Rockett’s review

STARS START TO FIND THEIR FEET

SAFFRON

Barker feared her

Strictly dream was over when she got flu symptoms this week. The social media influencer felt weak so failed to rehearse fully before last night’s show. “It’s been tough,” said Saffron, 19. “If I wasn’t dancing I’d be in bed. I looked and felt rough. Coughing, sneezing and I lost my voice. I had a temperature. We couldn’t run through the dance as many times as we’d

have liked.”

ANNEKA

Rice has revealed she was kicked out of ballet classes for being too plump, and her nickname at school was “Rice Pudding”.The Treasure Hunt star, 60, said the snub was “a bit of a blow”, turned her into a tomboy and stopped her wearing pink. She said: “When I was seven Miss Beer took me out of the Sugar Plum Fairy line-up in ballet. I was ungainly and plump. My nickname was Pudding because of my surname. No more ballet for me. I’d been sacked!” Anneka also said she never danced as a teenager was she was busy with her

career.

Meanwhile dance partner

Kevin Clifton hates his first name and wants one that is “really cool”. The 36-year-old pro added: “Everything in me wants to say ‘My name is Rocky’ or something

like that.” Emma Barton: I really want her to do well because I adore Anton Du Beke and surely it’s time he lifted the glitterball.

They were gorgeous together last night dancing a foxtrot to

Sunshine Of Your Love. Her dress was exquisite and she is natually elegant.

Score: 47/80

Score: 24/80

Chris Ramsey: From a dismal start, he got only 13 out of 40 for his cha-cha, Chris wowed with a fun charleston that scored 26. From little acorns… Score: 39/80

Score: 57/80 Emma Weymouth: The socialite looked the part but where was the spark, the attack, the passion, the energy? She left it to poor old Alijaz to keep her going. Score: 41/80

JUDGE Craig Revel Horwood wants Simon Cowell to cha-cha with pro dancer Kevin Clifton. He hopes they will dance together on the show after a same-sex couple made the final of the US’s Dancing With The Stars. He said: “It’d be hilarious.” FLU FEAR Saffron Barker and AJ Pritchard FORMER Corrie actress Catherine Tyldesley and partner Johannes Radebe get down to Justin Timberlake’s Let the Groove Get In for last night’s Samba. Cath, 36, looked sensational in a tassled number. But she says thigh-skimming outfits are off the cards. She said: “I’ve got legs like a prop forward.” NAME CHECK Kevin with Anneka Rice Our queen of the dance floor KAREN ROCKETT gives her verdict James Cracknell: His jive started with some pancake-flipping but this could only go on for so long before he actually had to dance. He was better than last week (just!) and he’s such a nice guy... but just no! Radio 1 DJ Dev Griffin was born to party. He has bags of rhythm and musicality – as befits a man who plays records for a living! With spot on timing, he had a ball jiving to Olly Murs’ track Dance with Me Tonight. Not up to last week’s 30, but a deserved 27.