Thunder Bolt
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The style is very similar.
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Strictly Come Dancing fixed?
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The style is very similar.
Didn't want Jay to win then?
It wasn't fixed. Jay clearly made more mistakes on the night than 2 of the other dancers - the Pulp Fiction routine earlier in the series was one of the best dances I have seen though . The public don't always make the best decision when asked to vote on something
Brownstuff
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Why do people vote and waste money for television programmes unless a friend or family member
More importantly Aliona Vilani is beautiful (even more so with red hair)
More importantly Aliona Vilani is beautiful (even more so with red hair)
blue'n'white
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My wife watches it and, as I'm normally in the room, it seeps into my consciousness too. My one question, which still hasn't been satisfactorily answered, is why do they have loads of different dances on each programme ? How can you possibly judge, for example, someone's jive versus a waltz versus a quickstep ? To make it a better "contest" I think they should all dance the same dance every week
Elvis
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Any reality TV show that is decided on a phone poll, will ultimately result in the most popular as opposed to the most talented winning. If Brooklyn Beckham entered any of these shows he would win it at a canter.
To be honest I thought the judging of Jay's show dance was harsh. Couple of series back a couple did a slow, not very showy, show dance and got praised for it being a brave choice very well executed.
This whole series Craig has been particularly harsh with his scores. Just three 10's despite this crop of finalists being amongst the very best I've seen in a while. Fair few 39's in this series would have been 40's previous years and felt like Jay suffered the most in that regard.
I think many audience viewers will have voted for him as they felt the judging had stiffed him.
This whole series Craig has been particularly harsh with his scores. Just three 10's despite this crop of finalists being amongst the very best I've seen in a while. Fair few 39's in this series would have been 40's previous years and felt like Jay suffered the most in that regard.
I think many audience viewers will have voted for him as they felt the judging had stiffed him.
BensGrandad
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If, as is the case, the judges scores in the final are only for guidance, why bother with having them when the voting public totally ignore their professional guidance. Either keep them and the scores as per the rounds or dispense with them altogether for the final. Personally I would get rid of Bruno Tonioli stop.
London Irish
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Because she wasn't at that level before the final - people are not going to judge it on that one evening, are they?
BensGrandad
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In the later rounds when they do 2 dances why do they not set it at the same ie each dancer do a Samba and a quick step or whatever it would be much easier to judge the merits of each.
Thunder Bolt
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What mistakes did Jay make? He did three dances very well, scoring 10s from the majority of the judge's panle.
Icy Gull
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I am no expert but Jay's routines looked, to my uneducted eyes, far more complex and varied than anything the others did.
BensGrandad
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In the eyes of the experts he did as he finished bottom of the 3 on scoring by some margin.
Thunder Bolt
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I am no expert but Jay's routines looked far more complex and varied than anything the others did.
Absolutely. The judges picked the weakest dance of the series for the four contestants to redo. In Jay's case, it was the quickstep. He had improved it so much that he scored 11 points more than the original performance.
He & Aliona knew their choice could have been the jive, as they had nailed it, but chose to do the more complicated Paso Doble. It was superb.
BG the difference was ONE point. Hardly worth quibbling over.
Icy Gull
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Tellingly Darcey Bussell said he was her number one though didn't she? Craig is a loose cannon with his votes so cannot be trusted to be totally honest..IMO.
Hampster Gull
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Yes it was
BensGrandad
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That was on only one of th dances the overall was about 8 if i remember correctly Kelly dropped 1 point all evening and finished on 79 and Jay on 72 or possibly 71.
Kosh
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Right if this was an attempted fix, the fix was in favour of Kelly. She was handed a dance she did relatively well with for her supposed 'challenging' first dance... None of the other contestants were allowed that opportunity. FIX. Kelly then basically danced two Charleston style routines for her show dance and favoured routine. That again shouldn't have been allowed. FIX. The judges wanted her to win and attempted to 'damage' the pre-show favourite by being a wee bit harsh - adds to the drama. When it became a bit too obvious, Craig inexplicably gave Kelly a 9 after creaming all over her final routine. FIX.
Bizzare.
Kelly clearly also thought she'd won from dance two, (smug expression) and lost some of her support by looking just a little too cocky for some - I suspect.
The fact that all this attempted cloak and dagger shite back fired so hilariously, making for a anti climatic shambles when the winner was crowned serves all the production staff and judges bloody well right. Next time keep it clean. What do they think this is? The f'ing hunger games.
Lastly it was democratic public vote, and much like the election some people, Len ahem, were left with the prospect of eating glittery hat's for breakfast, lunch and dinner today.
Game over, Jay won and as the judges said he was/is technically perfect. Just not in Eastenders, thank ****.
More importantly we lost 3-0 at home yesterday, that was obviously fixed if you ask me.
Kosh
Bizzare.
Kelly clearly also thought she'd won from dance two, (smug expression) and lost some of her support by looking just a little too cocky for some - I suspect.
The fact that all this attempted cloak and dagger shite back fired so hilariously, making for a anti climatic shambles when the winner was crowned serves all the production staff and judges bloody well right. Next time keep it clean. What do they think this is? The f'ing hunger games.
Lastly it was democratic public vote, and much like the election some people, Len ahem, were left with the prospect of eating glittery hat's for breakfast, lunch and dinner today.
Game over, Jay won and as the judges said he was/is technically perfect. Just not in Eastenders, thank ****.
More importantly we lost 3-0 at home yesterday, that was obviously fixed if you ask me.
Kosh
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Icy Gull
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You are clearly working on the assumption that the judges didn't have an agenda. If there was any fix involved it was the judges trying to influence the public to get their favourite over the line.
The judges criticism of Jay's show dance was very churlish IMO,
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