The competition is heating up... etc. etc.
But we all know who the favourite is: Manu Feildel. We all know who the best dancer is: Haley Bracken.
They would obviously be the final two, and the only question was: who would make up the final 3 that would go into the Grand Final?
It turned out that Samantha Armytage couldn't garner enough viewer support to lift her off last place in the ratings.
The final 3 next week will be Damien Leith, Manu Feildel and Haley Bracken.
While Samantha Armytage proved to be a good sport, for her sake, it was good to see her eliminated. The process of the judges tearing strips off her week-in, week-out became not only a bloodsport but also an unwatchable cringe-fest.
Helen tried to be as desperately optimistic and constructive as possible while Todd ranged from savaging her one minute to stating that it was not "personal".
And criticism of her ranged from the bizarre to the just plain unfair.
Last week she was criticised for putting a George Clooney mask on her partner Brendan during rehearsals. McKenney said this was "insulting" to her partner, presumably because it implied she didn't find him appealing enough. And while I agree somewhat with this sentiment (think what would happen if he or another man did the same to a woman and tacked an Angelina Jolie face on her head), it was clear that Brendan was not offended in the slightest - and Armytage even alluded to this in the pre-dance package- if he wasn't insulted, where is the issue?
And also, most of those stunts are cooked up by producers- do they think the couples have enough time in between 9 hour rehearsals to organise stupid stunts like that?
And it was only a couple of weeks before that that her and Lara Bingle were accused of not working hard enough.
Now I can't speak for Lara Bingle, but we all know that Samantha Armytage has a job most weekends working on Weekend Sunrise. And when you're being battered from pillar to post no matter what you do, where is the motivation meant to come from to start working hard?
And anyway, when did this stop being a dancing celebrity competition and start being a celebrity dancing competition?
Seemingly, the judges, namely Todd McKenney now demand celebrities to work themselves to the bone in order to become good dancers, so that they can judge them at the level of professional dancers, rather than celebrities just having a bit of fun.
And you may say that the judges know that scathing criticism is more of a ratings-puller that fawning adoration, but you could argue now that the judges are getting just a little bit too caught up in the competition, and less about the fun of dancing.
I found it contradictory that one week, they would tell people to relax and enjoy themselves, and the next, pick apart their dancing, clothing, work-rate, effort, facial expression and pre-dance package comments (see Lara Bingle's swipe at McKenney for criticising her hair arrangement). How could anyone relax under those conditions?
But in saying all that, the final should be at least decent viewing because the playing field is the most equal it has been all season.
And there are still a couple of interesting questions still to be answered;
Will Manu be able to topple Hayley?
Will Todd McKenney and Joshua Horner's simmering tension boil over?
Yes... just a couple of questions.
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