I was very sick last week and could hardly lift my head from the pillow, let alone type my thoughts about Austin and Erin’s exit.

So, better late than never eh!

Should he have gone? The forums are full of “Keep Austin in” “Erin deserves to win” etc. but I think the viewers have actually forgotten that this is at its heart a show where there can only be “one” winner, and we arrive at that winner by knocking somebody out each week. Was it Austin’s turn? Lets consider the case:-

Tom’s rumba was not brilliant – but he is a newlywed. How can he be expected to dance this with any conviction! Luckily he was saved by an outstanding foxtrot.

Lisa’s Jive was all over the place, sloppy and messy. But better than I expected! I thought she was going to fall out that white and silver dress!. Excellent TV though when Brendan stormed off and left Lisa stood on her own. Good old Tom to the rescue. Their waltz, however – absolutely marvellous!

Rachel did a really highly placed Tango (probably too highly scored in my opinion) and cha-cha which was not great either (Most odd), not enough hip for such a slow cha-cha. Judges love her though, so she will be okay!

Austin salsa. Poor choreography and he went on first, which always seems to be a death knell! Erin’s hair fell out in the dance off ! I think she is like Anton – her ballroom is a lot stronger than her latin, and it shows. The judges did not like his American Smooth – was not showy enough for them.

So according to the judges :- Tom did one good dance and one okay dance
Rachel did two good dances
Lisa did an excellent dance and an okay dance
Austin did 2 poor dances.

Austin was bottom of the leaderboard, and obviously didn’t get enough public votes.

So yes, it was his turn to go. Them’s the breaks!

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