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Much as I'm loathe to join the vote-out-the-males bandwagon, I'm going to have to go for the Bodyrockers which is thoroughly repulsive.

I think the scene ITSELF was fine - even had the reveal been done in public, the focus would have been on Jessie Wallace and Sam Janus regardless and they both did a fine job. The only thing that would have been different is we'd have had the usual "everyone-goes-silent-and-the-jukebox-magically-switches-itself-off" nonsense, which would only have served to make the scene seem a little more ridiculous and clichéd. It was just the build-up that's been a little flat (although I suspect a lot of that has to do with all the last-minute changes and the requirement to rush everything). There wasn't REALLY any noticeable change in how Ronnie had been the last week compared to how she's been behaving since the New Year, and so ignoring the advertising for the event, there was no real sense of everything hurtling towards that inevitable reveal.

I can only echo what most people have already said; - Jessie Wallace was AMAZING. Sam Janus and Scott Maslen weren't bad, but that reveal really did belong to Kat. - The reveal DID seem a little underwhelming. I was expecting a big pay-off at the end of this story, but instead we just get Ronnie deciding "oh I guess I'd better tell the truth" all of a sudden. I'm not saying the Ronnie/Kat scenes weren't good, they WERE, but I was expecting the reveal to be under more dramatic circumstances, and there should have been a PROPER meltdown from Ronnie rather than just more zombie stares (which we've already been getting for months). - I too fear for Vanessa. Since the Harry business died down, she really has been essentially a glorified extra. She's become an irrelevance in Max's life, and she's never really connected with his family - Abi and Lauren treat her as an inconvenience, and she's been excluded from nearly Branning drama. Add to that, Jodie is more pre-occupied with Darren than with anyone else, and it's very difficult to see where Vanessa fits in with the rest of the cast. The writers have shown no interest in developing her as a character; even when something happens that SHOULD have an impact on her, we don't get to see her reaction - Vanessa wasn't even mentioned when Max was planning to join Stacey as an international fugitive; her entire existence was just glossed over. It's a shame because Zoe Lucker should really be an absolute ASSET to the show, and Vanessa's a unique enough character to stand out when given the chance. I'd like to think that things will change, but sadly I suspect the more likely outcome is that Vanessa will be gone once Max inevitably ditches her for Tanya. - I really would like the writers NOT to go down the obvious Max/Tanya affair route. Not just because of the above with Vanessa, but also I've decided I quite like Greg, and much as Max is a great character he's just not DESERVING right now.

+15 Sash! 'Mysterious Times' +12 Natalie Imbruglia 'Big Mistake' +10 Madonna 'Ray Of Light' +08 Brandy & Monica 'The Boy Is Mine' +06 Pras Michel 'Ghetto Supastar' +05 Beautiful South 'Perfect 10' +04 Spice Girls 'Stop' +03 Busta Rhymes 'Turn It Up' +02 Bamboo 'Bamboogie' +01 Stardust 'Music Sounds Better With You' -02 Boyzone 'I Love The Way You Love Me'

Sorry but unless it's folk music from an impoverished nation set to a cheap dance beat fronted by an Elton John drag act dressed in a tinfoil jump suit then I'M NOT INTERESTED. A transexual Celine Dion does NOTHING FOR ME

Dancing Lasha Tumbai was the ONE SOLE moment I was actually able to get on board with Eurovision. It really was TREMENDOUS.

Well that's a bit of a disaster. The cast are great and all, but Robert Sheehan really was the star of the show, and they're going to have to REALLY pull something out of the bag to replace him.

When DID they start writing Jane to be so needy and dense? Ian yes, but never Jane.

Well of course you're quite right. We'll just keep her then and whilst we're at it we'll also add a Megan Fox forum JUST BECAUSE

Jarky; Linden DIED :( Well actually I'm not :( myself, I thought he was an incredibly unlikeable and cold character.

Jac is outstanding but it is really ALL about Frieda now.

07 STARZ IN THEIR EYES - Just Jack 06 STOP ME - Mark Ronson 05 NATURE'S LAW - Embrace 04 PROPER EDUCATION - Eric Prydz 03 RUN IT - Chris Brown 02 AIN'T NO OTHER MAN - Christina Aguilera 01 SWEET ESCAPE - Gwen Stefani

+15 Seal 'Crazy' +12 James ' Sit Down' +10 Right Said Ref 'I'm Too Sexy' +08 2 Unlimited 'Get Ready For This' +06 Scorpions 'Wind Of Change' +05 Salt-N-Pepa 'Let's Talk About Sex' +04 Crystal Waters 'Gypsy Woman' +03 Extreme 'More Than Words' +02 Nomad '(I Wanna Give You) Devotion' +01 Madonna 'Crazy For You' -02 Diana Ross 'When You Tell Me That You Love Me'

She had a CONSIDERABLE part to play

Eric Blob's RABID looning about The Time is probably the most RIDICULOUS thing I have EVER read in my entire LIFE. The track was cheap, tacky and downright SHIT. A piece of ART?! http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/grin.gif

Why has Annie Lennox randomly re-appeared? She hasn't died has she?

http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/grin.gif Britney and Radiohead were both beaten by MARY BYRNE and the OVERTONES??? That's TOO good. I hear Nick F1 has declared official WAR on Mother's day

An album of covers? GOOD LORD it's going to be Sharleen Spiteri's "Movie Songbook" all over again. DIRE :(

07: LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - Eminem and Rihanna 06: YOUR LOVE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH - Manic Street Preachers 05: BETTER IN TIME - Leona Lewis 04: ROCKSTAR - Nickelback 03: IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU - Shayne Ward 02: AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50 Cent 01: FOUNDATIONS - Kate Nash

Rebecca Black UP

Black Velvet is THE TITS

+15 Alannah Myles 'Black Velvet' +12 The B-52s 'Love Shack' +10 DNA & Suzanne Vega 'Tom's Diner' +08 Dee-Lite 'Groove Is In The Heart' +06 The Adventures Of Stevie V 'Dirty Cash' +05 Deacon Blue 'Four Bacharach and David Songs (EP)' +04 Kim Appleby 'Don't Worry' +03 Madonna 'Justify My Love' +02 Luciano Pavarotti 'Nessun Dorma' +01 Londonbeat 'I've Been Thinking About You' -02 Madonna 'Hanky Panky'

Indeed. I suspect McFadden's song about RAPE is more likely to shift units than Delta these days.

True. Beyond Sal the only thing that really kept my interest vaguely was the continuing Tanya/Syed double-act who work bizarrely well together. Syed certainly is much less of a happiness VACUUM when he's around her rather than Christian.

Hurrah for Aunt Sal! I'm glad that Peggy's departure hasn't been the end of her random appearances (although I'm a little surprised - Sal isn't actually related to Ronnie or Roxy is she?)