- Karen doesn't believe in food waste, which is a fair ethical point, even if it reinforces that KAREN LOVES FOOD.
- But she didn't realise quite how big a bite she'd taken on Saturday.
- Simon seems to be happier about his Halloween look being compared to Harold Steptoe than Noel Fielding or Poldark.
- Before the results, Simon told AJ that if the red light came for him and Mollie, it'd look good with their red outfits. Oops.
- Simon thinks that there has never been a northern winner of Strictly. I know we all like to forget Abbey Clancy and Darren Gough ever existed, but come on (and Jill might have been a long time ago, but before she got memory holed by Jay and Ore she was the original 'that jive').
- Another twofer on Choreography Corner this week as Darren and Lilia are back!
- They're both working on multiple international versions of the show - as well as Darren's judging gigs, they also have creative and choreography input in different countries.
- Darren thinks the core is like 'a drawstring'.
- Anton could be a bingo caller if this all goes tits up, look surprised.
- If the pros were to invite another pro round for 'dinner' (I think they mean 'tea' but let's give them the benefit of the doubt), Dianne would ask Giovanni because he's gorgeous; Giovanni Kevin because he makes him laugh all the time; Kevin Karen because she'd kill him if he didn't say her; Karen Anton 'because he makes her laugh like no other man can' (us too, maybe or maybe not for the same reasons) and Aljaž and Janette say each other because they're still newlywed enough to do that.
- When asked who the most 'fit' pro is, Chloe says Anton 'for not looking a day over 50' and for asking the questions; Karen says Kevin but only via taking the piss out of him; everyone else says Gorka, except AJ who says himself.
- Jonnie dropped a prop on Saturday and it all went wrong from there.
- Jonnie says 'should of' and 'could of' and not gonna lie, he just became a little less attractive.
- Oti called Jonnie “Danny” in training last week.
- There is a move known as the “grip and rip”, where the pro grabs their celebrity and forcibly drags them into position when they mess up. Gorka did this to Alexandra during the tango, and according to Darren, Lilia did it to Darren Gough every week.
- Darren convinced Lilia to watch Game of Thrones on the back of Susan and Kevin's foxtrot. Which was so totally representative of the tone of the show.
- Watching Zoe, Darren and Lilia standing in a line in height order and marching is quite something.
- Katya’s mum is called Tanya.
- Kaye Wragg kicked Joe in the ankle when she was helping him practice the charleston on set at Holby City.
- Joe’s charleston will not incorporate the flappy bird. Probably a good job as Joe CANNOT do it.
- Joe and Katya will be playing 'wooden soldiers from a cuckoo clock' (?!) this week.
- Joe would like to dance in a kilt, and he is 'a true scotsman', take note.
- The Black Eyed Peas' 'I Gotta Feeling' was the first song to sell over 1 million on downloads in the UK.
- The 'hating every moment' facial expressions on the model they're using for hair and make-up demos are almost enough to make up for not using Chloe any more. Almost.
- Anton nearly had a wardrobe malfunction with the fluffy bunny tail when his bum accidentally brushed against the set.
- Anton calls Ruth 'Ruthie' because humans like to lengthen one-syllable names just as they like to shorten multiple-syllable names. Speaking from experience.
- Ruth thinks dance-counting is the stupidest thing she has ever heard, but the one thing she has learned is that it never goes up to nine.
- Ruth and Anton’s paso will have no caping because Ruth WILL BE THE CAPE.
- Anton will be doing the 'chuck and slide' with Ruth - his name for the move where you, er, chuck the woman and she slides along the floor. Filing that one with the 'grip and rip' in our glossary of technical terms.
- Hip action in general is DIFFICULT FOR THE MEN.
- Craig pretty much thinks nobody will ever get 40 for the rumba but maybe Debbie might if she does hers again in the final.
- Craig thinks Bruno likes to show off how short he is.
- Giovanni is anticipating the judges' critiques for the tango based on previous celebrities' comments ('there is no rise and fall in the tango', 'close your fingers') - but does this include the 10-15-who-cares-second-rule?
- Wait a minute hold the phone Gorka thinks the cha cha cha is a difficult dance FOR THE WOMEN.
- Nadiya thinks there were a lot of rumba basics in their dance.
- Davood likes protein bars. This is not really a surprise, is it?
- Wearing Cuban heels is HARD FOR THE MEN.
- Aston and Janette have the highest cumulative score of the series so far try to look shocked.
- Zoe's son hasn't got the hang of what time his mum films.
- Alexandra and Gorka and Aston and Janette call themselves “Team 45” because that’s the name of the studio where they all rehearse together.
- Mollie wanted to be sassy in the cha cha but couldn't manage it so ended up just smiling.
- Mollie doesn't hate latin, repeat Mollie doesn't hate latin, that is fake news.
- Mollie needed a small army of people to get her out of her devil costume so she could have a wee.
- Mollie dances with dinosaur hands.
- Since Natalie and Joanne left, Anton is the closest this show has to a 'Queen of Ballroom' smh.
- Ruth had a twitter 'meltdown' about her dance earlier in the week.
- Ian has taken to wearing shirts that blend into the set.
- Oti wants to wear trousers. Vicky Gill has other ideas.
- Debbie has got a problem with the giggles again.
- Debbie couldn't do her charleston back-to-back in rehearsals and Giovanni calculated that she needed four minutes between attempts to get her breath back.
- Giovanni pronounces "Hulk" as "ooolk" and "charleston" as "Charlie-stan".
- Giovanni seems to have caught Karen's habit of doing cat noises in training.
- Seeing it in action has not made us feel better about ‘I Gotta Feeling’ as a tango.
- Gorka has been hiding a nice line in dorky 80s dance moves.
- Gorka always smells amazing, according to Alexandra.
- This week’s pro dance is a Prince tribute choreographed by Christopher Scott off of So You Think You Can Dance.
- This week’s Friday panel was LITTLE LISA RILEY FROM MANCHESTER, Tom Allen, and Martine McCutcheon.
- Martine has done something unfortunate to her face.
- Straight women still get weirdly obsessive and possessive over funny gays.
- Brendan, Dianne and Chloe think Karen has the most attitude (whatever that means), while Kevin, Karen, Aljaž and Katya think it’s Oti.
- Quizzed on which pro was the best dancer, Gorka and Chloe think it’s Anton (we can perhaps blame the language barrier for Gorka not understanding but what’s Chloe’s excuse), while Katya picked Pasha, Dianne chose Kevin, AJ, Giovanni and Neil picked themselves, and Kevin and Aljaž picked Neil. Not a ringing endorsement for the female pros, is it?
- The paso is Anton’s favourite latin dance because it’s the one that’s the least like a latin dance.
- Kevin and Susan were planning to do a Game Of Thrones number together before they were even partnered, the nerds.
- Grace is literally Susan’s middle name, “which is a shame”, she thinks.
- Zoe is a big fan of coriander but Susan hates it.
- One of Pasha’s favourite dances was his fusion week dance with Kimberley Walsh. He’s always been an odd one.
- Kimberley still comes to watch Pasha dance every year, with her mum.
- Gemma’s jive was meant to open with walking towards Aljaž and then doing a four-step sequence. Instead she just walked towards Aljaž and…stopped.
- Gemma would feel safer lifting Aljaž than having him lift her.
- Tom Allen likes it when they do the crissy-crossy legs in the charleston.
- Martine McCutcheon thinks lively, bouncy latin dances really suit Susan.
- Rev Richard Coles sends everyone an individual good luck message every week.
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