Friday Feelings: Week 11

This is always the easiest week to cover. Seven couples, seven routines, seven musicals.

Sarah & Vito got to kick things off with a Charleston to one of the biggest musicals of the moment - Wicked. The routine was a series of gravity defying lifts (see what I did there?). Sarah is so fearless! I would have liked Sarah in a slightly zanier role, rather than the more irritating role of Galinda, but she did what she could in the parameters of the character she was given. I barley noticed Vito.

Montell & Johannes were dealt a bit of a dirty hand. The music was very slow to begin with, and Montell didn't really breathe enough with it to fill the music. There was too much stillness. She also didn't always fill the space - her arms were too contracted in places. It was better when it sped and and there was more impetuous. But it was forgettable music, and rumba can be a hard sell. As soon as I watched the routine, I knew Montell would be in trouble. Incidentally, I saw the movie, and while I have never seen the original film or read the book, it absolutely did not work for me as a musical film. Maybe it was better on stage.

I loved Tasha & Aljaž's Argentine tango. The choreography was dynamic and intricate. She has such beautiful leg lines, and they were showed off to perfection. Absolutely amazing. I cannot understand why she was in the bottom two. Breathtaking.

Chris & Dianne's quickstep was light and joyful. Lovely, close hold throughout. I liked the cheekiness that they incorporated, as it is quite a cheeky number from Anything Goes. It was fast, flat and fabulous.

Oh, Pete. Pete really has hit his ceiling in the competition. I really like the fella, and I appreciate the progress he has made, but messing up and whisk and chassé in the quarter final is pretty unforgivable. It's one of the earlies waltz steps you learn. There was also a lift, Jowita's feet clearly left the floor, but I guess we don't care about that anymore.

JB & Lauren's Viennese waltz was a nice way to close the show. Pretty classic choreographically. Nothing daring or unexpected, but there is no need to take risks at this stage. I liked the flashes of red provided by JB's open jacket. I thought the additional dancers were a distraction here, as they didn't really add anything. A token lift of Lauren was all. But it enough to take them through.

I was sorry to see Montell in the dance-off again. She did not deserve to go home, although she had no chance against Tasha. The judges made the right decision, but it wasn't a decision they should have been left with.