Strictly Come Dancing--am I on my own here?

I thought politics was about running the country, not watching fucking television programmes.

I want a blanket ban on politicians making any comments on popular culture.

I don't want politicians to be my friend. I want politicians to govern this fucking country properly, to be remote, elitist, in charge.

but they would give itall up to go on Strictly! Or be the guitarist in The Wedding Present! or,or, ...

Then they should be sacked. There's a fucking recession on and my taxes should be paying for them to sort it out, not piss about with a guitar.

Big tearjerkin' speeches. Nicely timed to play just after TV Burp finished on ITV.

I don't think Jim Murphy was being entirely serious. I think politicians have a right to get involved if there is a question of licence-fee-payers getting fucked over in some way by a public service broadcaster, but no-one's saying or talking about it like that, they are all "lol he is a bad dancer". So fucking what, he's popular. Was everyone whinging when utterly shite Chris Parker got to the final a few years ago? Let go already.

Anyway, the dancing. Rachel is really REALLY boring. Fear for Jodie and Christine this week, but would laugh very hard indeed if Austin ends up in the dance-off. It'll be one of those three v Lisa anyway, because it appears no-one likes her very much except me.

Poor Jodie.

And so now, La Bleakley becomes the one to worry about for the rest. I'm gonna stick my neck out and say Lisa vs. Tom next week.

Bleakley should have gone this week and would have gone if it hadn't been for that stupid staged judges' tiff. Next week, and probably up against Lisa again (or maybe Austin since people are realising just how boring he is).

OK, now Lisa's up the right end of the scoreboard, Christine must be going this week. The interesting thing will be to see whether it's Tom or Rachel joining her in the dance-off.

It was, probably rightly, Christine and Rachel in the dance off and, absolutely rightly, Christine has gone.

Estelle didn't seem to know where she was either.

^ proper OMGWTF telly, that.

Bye bye Austin then? I'm thinking an Austin v Rachel dance-off this week.

Providing Chambers isn't bottom of the leaderboard next week, I think he's won this.

It was Austin vs Lisanbrendan and the former lost.

Lisanbrendan to go next since they are essentially unlovable.

Tom just earned maximum "stupid cock" points from me for that ultra-"I fancy myself I do" jump and slide.

Chambers came bottom. Chambers has, officially, blown it.

Good. I hope Lisa wins, simply because Rachel's partner is a cock as well. It's a twisted set of circumstances where Brendan seems like a normal, likeable person.

Odd thing - just saw the ad for the SCD Live!!! Tour - Tom and Rachel are on it. Lisa isn't.

Doesn't matter, Tom's still out. Even if he comes top of the voting, he's still in the dance-off against someone who got 39 or someone who got 40. Hmmm.

I'm guessing Lisa's not doing the tour because she has a real job.

Even if he comes top of the voting

In that eventuality, I will be popping down to Hell to get some ice for my drink...

he's been top of the voting every week so far, I think. He must have been top last week at any rate.

So... I don't exactly understand what's happened just there?

Assuming what's happened: they realised a little too late this situation meant that Our Tom mathematically couldn't escape dance-off, so all votes for him were basically pointless, so... phone vote scandal! Again! YAY!

Yes, that's it. Presumably working it out for themselves was beyond the general public.

These showdance people are freaky.

They're WORLD CHAMPIONS at... I am not sure. But they're good enough that they don't have to perform with Dave Arch's Fantastic Orchestra And His Wonderful Singers.

Ah - SHOWDANCE! Freestyle!

World champion at being quite light and getting thrown around a lot!

Johnny Vegas is SAT RIGHT THERE and YOU ARE TALKING TO MATT DAWSON INSTEAD FFS

"18 stone of idiot... and Johnny Vegas sitting behind..."

JUNE WHITFIELD?

JUNE WHITFIELD??

JUNE WHITFIELD???

"All four couples could have achieved being champions"

Aw, I love June Whitfield.

(sorry, I just hate these interviews they have for the results shows)

But possibly not as much as I hate "And All That Jazz"...

"carried over to next week" WTF? oh right...

WHAT?

Hmmmm.

OK, Chambers has won, we can pretty much call that now, yes?

effing shambles

Tom's votes will be quite down though, I'm guessing a few of his fans didn't bother their arses this week because it was pointless.

They couldn't do anything else, could they? Digital Spy's going into meltdown over it, which leads me to think complaints people at the BBC are getting it in the neck and the BBC can't afford another phone vote scandal.

And now... they're filling the gap between SCD and Outnumbered with ten solid minutes of trailers?

Really?

Seriously, this is what they're doing.

Like, could you not cross to News24?

They were one week out because Seargent left.

So they had to have a week that no-one leaves, and now its back on schedule.

They didn't when Tarby left, and they didn't when Kelly Brook left.

Nah, they'd publicly stated there'd be two in the final when Sergeant went.

(xxpost) No, I think they were planning to cover that by having two couples in the final and a whole load of bumpf and filler.

What an embarrassing mess.

Still the BBC don't seem to have had much choice in the matter seeing as how Sergeant has effectively fucked the series up to forward his own career.

This may lead the BBC to reconsider using its employees or any knowingly "dud" celebs in future years.