STRICTLY COME (DIRTY) DANCING - Week 5

Bugger. So Lilia Kopylova (and that bald bloke who clings to her waist) has left the show! She was in the bottom 2 -- thanks to the Great British Public -- and stupidly voted off by the 4 Judges, when they had the ideal chance to ditch Nicole Cutler instead...

What a shame. No more cute Lilia and her great choreography, with those sparkling tiny dresses and enough energy to power BBC Television Centre for a week.

Anyway, the show itself: I now think you're better off watching X Factor on Saturdays. Not that it's any better (it's worse by all accounts), but because Sunday's pre-recorded Strictly Come Dancing is much better than Saturday's live show...

Why? Well, you get Saturday's highlights (minus the interminable padding), great professional group dances, a performance by a singer/band, the actual result of the viewer's vote, a tense "dance-off" and the judge's final decision on who goes...

If you can wait 24-hours... trust me, Sunday is where it's at...

Kelly Brook
Whoah! She looked amazing this week! Great black/red dress, tiny skirt showing every inch of those great legs and a very red-hot performance overall.

Nicole Cutler
Long yellow/white dress, sadly hiding practically everything. Big disappointment. She should have gone, I tells ya!

Leticia Dean
A black/turquoise number, some glimpses of legs, but let down with some very odd face-pulling at times and a lumpy performance.

Camilla Dallerup
Stylish dress, severe hairstyle, keeping her great pins behind a long dress, but still with that great smile.

Ola Jordan
She's got itall: curvy legs, hot body, slim physique. So why is she somehow always a disappointment? Oh well, great cleavage and a stealthy performance made her very easy on the eye, but... she should be getting 9s and 10s!

Alesha Dixon
Very pretty in a long yellow dress, but no legs again and the performance was quite slow and unmemorable for me.

Lilia Kopylova
Nice red dress and Lilia's always cute and fun, with a great stomach. Not one of her best, though, but hardly deserving of the boot. The show spiritually ends when L.K goes...

Kate Garraway
She looked okay in a purple/red dress, and had great hair. Above all, she actually danced and came out quite well...

Flavia Cacace
A very tight top and sparkly dress with hot-pink skirt, amazing legs and raven-hair. Sexy.

Penny Lancaster
A long cyan dress, hair up, float and elegant, with great skin, but little else this week. A shame.


Overall, week 5 was mainly memorable for judge Arlene claiming "the foxtrot is one of the most difficult challenges known to man". I think Sir Edmund Hillary would disagree, there!

And why the big deal about the fact Gabby was voted off? Okay, I'd prefer it if all the hot women were around until the last possible moment, but it's clear to me that people like seeing celebs actually improve...

After 5 weeks, the quality isn't going to skyrocket much more, is it? Not for people who are competent dancers (Kelly, Alesha, Penny), at any rate. Whereas, with the likes of Leticia and Kate, it's actually interesting to see them get better each week...

So anyway, my personal leaderboard currently stands like this:

1. Lilia Kopylova -- 31 -- and she was doing so well...
2. Kelly Brook -- 29 -- top of the chart next week?
3. Ola Jordan -- 27 -- edging up the chart!
4.- Alesha Dixon -- 25
4.- Flavia Cacace -- 25
5.- Camilla Dallerup -- 24 -- bit of a drop!
5.- Penny Lancaster -- 24
6. Nicole Cutler -- 19 -- grrr!
7. Leticia Dean -- 18
8. Kate Garraway -- 15