Originally Posted by Servalan:
“The producers clearly wanted an angle on Tom to sell him to the public and he (and Claire) played ball. Beyond that, he had no influence over what the BBC broadcast. But that was hardly reflected in his scores from the judges - and as he was leaving Holby City (supposedly to try his hand in Hollywood), the BBC had no vested interest in promoting him unduly.
The difference between Tom and Lisa is that he was much more popular with the public than she was. The judges tried to counteract this and were only defeated when the public's vote ruled the roost in the final.
You may feel that Chris has been overscored this series. This is, of course, your prerogative, but I think you may find you are in a minority on that one. And it is in any case pretty obvious that he stands outside the judges' clique of favourites. So if the BBC is trying to push him forward, they're not making a very good job of it .”
“The producers clearly wanted an angle on Tom to sell him to the public and he (and Claire) played ball. Beyond that, he had no influence over what the BBC broadcast. But that was hardly reflected in his scores from the judges - and as he was leaving Holby City (supposedly to try his hand in Hollywood), the BBC had no vested interest in promoting him unduly.
The difference between Tom and Lisa is that he was much more popular with the public than she was. The judges tried to counteract this and were only defeated when the public's vote ruled the roost in the final.
You may feel that Chris has been overscored this series. This is, of course, your prerogative, but I think you may find you are in a minority on that one. And it is in any case pretty obvious that he stands outside the judges' clique of favourites. So if the BBC is trying to push him forward, they're not making a very good job of it .”
Are you arguing that he would be more popular if he was one of the judges favourites?
He got at least 52% of the public vote, from a position of being 2nd out of 5 in the leaderboard (sayeth the Daily Star). The BBC have clearly done an exceptional job of pushing him forwards.




) So I have no idea what they're saying.