What a travesty! Ian's oil slick trousers are now a cushion and a sparkly top for Jade...

Jade and Ian have some good attitude though to being in the bottom two. They seem to be taking it on the chin and dealing with it (contrast to Zoe and James last week with their soul searching). I am sure as an athlete, Jade will be able to pick herself up and put even more into her training and performance this week. Ian certainly seems to be philosophical and realises what an effect the new points system can have on those further up the leaderboard.

Choreography corner lost a little of its sparkle within the indomitable Karen, but Lilia and Darren made adequate substitutes. Enjoyed the praise for Erin's choreo, and the spontaneous sniggering at Anton's disco samba. Seriously, I wonder how Anton is perceived backstage by the other pros? As a loveable buffoon who brings something to the table, or as an embarrassment to be tolerated as much as humanly possible?

I am hoping that Ricky and Erin will get at least as far as the semis this year (and wouldn't it be irony if Erin were to finally lift the trophy with a celeb such as Ricky, when she has been denied it with Colin and Austin?). Surely it must be tribute to her teaching and choreo skills that she is able to the best out of every celeb that she has had? And under her tutelage, Ricky's technique is slowly improving (she has done some real solid groundwork there), she chooses songs and routines that are big hits with the public, memorable as well as well suited to Ricky, and they seem to have a genuinely good friendship. I like the fact that Ricky always remembers to thank the public for voting as well.

Bit worried about their rumba this weekend, as this is usually not a crowd pleaser, and if the Get Craig to Blackpool bandwagon continues, he is going to need votes from somewhere, and anyone ending up slightly lower than usual on the judges' leaderboard could be in danger. Having said that, Ricky has been the most consistent of the mid tablers, so could pull it off. His rumba face was almost looking good until Claudia squealed "I think I could be pregnant!"

The rest of the programme was little more than filler, and I had a gentle yawn or so. Mind you, if we have got through six weeks of ITT and had only one padded programme, that is pretty good going. I am off to join Claudia and the girls in the bunk beds.....