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Too many dance styles, too hard to mark fairly?
claire2281
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I didn't think it worked last year and I don't think it works this year either.
They really should not be dancing so many different dances every week as it makes comparisons stupidly hard. Should, for example, a brilliant salsa score more than a brilliant VW simply because it wows more when that is nothing to do with the actual performances but more with the limitations or advantages of the dance style itself?
It does seem to really disadvantage some couples when they are given the generally less show stopping numbers.
Why can they not work it the same way they did in series two?
The issue seems to be because of that boys week/girls week split for the first two shows. A simple fix would be to do the same dances for both of these weeks (waltz and cha cha). Then each week people swap discipline and do whatever latin or ballroom dance is put down for that week. It worked in series 2 just fine and it made the marking much easier - does it really matter if we see an uneven number of latin and ballroom dances every week?
They really should not be dancing so many different dances every week as it makes comparisons stupidly hard. Should, for example, a brilliant salsa score more than a brilliant VW simply because it wows more when that is nothing to do with the actual performances but more with the limitations or advantages of the dance style itself?
It does seem to really disadvantage some couples when they are given the generally less show stopping numbers.
Why can they not work it the same way they did in series two?
The issue seems to be because of that boys week/girls week split for the first two shows. A simple fix would be to do the same dances for both of these weeks (waltz and cha cha). Then each week people swap discipline and do whatever latin or ballroom dance is put down for that week. It worked in series 2 just fine and it made the marking much easier - does it really matter if we see an uneven number of latin and ballroom dances every week?
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I agree - to the untrained eye ( like mine!) the fact there are so many different dances, makes it almost impossible to say who is the best.
In fact, I would suggest that the PTB want lots of different styles to partly conceal the bizarreness of some of the scoring.
All couples will have to dance both a ballroom and a latin, and hopefully, this will help both to make comparisons and for marks to be a fairer reflection of the performance.
If nothing else, the Judges will be able to compare a latin and ballroom danced by the same couple. One dance will then serve as a marker for their next dance.
But again it depends on which latin and ballroom dances you get e.g. I think someone who gets the tango lucks out in comparison to someone who gets the VW.
It's just silly.
Tonight we've got people saying Matt's dance was better than Alesha's and I can totally see why. The salsa is more 'snazzy' and wow inducing than the cha cha but does Matt really deserve more simply because he lucked out on the dance style he was given this week?
I personally would have done what Craig did and mark them equally but I can really see why many would say Matt's dance was better - it was more entertaining certainly but he was given better material to work with with the salsa.
Similarly I thought Gethin was hampered by having the rumba last week and had an advantage with the QS this week only because of the popularity of the dance.
I think it may be better if the American Smooth were left until later in the competition and everyone left at that point performed it in a set week - bit like the AT at the moment. In fact, both could be done on the same week (though that could be a bit too much).
it's total pot luck
I thought it was insane that AS was the first ballroom for some celebs!