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Not sure I trust the judges in the swingathon
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Given the somewhat irrational marking and apparent favouritism from the judges this series, I feel a little nervous about the swingathon.
This will give them the chance to get together and discuss the exact order they want on the leaderboard. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if there were some kind of direction from the producers to advantage those contestants getting the fewest public votes.
Even if this is not the case, I think the standard of judging has been so bizarre this series, I really don't trust them to be objective in their decisions.
This will give them the chance to get together and discuss the exact order they want on the leaderboard. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if there were some kind of direction from the producers to advantage those contestants getting the fewest public votes.
Even if this is not the case, I think the standard of judging has been so bizarre this series, I really don't trust them to be objective in their decisions.
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However I think Len is marking it.
I wouldnt be suprised if Scott and Pamela are the final 2 in the swingathon though
Everyone has their favourites, even us normal folk who just watch the show and whose only dance knowledge is from watching SCD since episode one.:D
Enjoy it and vote for your favourite. If they go out it's because others prefer other couples.
PS I would not be saying the above if Ann/Anton were still in! I'm now blissfully happy and all is right with the world....:):D;):)
He said all the judges will confer and eliminate each couple one by one. Claudia asked how will that work then because you will all argue? Craig said well as Head Judge, Len will get the final say... and then Claudia had to move on. IIRC.
So that probably means Pamela will win it.
I had thought exactly the same.
On DWTS the results are so predictable. Even if a less able dancer starts off well, they still get tapped on the shoulder early.
However, on DWTS there are usually more couples left when they do a marathon, so it will be interesting to see what happens on Sunday because we have only five couples left and at least 3 very good dancers.
I think Kara or Matt will win it.
Reading this, it looks like the Swingathon is on Friday night, after everyone has danced. The public vote is after the Saturday performances as usual and I think this will make it harder to manipulate the scores.
I've seen this idea a few times on this forum, I don't get why this would be either useful or logical to anyone. Surely if a couple isn't popular with the public then what possible reason could the BBC have to promote it ?
Funny enough I thought that as well.
I predict many threads shoutlng fix after it is done
In fairness, very little. I don't really buy into conspiracy theories and there have always been controversial decisions from the judges. It's just that this year's marking has struck me as being particularly odd and I think there are really only two causes of this:
1) The judge's standards have slipped.
2) They are being given some kind of direction.
Option 1 strikes me as most likely but option 2 wouldn't suprise me. And either option gives us a biased swingathon!
Sadly, I fear this is true.
Let's hope Katya has choreographed something dramatic to open up with, so at least if Gav goes early, he goes down in style!
Totally agee with this BH. I know nothing about dancing but even I can see the judging has been weirdly erratic this series. Goodness only knows what they'll do to the Swingathon.
... I agree. Although it may be 'entertaining' to see the whole shebang degenerate into a big besequined game of British Bull Dog!
Or a dance marathon (was the film They Shoot Horses Don't They?) - make them dance until they drop. Last celeb standing wins. All the others get honorable, but sadly posthumous, mentions.
Added bonus of shortening the s*dding results show as well.
If this is how its going to work its another crap idea from DWTS. Craig and Len have many times disagreed about the interpretation and marking of a dance so if Len has the last word his marks should prevail . As for Alesha and Bruno, who knows what criteria they use to award marks.
Just another gimmick to annoy a lot of regular viewers.
Yep you can bet there will be many unhappy hard core viewers. Lets just grit our teeth and try and get through it.
This^^^
If the swingathon is in the middle, how can the scores be manipulated?
I think the scores can be manipulated wherever it occurs.
Let's say hypothetically that a judge's favourite stumbles in the first dance but Gavin dances well and is a point or two ahead. If the judges throw Gavin out of the swingathon first and keep their favourite in until the later stages, the favourite can go into Saturday on level pegging or point or two ahead.
I'm not suggesting this WILL happen... it's just that I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it did!
Exactly.
Last year, they marked the group VW according to their current leaderboard that night except it swapped 3rd and 4th placed out of 5 couples.
They have all jived this series - does that help or hinder them?
In order of marks given for the Jive:
Scott
Matt
Kara
Pamela
Gavin
It'll be interesting to see how they mark for the Swingathon.
Also there is a maximum of 5 points up for grabs in this compared to 40 potoential points in the other 2 dances. In the overall scheme of things its not going to make much difference.
In fact given they have 3 dances to learn this week if I was a Pro I would just do some basic choreo for the swingathon and focus far more time on the other 2 dances.