Emily-D

The only thing I’m confident about next week is that Melora will be in the bottom three. She got a perfect score last week and still landed bottom three, so no way is she getting the votes to beat three other couples even if she gets another perfect score. The question is whether she finishes bottom or lands in the dance off again.

Probably the best thing she's done since joining the show to be honest!

That is so so tough on Jimmie. He got absolutely snowed under, with the bad score right at the top of the night combined with all the perfect scores. It was the right decision in the dance-off, but it's so sad that he goes whilst Cody for example stays. I knew Jojo would get a vote bounce, but it was very interesting that Melora got the least number of votes between her, Amanda and Suni tonight after that finished even on scores. That shows how the voting ranks have changed every week because Suni has already been in the bottom two. Will that change next week? If not, she's toast because she finished third bottom in votes even with a perfect score. Could Amanda win this thing? She hasn't been massively memorable to me but still hasn't landed in the bottom two whilst all the other women have. Feels like a journey very similar to Kaitlyn Bristowe last season.

After seven weeks and last night with Jojo going in the bottom two, I'm now confident enough to say that one of Jimmie or Iman is going to win this thing. Whilst Jimmie is the better dancer, Iman is more of a standout when he has a really good routine. Plus when Iman gets to the final he'll be able to redo that contemporary, as well as a freestyle where he can throw Daniella all over the place with his strength and win over the audience. I can easily see him getting two perfect scores and a mirrorball. Thankfully from my point of view, I'd be more than happy if either of those two won, as I would if Melora or Amanda won, although I don't expect them to. At this stage, I think Jojo joins Iman and Jimmie in the final as I can't see the judges not saving her over any other couple if she lands in the bottom two again. That leaves one more spot. My hope is that Melora makes it, but I have a horrible feeling that it's going to be Olivia or Cody. Next week, I expect us to lose two women with Cody's fanbase dragging his lame ass through. It will probably be any combination of Amanda, Olivia, Melora and Suni. Will all come down to performances, scores and votes on the night. I'm hoping for Olivia, but expecting the worst.

It still annoys me that Cody was not pulled when he should have been after testing positive. He should be the next to go at this stage, but he won't be and now over the next couple of weeks we're going to lose couples that deserve to stay in over him because of his nutty fanbase. At this point, you could toss a coin in terms of predicting who goes home week to week. It all comes down to which combination of bottom two goes to the judges vote. However, it does feel like the men are getting a lot more votes than the women (bar Jojo) and that the women are now getting picked off. Mel and Olivia in bottom two last week, Suni this week. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Melora and Amanda land there next week. To be honest, I thought Melora was bottom two bound after getting saddled with the dreaded hound dog Jive that I can never take seriously since Michael Bolton's attempt years back. I was encouraged that she was saved. The middle aged woman ain't out of this thing yet! Iman's dance was excellent, so so good and probably the dance of the season no matter what happens from here on it. However, Contemporary is right down his street with the lifts and tricks you are allowed to do, so I'm expecting him to get bumped right back down in scores next week when he's doing a ballroom dance.

Poor Mel had no chance with Gleb. A better partner and she'd still be here no doubt about it. People, including myself won't vote for Gleb though. Good to see that Olivia's voting support is low, although I'm expecting a judges tongue bathing for her next week. Kenya had a nice moment and deserved to stay, but unless she goes up against Iman or Cody in the judges vote, she's gone next week. Speaking of the judges, I'm assuming this "save" they supposedly have doesn't exist anymore or else surely they'd have used it tonight?

I'm throughly enjoying Jimmie and Iman. It's nice to see a baller who can actually dance for a change. Daniella is a excellent pro, if the show lasts long enough for her to get given a proper ringer as a partner then she's going to fly. I also always seem to a huge soft spot for any older contestant who does really well against younger opposition, so well done to Melora. I think the Justina comparison from last season is a good one, however I do worry about her fanbase going forward compared to others. Although it made me look like an idiot, well done Len for taking the chance to ditch Matt, Yes Kenya could potentially be toast going forward, but I thought she was the better dancer tonight. Shame Tyra is the worst host of all time and couldn't explain the simple rule regarding the head judge having the casting vote in the event of a tie, leading to mass confusion from the viewers. Honestly, I despair of her!

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Bachelor Nation for once again making me look like a complete idiot!

Agree, although Matt is in the lower rung of dancers. When BAG goes, the next group of dancers who should be eliminated from an ability basis are Kenya and Matt, but it's not going to happen with Matt. One thing I'm fairly confident about, is that Melora and Olivia (I think these two have the least fans of the women) are going to make up a shock bottom two sometime within the next two or three weeks and that will be the elimination in which the judges use their save pass (if it still exists). I could also see Suni in danger sooner rather than later, she just isn't standing out to me. All of these women are arguably better dancers than Miz, Jimmie and Iman, but I think all of them have far more fans who will vote. On a positive note, I still think like last season the winner is up in the air, which is good as it makes things more intriguing.

Yeah it has. It's usually been up against that, The Voice and Big Bang Theory until that ended. All hugely popular shows, but DWTS held its own because it skews slighter older. NCIS moving over though is probably the closest overlap to the sort of viewership who would usually watch DWTS and combined with Tyra taking over the show and the lack of star power nowadays has ultimately led to this drop. I do think that season Bobby Bones won really hurt the show long term. It lost so much credibility with viewers that season, including myself, although I really enjoyed Season 29 (last year).

If Grocery Store Joe can get to the semi-finals or whatever it was, then Matt James can definitely get just as far. Let's be honest, hardly any of these stars really have any proper built in fanbases. Even if half of Bachelor Nation is voting for Matt, that will be enough to carry him a long way especially when taking into account how easy it is to vote now with the text voting as opposed to calling in.

I must say the huge drop in ratings this season surprised me, as it came from nowhere. However, I just realised that NCIS now airs at the same time on CBS which probably explains it. I'm assuming that those two shows hugely overlap in terms of viewership and that loads of people are skipping DWTS in favour of watching that. Mind you, DWTS don't help themselves by uploading the dances straight onto Youtube afterwards, it means anyone missing it can just catch up by watching those. You do have to wonder now how long DWTS can go on for, on ABC anyway. I could see it doing an American Idol and taking a break for 2-3 years before another network picks it up and throws loads of money at it to try and perhaps attract bigger stars to dance. Take NBC for example, they've wanted a good dancing show for ages and only gave up on that World of Dance recently. Tom B just signed a new contract with them, whose to say they couldn't pick DWTS up in the future, bring back Tom to host and throw a bigger budget at it to get new stars.

The problem with Jojo is they missed the boat. Same sex dancing has already been done in the UK version of the show. It's not as big a deal as it may have been a few seasons ago.

Unfortunately, Matt won't be going anywhere anytime soon. Allow me to introduce you to Bachelor Nation...

Brian Austin Green needs to go, it's painful watching him. Let him and Sharna take their dancing to the bedroom.