Footygirl I dont question your source at all but I do think some of those votes are more fluid than absolutely the same every week.

There was another poster today who says they have a source that says that Matts vote is dropping. and each week some votes from thos eliminated must be going somewhere.

BBC Strictly just asked people to tweet who they wanted to win and it was a very even spread between Kara, Matt and Pamela, with only a few for Scott and a couple of rouge Ann's

Yes. I think he did the Paso(?) as well.

Scott doesn't seem to have much support on here. Maybe this forum is unrepresentative, but I can't see Scott coming second in the public vote somehow.

Oooh ok, see toldya my maths was a sticking point. Interesting...and upsetting. Im scared for Kara.

I am not particularly worried I am sure Aliona will manage to turn it into some kind of angst ridden lyrical jive, I didnt hear much understanding on ITT that reigning the quirky might be a good idea.

Matt came second in the public vote in the blackpool week, very reliable source (named in the end credits), I was in the meeting where it was mentioned.

Since Matt's doing a dance he's already done, then Kara should get the Samba this week!

Don't believe Kara's bottom of the public vote AT ALL, sorry footygirl.

Lets just hope he doesnt wear that hideous shirt again if it is angst filled

Love it Jan!

Well Ann was close to the bottom two this week - and I notice Claudia didn't ask who Patsy was backing tonight

So given the dances this weekend - it is not inconceivable that Ann will be out on Saturday. I'll show you

Pamela and James (VW) 6 + 1 = 7
Kara and Artem ( ?) 5 + 2 = 7
Matt and Aliona (J) 4 + 6 = 10
Gavin and Katya (F) 3 + 3 = 6
Scott and Natalie (?) 2 + 5 = 7
Ann and Anton (AS) 1 + 4 = 5

Bottom two Ann and Gavin - Ann goes

As it is 6 couples left and they generally do a 50-50 split between ballroom and latin I am pretty sure Kara and Scott have latin

Scott's fanbase is EastEnders - and he is a current character unlike Kara who left a good while ago

I saidshe and Pamela were interchanageable. I didn't say she was bottom. It depends on who's performance has the greater impact - the last few weeks Kara has outperformed Pamela and has got more public votes

Oh my if that happens I swear I will spontaneously combust with gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Dont do that think of the baby!

Thanks Salsameg I did mention your post on the other thread but couldnt remember you name (sorry )

this is very worrying to me as a Matt fan

when they did a fantastic dance

off to do some more worrying

Is there any amount of begging by me that would entice you to tell us where Kara placed that week?

I suspect we are unrepresentative, as are those who tweet or post messages on Facebook (the same sort of grumbles appear there as do here). I would think that the computer-literate Strictly fans are out-numbered by those who only watch the show on a Saturday night, read about Ann in the red-tops and vote for who comes over best on the show and who they might conceivably have heard of.

Well it might be wishful thinking but I think Kara and Artems American Smooth might just have taken the votes that week.

Doubt it, DS tends to overestimate the popularity of young female contestants.

Anne's Samba did, I bet.

Also to those harping on about Matt knowing the Jive... when Kara does the Samba the fact she's done one already won't be an issue will it? Thought not.

I've seen far more Kara-the-ringer over the past few weeks than I have of Matt.

Well we dont know she has got the Samba....it might be one of the dances she never has to dance......but even if she does she lost a weeks training at the beginning of the series in recognition that she had done some training for a Strictly special in the past.....I dont think the same thing happened to Matt (rolleyes back)

Don't forget Joe Calzaghe topped the poll once last year when he was embarrassingly awful- Hollins cruised it though otherwise

So footygirl were you wrong about Matt topping the poll at Blackpool? is the other poster correct after all.

If this means I will never see Kara do a proper tango, I will be most peeved.

Sorry, I genuinely don't know, the meeting was about Marketing and not Strictly related but as this contributor works on SCD they used that as a example, the actual quote was that "the beebs favourite had not topped the voting that week, his total had dropped by enough to alarm the powers that be so they would up his profile on the teatime show".

They stressed that the show was not fixed and the result is the real one, however the public is manipulated. I asked if the favourite was Matt and this was confirmed, I can't really say that he came second in the phone vote (I just assumed) as I was only told he had not topped it. The meeting had about 20-25 people there so they would not give too much away.

Ann is there for the headlines, publicity, viewing figures, but they don't want her to win.
Last edited by salsameg : 29-11-2010 at 21:43