I've felt quite sorry for Alexandra this last couple of weeks - there are certain parts of the press that clearly don't like her and publish 'rumours' of rifts with her dancing partner and fellow contestants, together with reports of her being 'false' (usually in the guise of 'our readers are saying ...'). Unfortunately, this bad press seems to be influencing the voting and she's clearly not popular with the viewers. She's a really good dancer - deserves to be in the final - she's struggled with the emotions of the programme as she lost her Mum (to whom she was very close) in late summer and dearly wishes she could share the joy of the dancing with her. I wasn't a big fan at the start, but she's really grown on me, and she's obviously working very hard on the technical aspects of her dancing (she quite clearly acts on the judges' comments).
I hope Alexandra and Gorka make it to the final without having to battle another dance-off, but I doubt it. I want Molly and AJ to go - I just can't warm to them and I don't think she's particularly good. She's improved a little in recent weeks, but her core is still very weak and she's nowhere near as good as Debbie, Joe and Alexandra, and Gemma is just more entertaining!
