Strictly Tired

I actually did get to watch Strictly Come Dancing last night on iPlayer, but it meant that I didn't get to bed until well after midnight, so I was really tired today. I must say I do not enjoy the show as much when I watch it on iPlayer, with all the stops and starts because of insufficient bandwidth, it just becomes too annoying and I end up giving up on the whole thing sometimes (it's much better if my flatmates aren't in, I get all the bandwidth to myself).
The show, therefore, was not as enjoyable for me as I had hoped. This was reinforced by the multitude of mistakes and embarrassing dances that were shown.
I missed most of Ricky Groves' dance because I was distracted by his bright orange socks which made his trousers appear to be too short every time they flashed into view.
Ali completely lost the plot of her dance looking lost the whole way through.
Jo was much improved but still slightly skippy around the floor.
I didn't feel that Zoe gave enough umph to her dance, though the judges seemed to disagree.
Craig's dance was just embarrassing to watch. I think it was Alisha who said it was like watching someone's dad dance badly at a wedding.
Joe just was not in tune with the music at all. He just did the steps and didn't worry about keeping time with the music or with Kristina.
Natalie wasn't smooth or elegant at all.
Laila looked like she didn't even know her routine.
Chris lost his timing and seems to be getting worse each week, from an amazingly brilliant start.
And Phil's dance was completely unremarkable, I can't even remember it.
The only bright spots were Jade, who I think is quickly becoming my favourite to win the show.
Ricky Whittle was back on form, getting a 10 from Alisha, though I think he may be too cocky to win the series. "I think I'm in the wrong career, I wanna be a dancer!" I think he has a way to go yet before he could be a professional.

The demonstration dances by the pro's were beautiful again, especially Vincent & Flavia who are always stunning with their Tango Waltz, as Bruce called it (proper name Vals, according to Wikipedia), which looked the same as an Argentine Tango to me. Whatever it was though, it was amazing.
Spandau Ballet performed a reworked version of their classic hit "Gold" which shouldn't be reworked as it is perfect as it is.

At the end of the show, Zoe & James joined Joe & Kristina in the dance off, which was a big shock. Zoe obviously cannot have the public's support, to be put in that position, as she was quite high in the leader board I think, which must worry her for subsequent weeks. In the end though, even before the dance off had started it was inevitable that Joe would be the one to go. And what a relief that he is gone, he was terrible. I really do hope that Kristina gets someone decent next year so she can show everyone that she can teach, instead of just performing amazing feats in front of her celebrity to try and take the emphasis off of their inadequacies! Here's hoping.