IT'S Quarter Final time!
Waltham's Kevin Clifton and his Strictly partner, BBC Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid, have made it to the last three weeks.
After a nerve-racking wait second from bottom of the leader board last week, the pair sailed through to this week on the public vote, and will be attempting to gain their points back from the judges with an Argentine Tango to Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal.
And Kevin has been busy in the limelight again this week, appearing with Susanna on BBC2 spin-off It Takes Two last night, and on Chris Evans' Radio 2 breakfast show yesterday with the likes of the Pet Shop Boys, Dido, John Bishop, and fellow dancer Brendan Cole.
There are just six couples left in the competition now, following actor Mark Benton's departure last week.
He lost the dance-off to Hollyoaks' Ashley Taylor Dawson, having survived three previously.
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It kicks off tonight on BBC1 at 7.10pm, and the results show tomorrow at 7.20pm.
In the meantime, here is Kevin's dad Keith's take on the week:
Have you ever nearly done something really spectacular and kicked yourself when you didn't, for whatever reason, whether it was something unplanned or something someone else did or whether it was your own silly fault?
Or was it the infamous 'Murphy's law' kicking? Have you ever practised doing something so much that you can do it blindfolded and on one leg, left handed and reciting Hamlet at the same time ... and then when the moment of performance comes your legs suddenly belong to someone else?
Quickstep choreography can be like that. Get it right and the dance is frantic and fun, get it wrong and it collapses like a pack of monkeys fighting over a peanut. Ok, it wasn't that bad. I'm exaggerating hugely, everyone still loved it, but one little mistake made Kevin and Susanna's quickstep a tad untidy and at this stage in the competition, with all dancers bringing their 'A' Game, it was enough to slide down the leader board.
It was one of those numbers that had four 10s written all over it; the music, the sofa climbing, but it didn't go quite to plan. The great thing about this partnership, though, is that they are not holding back, on choreography, on entertainment, or on effort.
Never mind, thanks to you, they are still there, in the quarter final. Everything is still possible and the dance and the format changes again. The Argentine Tango and the Swingathon beckons and Susanna and Kevin are putting the hours in to get it right.
Different dances have different requirements in terms of technique, style and performance. The Argentine is unique and although it has complicated foot patterns it has a passion and intensity that will suit Susanna, similar to the Paso Doble. The arms are held lower so there will be no problems with shoulder lines. I think this dance has the potential to be really good.
And now to the return of the Swingathon. This is where all couples dance a jive/swing at the same time, similar to a normal dance competition. However, the couples are not marked, just asked to leave the floor one by one when their performance starts to waver. Susanna and Kevin are both highly competitive. Susanna is a competent marathon runner and I would put our house on Kevin to be last man standing, so the Swingathon could prove to be very interesting.
Each dance is different. Ballroom and Latin American are different. It's like painting. You have Dutch Classical against Cubism, but they both use the same paint and brushes. Each remaining couple has their own strengths and weaknesses in each of those different styles. Any deficiencies now will be highlighted and the public vote will kick in massively.
There are two more weeks to get them into the final.
PLEASE PLEASE continue voting. As Walt Disney once said: "If you can dream it, you can do it".
