Strictly Come Dancing brought tears, tumbles and hot flushes to the dancefloor. Oo-er.

Dance-wise (if anyone’s still watching for that) it was a good week for nearly everyone, as three couples received 10s and Simon got his first ever nine from Craig.

But first (and importantly) Claudia is back! Cue a moist-eyed outpouring of affection on Twitter.

Tess, bless her heart, isn’t faring quite so well.

Oh dear. Mind you, she did say “They’re on their feet in the studio!” or some variation thereof a grand total of seven times this evening. New lines please.

So once we’ve all taken a deep breath and redone our makeup, it’s time for dancing.

On second thoughts, Steve is first. So it’s time for standing, chest banging, and throwing Ola around like a sack of potatoes. That’s a bit cruel – but this isn’t Steve’s best. Craig calls it “stompy”, which is about right. Four is a bit unfair, though.

Over to Camilla Dallerup for some dancing wisdom.

What she said.

Caroline is a bit of a conundrum. For such a lovely dancer, she’s really lacking confidence. She confirms all our worst fears by nearly taking a tumble. Although to be honest it’s a miracle it doesn’t happen every week – walking down those slippery-looking stairs in heels and a long dress while trying to dance gracefully is a recipe for disaster. She pulls it together to get a decent score of 33.

Frankie looked to be in danger of following in Caroline’s (slightly wobbly) footsteps after her whole training video was about how twirling makes her dizzy and sick. Not ideal for the Viennese waltz. Fortunately the hallowed Strictly dancefloor remained chunder-free and Frankie stayed on her feet. Phew. Also this tweeter made a highly-enjoyable Mean Girls reference.

The judges are out of control. Pixie’s speedy Charleston left Craig “dumbfounded” (if only), and Jake’s legendary latin hips got Darcey a bit overexcited. Twitter didn’t mind either.

Speaking of judges, we wholeheartedly endorse this tweeter’s proposal for a radical shake-up of the show.

And speaking of Jake, Craig wins top comment of the night, with his assertion that Jake’s bottom “went off like a jackhammer”. Of course someone on Twitter had to make it dirty.

Family show, guys. Family show.

Mary Berry turned up, raising the prospect of the ultimate BBC crossover. Any bets on her taking to the floor herself next year?

And just so no-one is left out, the singers came in for some praise for learning the words to Macarena for Jake’s samba, although the changing of Paolo Nutini’s Last Request into 3/4 time for Sunetra’s waltz left Twitter bitterly divided.

Our conclusion? It was a bit weird, and it made the singer sound like he was buffering, but nothing ventured, nothing gained and all that. And it was a very pretty waltz.

Conclusion? One big Strictly love-in. Ahhhh. Apart from Steve. Sorry Steve.