Welcome to Strictly Come Drawing
1 year, 12 contestants, 4 judges and you the public - who will be left standing to win the grand prize for Strictly Come Drawing 2009!!
And now your hosts - Dick McGougan and Diane Winkleston!

Well folks here we are again and we don't plan on beating around the bush with this one.
Nope so here are the totals for round seven once the public vote was added to the judges totals:

~Angeldess 24
*ladylionink 21
*GuiltyTestament 20
=elila 19
=JLDragonfly 17
*kuroyamaarashi 14

Oh ah bit of a suprise for the bottom two - this will be =JLDragonflys first time in the face off but what will the judges think?

One has to admit that has put a LOT of effort in this contest, and her entries have all shown an impressive amount of artistic skill. She also tried out a few different media, which I highly appreciate. also created some wonderful entries so far, but overall I was more impressed by 's effort and skill, so I choose her to move on.

A special note to - I really, really hope this contest helped you improve and discover more about your artistic abilities, and I wish to say that many of your entries were really wonderful to look at. I also wish to congratulate you for making it this far into the contest, as I think it is quite an achievement, and you should be proud of yourself! Keep up the great work!

I have spoken...and now I'm tired and I'm going to bed!

I'd have to say I'm surpised and a little dissapointed by the public vote. I don't believe =JLDragonfly should be in the bottom two but those are the rules. *kuroyamaarashi has had a good run and should be pround of all the entries she has produced for this contest but in my opinion it is :iconjldgragonfly: that deserves to go on to the next round.

deserves to go through to the next round as she has improved greatly since the beginning of the competition and has to potential to grow even more as an artist.

So it's a unanimous vote from the judges and some disdain for the public vote - congradulations to and commiserations to - we thank you for your inspiration and participation and hope you can take away with you some experience and positive critique to help you keep growing as a talented artist!

A quick reminder to contestants that Round 8 entries are due at midnight GMT on Oct. 10th. - only five contestants left - it just keeps getting more and more exciting!

So stay tuned!!