two in the bottom two? Scary.