Originally Posted by Mystical123:
“Excuse me, I never said she was a Lisa Snowdon! I said the judges risk turning her into one, which is an entirely different proposition, so please don't make out that I said something I didn't. I never said i didn't like Kara, I actually do, and as I said before, she is a good dancer, but if the judges give her 30 for a dance with a very noticable mistake, regardless of fault, then she has nowhere to go really, and that's not going to do her any favours in the long run. On talent she could quite possibly make the final, but the judges' favouritism may not help her.”
Chill!

I was only paraphrasing ...
I actually think the judges' favouritism (and actually only Len and Alesha's, really) will be less of a barrier to her than how she was portrayed tonight: as someone who beds the men she works with who then appears in skany ho gear. Neither of those characteristics - very obviously chosen to be highlighted by the producers

- will do her any favours.
As we all know, winning Strictly isn't just about technical precision, it's about character and personality - and Kara, through no fault of her own, has been given a very bad start on that front. I too hope she is not overmarked in the weeks to come. But, more than that, I would hope that the producers get to grip with what 'sexy' actually is - and it's certainly not how Kara was portrayed tonight.