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On Vicky Pattison, paperview says \u201cVicki\u2019s arms were great but her feet were all over the place.\u201d<\/p>\n
fihema says \u201cI enjoyed that from Vicky, though either her feet were a touch shovel-like or the white shoes caused an optical illusion now and again. Possibly the shoes. Good, though. Very different mood from her previous dances, and easy to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Somersetlass adds \u201c:I love Total Eclipse but it\u2019s very hard to dance to. Still, Vicky was appropriately smooth and beautifully yearning. I rather loved that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>Readers\u2019 verdicts are in<\/p>\n Time for a vox pop of your petrifying thoughts. pretentiouspenguin says: \u201cI miss when they used to dance to music from horror films or horror-themed tracks for Halloween week. Now it\u2019s just like a normal week but in fancy dress.\u201d<\/p>\n AndyPandy21 says \u201cA big thank you to the whole Strictly team for a fabulous Halloween. You threw the kitchen cauldron at it and I for one was under the spell!\u201d<\/p>\n ReclinedPotato adds \u201cShirley plugging her dancing school! Shameless self=promotion. You may however be interested that our beloved blogger has recently written a book.\u201d<\/p>\n Funny you should say that, ReclinedPotato! My debut novel The Dogwalkers\u2019 Detective Agency has been chosen as a Kindle Monthly Deal for November. This means the ebook is available for a wag-ulous 99p for a limited time only. You can order here<\/a>. Canine cosy crime! Ideal autumnal reading! Commercial interlude ends!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Golden Glitterballs: Ghoulish Ediion<\/p>\n Who\u2019s taking home the skull-shaped prizes on fright night? Here are this week\u2019s grateful gong-getters\u2026<\/p>\n Best dance: Lewis Cope was spectacular but Karen Carney\u2019s was arguably even more of an air punch moment.<\/p>\n Worst dance: For me, a tie between George Clarke and Nitro off of TV\u2019s Gladiators.<\/p>\n Best music choice: That big band version of Radiohead\u2019s Creep.<\/p>\n Worst music choice: Charli XCX would be turning on her grave if she was dead. And less of a Brat.<\/p>\n Best outfit: Karen and Carlos\u2019 androgynous Peaky Blinders costumes were pipped at the last by Jojo\u2019s drapey devil number.<\/p>\n Worst outfit: Nitro and Karen Hauer weren\u2019t done many favours with that Bacofoil.<\/p>\n Best VT: Either Ellie\u2019s family surprising her in training or Lewis visiting his huge family in Hartlepool.<\/p>\n Worst VT: Nitro and Karen, er, eating ice cream. Seemed to be phoned in.<\/p>\n Best judges\u2019 comment: Anton to Tess: \u201cDon\u2019t you start. I\u2019ve told you before, they\u2019re my own teeth.\u201d<\/p>\n Best Claudia quip: When Amber expressed nerves about closing the show: \u201cI won\u2019t mention it again. You dance whenever you want.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.32 EDT<\/p>\n From glitterballs to girlbands<\/p>\n You can now stay on BBC1 for Michael McIntyre\u2019s The Wheel, head to ITV1 for The 1% Club or flip to BBC2 for Girlband Night \u2013 the centrepiece of which is new docuseries Girlbands Forever at 9.20pm.<\/p>\n Also at 9.20pm is Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue on BBC1, Romesh Ranganathan\u2019s Parents\u2019 Evening on ITV1 or The Meghan Effect: How She Shook Up the Royal Family on Channel 5. There\u2019s also a rerun of classic 80s drama Edge of Darkness at 9pm on BBC4. I\u2019d recommend treating yourself or recording it if you\u2019ve never had the pleasure.<\/p>\n Tonight\u2019s film picks are Minority Report (8.30pm on ITV2), M3gan (9pm on Film4), Out Of Sight (9pm on Great TV), Tremors (10.50pm on ITV4), Trainspotting (11.20pm on Film4) and One Fine Morning (12.50am on BBC2). We call him Mother Superior on account of the length of his habit.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Halloween Spooktacular standings<\/p>\n Lewis Cope tops the supernatural scoreboard after the first perfect 40 of the series. Cheeky, peaky Karen Carney is in second spot. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey languishes way down at the bottom, with Ellie Goldstein just above.<\/p>\n As always, though, the public vote helps decide which two pairs will face tomorrow night\u2019s dance-off. It could also be a nervy wait for Balvinder Sopal, George Clarke and Amber Davies.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Shirley gets tomorrow\u2019s casting vote<\/p>\n You know, like the head judge normally does.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Credits roll<\/p>\n \u201cKeeeeeep dancing,\u201d howl Tess and Claud at the Hertfordshire moon. As the jack-o-lanterns are extinguished and the pumpkins repurposed as soups\/curries\/compost, please stay with us for analysis, reaction and a round-up of your comments.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Tonight\u2019s spookacious routines get rewound on-screen. Which scarily good duo are you voting for? Which terrifyingly bad pair are you certainly not?<\/p>\n Share<\/a>And the vote is\u2026 open!<\/p>\n Online-only, remember. Don\u2019t come around here with your old-fashioned \u201cphone vote\u201d, you dance dinosaurs. Prop-heavy pandemonium ensues Elstree Studios.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Judges\u2019 scores: 9, 9, 8, 9 for a total of 35 points. Joint third. Nikita takes blame for the choreography.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Judges\u2019 comments: Motsi says \u201cstorytelling on point, absolutely beautiful\u201d. Shirley says \u201cyou executed it well but it was American style and too open\u201d. Anton says \u201cextraordinary piece of theatre, tremendous fleckerl and exquisite movement but shoulders were a problem in hold\u201d. Craig concludes \u201cdon\u2019t listen to old witchy-poo and grandma down there, I loved what you did with it\u201d. Well. Scores could range from eight to 10.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Amber and Nikita\u2019s Viennese waltz<\/p>\n Amber Davies got an early Halloween fright in last week\u2019s dance-off but she\u2019s going from red light to Red Riding Hood. Forest setting. Pro partner Nikita Kuzmin is the big bad wolf and whips off her crimson cape, then into hold for a spinning, floating waltz. Twirling romantically around the floor. Decent frame and footwork but with such a gifted dancer as Amber, the judges are bound to be pernickety. Lovely storytelling and loads of drama.<\/p>\n Song: I See Red by Everybody Loves An Outlaw. The Texan duo scored a viral hit when this was featured on the soundtrack to Netflix \u201cerotic thriller\u201d 365 Days. The famously bad film was compared to 50 Shades Of Grey but worse and nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards.<\/p>\n Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin. Photograph: Guy Levy\/BBC\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Judges\u2019 scores: 8, 9, 9, 9 for a total of 35 points. Joint third with one number to go. \u201cAs camp as Christmas,\u201d says Jojo. \u201cMy horns ended up in some dangerous places,\u201d says Alex.<\/p>\n