Originally Posted by Vodka_Drinka:
“After that AT Ricky desrves to be in the final! Ali can go tonight imo. Im tired of her the favourtism directed towards her and her AT was bloody dire, so awkward.”
I thought Ricky was a deserving leader with the judges. I was a little puzzled that the lifts he did at the beginning and end of his waltz passed without comment as I didn't think they were allowed, and I also thought his posture was a bit limp in his AT and for me it didn't spark at all. Still the best in both AT and chosen dance though.
I thought Ali's AT was very poor. It had little content and was floppy and shaky and was the worst AT for me by some distance. I also thought she was literally wobbling in the AS and in places her timing was about half a beat behind Brian. Good but too many obvious flaws for that ridiculous score.
Chris's rhumba showed up his lack of technique but his AT seemed to me to have far more content than Ali's and probably more than Ricky's as well. For me it was the most satisfying choreography and had the best feel to it. His execution was better than Ali's too.
For me it was touch and go whether Chris should have had second with the judges. His rhumba perhaps earned a few points more than I expected, but for me Ali was five to ten points over marked with the AS and probably another five to eight with the AT.