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Men have to lead, women get twice, sometimes three times as many steps which are much harder than the men's steps. As someone who has danced both the male and female steps in classes with different partners at different levels of skill, I think it falls as harder for the women actually, especially in latin. And women go on as much of a 'journey' as the men do, I think to imply otherwise is nonsensical.
In my opinion, the reason men get more votes is because females generally make up most of the audience and tend to vote for who they fancy or they vote for the men because they, like you, labour under the misapprehension that it's harder for the men.
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Chuffed you've told me this Tangerine_82. Otherwise I wouldn't have known. However I agree with you 110% on this one.
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I think it is possible, just incredibly difficult.
To be perfectly honest out of all four male winners we have had, only one of them (Mark) would ever be considered the best dancer in my eyes. |
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It just annoys me that some people choose the prime reason for voting for someone is because they think they're cute or fit, or funny when they are not dancing. I don't mind people voting for people because the dance was entertaining (anne being the big exception because she does not dance at all) because they are voting based upon the dance. But in my personal opinion i would support the best dancer, which this year i think is kara.
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I preferred Mark to Emma, but she and possibly even Louisa were better dancers than Mark.
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Yes, they were both better than Mark.
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Women, like men, due to evolutionary preconditioning, pay more attention to the opposite sex. If more time is lavished on a subject, naturally there will be a better chance to discover something likeable.
Apart from same-sex rivalry, could there be same-sex indifference? |
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I actually voted for Mark that series, also I'm a bit of a cricket fan myself.
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Women, like men, due to evolutionary preconditioning, pay more attention to the opposite sex. If more time is lavished on a subject, naturally there will be a better chance to discover something likeable.
Apart from same-sex rivalry, could there be same-sex indifference? But it could play a part, unfortunately.
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To be honest, I didn't hotly contest the fact that Mark won that year. I contested that Matt made the final over Emma but eh, what can you do? The reason I didn't mind that Mark and Tom won their respective series was because they at least were very good (especially Tom) and the distance between the best technical dancers and Tom and Mark in their years wasn't very far. In all fairness, Emma and Rachel should have won but I could always understand why they didn't. What I always object to though is when not the first, not the second, not even the third best dancer wins a series - Darren Gough, Chris Hollins - because that is very unfair and goes against the point of Strictly, in my opinion.
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Yes, they were both better than Mark.
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I actually voted for Mark that series, also I'm a bit of a cricket fan myself.
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At the end of the day mate it's down to whom is the most popular and whom is pulling the most votes in. Mark obviously had the most votes from the 'ockey of the tournament.
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I was delighted when Mark won, although I never voted for him. I actually expected to loathe him given he's a cricketer.
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Of course but winning the public vote doesn't make him the best dancer, which is what I really value.
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Of course but winning the public vote doesn't make him the best dancer, which is what I really value.
In Strictly it is suggested that genuinely inexperienced women have a headstart have their male counterparts because of their prior interest in dance and colourful display. If this were so, then men catching up in the later rounds impress viewers, because of their visible journey. If comparison were fair it would only be approximate, in spirit. There would have to be a grey area of personal preference.
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The only way a woman will win SCD again is if Alesha gets fired, sinks in to obscurity because of her laughably pathetic singing "career", has plastic surgery, changes her name, somehow gets famous again, then gets asked to do SCD.
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Looking at the voting and the results for the last two years it seems to me that Strictly in the final stages is inherently biased against women competitors due to the higher proportion of female viewers, who vote for the blokes they fancy the most rather than the best dancers. Gavin Henson can’t have got through on his dancing or even his personality, just his “guns”. The same criticism applies to Chris Hollins, and Darren Gough and Matt Dawson in earlier series.
I’m sure there are women out there who put sexual preferences aside and vote for the best dancer but do you agree with me that women who, with some notable exceptions, are generally better dancers than men don’t get a fair deal in Strictly towards the end of each series. On the opposite side of the equation there's an awful lot of things that seem (pretty randomly) to turn female voters off female dancers and probably some similarities between the females who can win any reality show. Not sure about this series. Matt seems to have support beyond his marks, but we don't know about Pamela or Kara - or how a 2 top male v 2 top female vote will play out and whether being the only female in the final would help a female win. Its probably going to produce a controversial final regardless as someone very good won't make the final anyway and that may be because of the bias in the vote or varied performances. If Ann or Gavin knock Pamela Scott or Kara out before the final we will be into a different ballgame - Strictly Come Fooling About. |
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Looking at the voting and the results for the last two years it seems to me that Strictly in the final stages is inherently biased against women competitors due to the higher proportion of female viewers, who vote for the blokes they fancy the most rather than the best dancers. Gavin Henson can’t have got through on his dancing or even his personality, just his “guns”. The same criticism applies to Chris Hollins, and Darren Gough and Matt Dawson in earlier series.
![]() Seriously though, from what I've seen posted, there is a strong possibility that those who voted for the likes of Zoe Ball and Alesha were in fact voting for Matt C and Ian. In series 6, I started off wanting Cherie, Rachel and Jodie to do well until Tom and Austin took to the floor, although I still supported Jodie and Cherie until they went. I didn't find Tom or Austin fanciable but I loved Austin's showmanship, and the 2 partnerships plus they could dance and draw me in with their performances, something that the 2 female finalists never did. In series 7, I was in Jade's camp until she had to withdraw and then had the luxury of having no favourite (believe me it was bliss!! )In the lead up to this series, I wanted Kara and Scott to do well and Scott has overtaken Kara but she is still my 2nd choice. I do like both the pros in the partnerships for their talent as choreographers and Natalie's partnership with Scott. As in series 6, these 2 couples have the ability to draw me in So from my own inexperienced (in dance!) perspective, I would say that there is every chance of a female winner again. |
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Seriously though, from what I've seen posted, there is a strong possibility that those who voted for the likes of Zoe Ball and Alesha were in fact voting for Matt C and Ian.
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See, I just dont think you can ever assume anything or generalise re sexes with SCD. Its about the whole package: personality, likeability, partnership, dances, costumues, 'journey' and skill.
If Jill competed again now even against Ramps, Jackson, Hollins, Chambers, Gethin etc etc, she'd still win...hands down. She just had everything going for her, nothing to do with gender. |
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See, I just dont think you can ever assume anything or generalise re sexes with SCD. Its about the whole package: personality, likeability, partnership, dances, costumues, 'journey' and skill.
If Jill competed again now even against Ramps, Jackson, Hollins, Chambers, Gethin etc etc, she'd still win...hands down. She just had everything going for her, nothing to do with gender. |
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I don't think so, somehow.
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I rewatched Alesha's jive recently and it wasn't very good at all. I think people liked Alesha's outgoing personality, but she is overrated as a dancer. Even she ended up in the bottom two towards the end.
She only ended up in the bottom two that week because they were down to 4 couples and Matt di Angelo forgot his dances and got mega sympathy votes. Otherwise it would have been a Matt/Letitia bottom two. As we're guaranteed a three-couple final, and I can't believe Gavin will be there, we'll definitely have at least one female celeb left. Let's hope it isn't Ann... |
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But it could play a part, unfortunately.

