Originally Posted by -Sid-:
“I'm just sensing that the judges are up to their old tricks again, trying to protect certain couples by manipulating the leaderboard rather than letting it reflect what actually happened on the night.
I feel like this has been happening ever since series 5. The scores always felt more realistic and more spontaneous prior to that.
It's just a feeling I can't shake.
Props are being mis-used as well. They can occasionally enhance a routine. But far too often they have been unnecessary.”
I think people are only sensing that when their favourites aren't doing well. This year, I don't have a real favourite (I like Kara, Matt, Scott, Pamela, Patsy, Gavin) all equally. I really don't ret riled up about the judges scoring because of that. I would be more worried if Anne achieved a higher score than any of the others, I would be up in arms then. Otherwise, (apart from Len's attack on Kara the other week) I don't care who is or isn't top. For instance, Matt has weaknesses (his face and his emotions during the dance) and strengths (beautiful mover and technical quite good), and Scott has weaknesses (when a dance goes wrong it goes horribly wrong) and strengths (when he gets it right, it's great). Same with Kara and Pamela (although Kara is the more natural dancer, probably also related to age and agility).
I hope that Anne doesn't make the final, but if any of the top four get there, I will be happy (I will even be happy if Gavin and Patsy make it there, although yesterday I saw that Gavin is really not improving anymore).