Originally Posted by panem&circenses:
“Being a bear of little brain it takes all my concentration to watch one couple dance, let alone five, and the camerawork made it impossible to see what was going on. I hadn't realised until afterwards that the judges were going to focus on specific couples - I don't think that was mentioned beforehand. Overall I found it irritating and frustrating. I hope they won't do this again for other dances - a competitive tango or somesuch.”
You need to stay in more and watch ITT.

Flavia and Len both explained last week that this is how
real dance competitions are judged. In the end it wasn't the same, because how each judge marked should be transparent, so we just got the usual Strictly attitude there then.
What really spoiled the VW as a competitive TV dance was the poor camera work. They really should have allowed more time for the dance, say 2½ min, and followed each couple in turn for 20 sec with a full-length camera shot. I don't think anyone on this thread could say hand on heart that we have the ranking sussed.