Originally Posted by -Sid-:
“I thought Matt looked genuinely shocked and upset. And his reaction was understandable because although the judges were quite right in what they were saying, they were relentless (purposefully in my opinion to cause an extra stir amongst viewers and get us talking and sympathising).
The trouble is, I don't think the judges have been critical enough of Matt in the past which sort of created a false sense of security. And on occasions when they did impart advice, Aliona just chose to ignore it. If the judges had been more honest and Aliona less stubborn, Matt's dancing might have progressed more and he might have put in a better performance last night and avoided such a barrage of criticism.”
I agree with you there Sid, I however saw anger from Matt as well as sadness and as you say it was suprisisng time for the judges to be so hard on them
It would have been better if they could have been a bit more positive to all the contestants , who after all have got to the semi final whether on dancing or popularity
Instead of which we had the same old over praising of Pamela and Scott and the over pickiness towards Gavin , Kara and Matt
Matts dance wasn't the best but there was no need to go at him quite so badly , Gavin had very good hip action and this was not acknowleged and Kara was denied the 40 about a foot off floor instance ( which really when you think about Ann flying is farcicle ) not to mention the fact that Pamela stumbles last week and still got 40.
I dont know what the judges are hoping to engineer but this year it has been so obvious that some can do no wrong and others can do no right