Third Place & in the dance off.....

Bigears

31-10-2009

Just had to start this thread, think of it like the Pink dress from last year or dancing on ITT on a Friday:

Third week running and one of the couples in third place (Ali and Brian) in the dance off.

cassieconvinced

31-10-2009

spooky

Robert Romarin

31-10-2009

Third place isn't what it used to be...with the new scoring system when there are ties.

Spinaker5

31-10-2009

Originally Posted by Bigears:
“Just had to start this thread, think of it like the Pink dress from last year or dancing on ITT on a Friday:

Third week running and one of the couples in third place (Ali and Brian) in the dance off.”

I've just said the same thing on another thread. Third on the leaderboard is a vulnerable place to be. It was Ali & Brian rather than Laila & Anton because Anton generated so much hype about Laila's VW that people thought it was undermarked.

Spinaker5

31-10-2009

Originally Posted by Robert Romarin:
“Third place isn't what it used to be...with the new scoring system when there are ties.”

The new scoring system doesn't help and neither does the 15 minutes we're given to vote. A results show after Casualty would have been a better option.

katie_p

31-10-2009

Originally Posted by Spinaker5:
“I've just said the same thing on another thread. Third on the leaderboard is a vulnerable place to be. It was Ali & Brian rather than Laila & Anton because Anton generated so much hype about Laila's VW that people thought it was undermarked.”

Had the opposite effect for me, I just thought it was overhyped!

Bigears

31-10-2009

I really wasn't looking at the scoring system with this. I just love the superstitions that start on the show. The more the better IMO.

Caro07

31-10-2009

Originally Posted by Robert Romarin:
“Third place isn't what it used to be...with the new scoring system when there are ties.”

Exactly. I wonder why they changed it, especially as the judges have been complaining about the public vote for years.

As you say when there are tied votes the ones on the bottom have a much better chance. Before with 10 couples if you finished last with one vote, the most you could get was 11. Tonight 14 was the most they could get.

The only logical reason behind it is to keep in the more popular dancer regardless of ability, so they get more money. But if people stop watching because the standard drops aren't they just shooting themselves in the foot.

CJMCork

31-10-2009

how's this for a superstition............Claudia's theory of Zoe's choker was well blown out of the water tonight.........definitely the wrong 2 couples in the dance off, but as I was watching the results, I was sitting thinking 'Zoe's safe - she's got a choker on'

Robert Romarin

31-10-2009

Originally Posted by Caro07:
“Exactly. I wonder why they changed it, especially as the judges have been complaining about the public vote for years.

As you say when there are tied votes the ones on the bottom have a much better chance. Before with 10 couples if you finished last with one vote, the most you could get was 11. Tonight 14 was the most they could get.

The only logical reason behind it is to keep in the more popular dancer regardless of ability, so they get more money. But if people stop watching because the standard drops aren't they just shooting themselves in the foot.”

They had to change the system because the previous one didn't work...as proven by the debacle in last year's semi.

What they should have done IMO is just go back to the original system with no DO. I think the DO just encourages the kind of voting it was introduced ostensibly to combat...and is, therefore, counter-productive.

Bigears

31-10-2009

Originally Posted by CJMCork:
“how's this for a superstition............Claudia's theory of Zoe's choker was well blown out of the water tonight.........definitely the wrong 2 couples in the dance off, but as I was watching the results, I was sitting thinking 'Zoe's safe - she's got a choker on'”

I forgot that one and it was a good one.