There appears to be a lot of comments regarding the inconsitency of the judges, from the early on "why is alesha giving 10s for THAT!?" through to more recent comments about Craigs being overly harsh, and Len sometimes applying rules as he sees fit.
What people seem to forget, is that each judge, with the exception of Len, is there for a specific reason, Craig looks for the purely technical, Alesha for the entertainment, and Bruno, well, I'm not quite sure what Bruno looks for, but each one is tasked to look at certain points, with Len as the 'head judge' who is there to keep his little gaggle in check.
Often you will find, that Len disagrees with Craig over what is an infraction of the rules, and what isn't, like last night with Karas foot lift, Len didn't think it important, Craig did. Other people have commented that in competetive dancing, such a foot lift would often be overlooked, and Len did just that, Craig however, didn't. And nine times out of ten, you can see it, when Craig marks down, and Len disagrees, the points differ to match.
The only problem with the judging, is that people don't really understand the judging process, or the reasons for the decisions that the judges make, this is due to them having only a few seconds to give feedback, as the show races forward.
In terms of Kara, she has been underscored a few times, this weekend though I think that her scoring was just about right, I have no problem with it, a little mistake here, a little mistake there, all in all, a point dropped in each dance is no big deal.
Pamela on the other hand. Yes she's 61, so what? I've never really enjoyed her dances, her ballroom looks very samey, as do her comments about "fred and ginger", and far too many "thankyou thankyou thankyou". I think that if anyone has been overscored, its her, but what're you gonna do?