Thanks to the wonder that is Chris Fountain (with Suzanne Shaw coming in a closes second), I was actually looking forward to Dancing On Ice this week. Also, I've got a bottle of wine.

This week's sixties theme was introduced in spectacular fashion with the opening number featuring not just Torvill and Dean, but all the contestants too. This week's required element was a "unique move" that the contestants had to create and name. Always a bit of a dull "element", that.

Gareth Gates was out first and didn't thrill me this week. I couldn't quite think why not. I think perhaps he didn't quite "perform" it. The skating (including his "unique move") was good, but there was no magic. The judges disagreed with me though because he got his highest score yet.

I'd forgotten about Zaraah Abrahams, but once they mentioned her, I realised I was really looking forward to seeing her skate. I was a bit disappointed. There were some great lifts, but I wasn't entirely confident in a couple of them and, after I said last week, that they finished the programme properly, this one stuttered to a stop after the end of the music.

Chris Fountain has a lot to live up to after last week's breathtaking programme and I didn't enjoy this week's routine. It was fast and furious with lots of content, but there was nothing that made me smile and nothing that made me shiver. It's unreasonable of me to expect last week's standard every week though.

There was a bit of a discussion about the required element, which Chris called "the worm", but which was just a breakdancing caterpillar on ice (plus it was hardly unique since Kyran Bracken did it last year). Judge Jason Gardiner said he was disappointed by it and host Phillip Schofield made a "fancy Jason not liking your little worm" joke (because, you see - and you'd better hold on to your sides! - Jason's gay!). I've always loved Pippy, but this made me want to smack him.

Steve Backley was saved by the judges last week and you had to think really this week would be his last. He's okay, he's just not a good enough skater to do anything particularly thrilling. In fact, this week he was singing along with his music (My Girl) and I was thinking, "Concentrate on the skating, fella!" They got their best score so far, but it was still only 18.

Suzanne Shaw's routine was my favourite this week. It was beautiful. It gave me the shivers, it brought tears to my eyes. It had the skating, the lifts, the emotion ... fabulous. I was disappointed when it ended.

I enjoyed Greg Rusedski's programme very much this week. He and Kristina skated to Hey Jude and I don't know if it was just the music (which I love), but I was transfixed. He's still not good enough and can't compete with the others, but it was my favourite performance of his so far. They only scored 16 though, which I think is odd since I thought it was much better than Steve's. Jason was really harsh, I thought. I usually agree with him, but it did seem rather a personal attack. He called Greg "dull as ditchwater" with the "charisma of cardboard" which, yeah, may be true, but he's not the only one and I think he deserved credit for this week's performance. If only for not looking embarrassed!

The judges (and my!) harsh comments last week were obviously the kick up the bum Linda Lusardi needed because she looked so much better this week. Her programme made me smile, there were some beautiful lifts, and she skated on her own much more than she ever has before. I really enjoyed it.

Zaraah (surprisingly) and Steve (not so much) were in the bottom two, so it was clear who was going home. And he was gutted.

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