Originally Posted by Caro07:
“I have been a fan of Alesha but I think this is true.
Her favourite is Kara (a 10 for a smooth without hold!) and she (relatively speaking) undermarks Matt because she sees him as a threat to Kara, (Matt was the only person she didn't give higher marks than Craig did).
She doesn't think that Scott or the others are a threat to Kara so she feels she can freely overmark them.”
Sorry, but your argument doesn't hold water.
Alesha doesn't undermark Matt because she sees him as a threat to Kara. Matt is topping the public vote - which means he is top of the public and judges' leaderboards combined. So he's pretty much safe whatever happens. He will probably win SCD8 and Kara will be lucky if she makes the final. She poses no threat to Matt whatsoever.
And Scott
is a threat to Kara given that he is also more popular with the public than she is. So that blows that theory.
Scott isn't the only celeb to have lost the plot then not got bad scores from the judges. As I recall, Len was quite kind to Matt di Angelo when he gave up in the middle of a dance and just sat on the steps (which is a lot worse than what Scott did).
Frankly, it doesn't matter at all if Alesha (and Bruno) gave Scott more points than Matt. Both of them are in any case safe from being in the bottom two given their public support - so, as Matt was above Scott on the leader board, what's the problem? Matt was never in danger.
This isn't the first time in SCD history that the judges have scored erratically. And at least this wasn't a long-term set-up job that cost one of the series' best dancers their place in the competition, as we have seen in the past (exhibit A: Snowdonia).
This hysteria is a storm in a teacup and any fan of Matt's 'incensed' about it should get wise and start worrying about the prospect of Ann reaching the final - because that's much more of a threat to their favourite than any overmarking on the judges' part.