Yay - Team Cola have won SCD7!!!

But hang on a minute. What are we going to be doing on a Saturday for the next two weeks?

So the Beeb have come up with a solution in an attempt to save face and preserve ratings. As a solution it is half way there, and smacks of loss of nerve rather than real decision making. A three couple final would have been so much better and would have ticked all the boxes - but that would have involved filling a half hour slot this Saturday (how hard can that be? Everyone will be watching X Factor anyway), and presumably negotiating some compensation with the company providing the phone lines for loss of revenue (again, voting and therefore revenue will be down because of the X Factor). Not that hard surely?

But no they have gone for the compromise option of no dance off, which will ensure Chris gets through as long as he maintains his share of the public vote. And the forums are already awash with conspiracy theories about the BBC fixing it for their employee to get through. Oh well, I suppose it is something to do on a cold December night.

But this of course will leave the producers open to even more accusations of incompetence. First off there was the prevarication over the Jade injury, and the refusal to have a roll over week; then this changing of rules in the week before the semi final. After last year's cock-ups, Strictly can't take much more of this, and with X Factor trouncing it in the ratings....wonder whether some of the producers will find themselves working on BBC4 documentaries in the future, rather than prime time Saturday night autumn TV.

So questions, questions, questions from this night's ITT. Is Laila remotely concerned to be leaving SCD? Did she ever have her heart in it? Does she like Anton? More to the point, does Anton like her? Because his goodbye VT was very muted, and hers was a mismatched attempt at gushing. Will we ever know, and do we really care?

Furthermore, is Darcey too classy for ITT? Does Alesha hate her guts? I felt that Darcey came over as much more natural and warmer in ITT than she did at the weekend, and it was brave of her to admit her nerves. It is a tall order for her to settle in at this stage of the show and make her mark with the public, and I think she is in for a pretty rough ride. Alesha seemed to want to talk over her at every opportunity, but Darcey had some good points to make, especially about Ali and her nerves. She has noticed immediately that Ali holds her breath, and that is having a really negative impact on her dance. Arlene would have had her off to breathing techique classes in week 3!

I knew why Erin was my favourite pro for a reason! She too has an ageing and beloved teddy bear! And mine must be standing up quite well because so far he has only lost an ear and an eye, unlike Erin's, whose legs and arms have needed to be sewn back on....Bless.