I thought I'd continue looking at the judges' scoring for this series. What I've done is compare each judge's average score for each of the 5 semi-finalists against the other 3 judges' average scores. The answer is in each case represented by a percentage of the other judges' average.
I used the stats from the excellent ultimatestricty.com this time (saving a bit of work). Each couple has danced 12 routines in total, with the following average scores:
Harry+Aliona: 34.5
Chelsee+Pasha: 34.3
Jason+Kristina: 34.1
Holly+Artem: 32.8
Alex+James: 30.3
First, Craig. My impression (apart from his being much stricter than the others) has been that he's been favourable to Jason (especially in his comments), so let's see:
Jason+Kristina: 95%
Chelsee+Pasha: 93%
Holly+Artem: 92%
Harry+Aliona: 92%
Alex+James: 83.5%
Average for all 5 couples, relative to the other judges: 91.1%
Well, to a small extent his pro-Jasonism has been confirmed. The low scoring for Alex is partly due to the fact that he marks more strictly, but equally that implies he's also quite favourable toward Holly.
Now Len. His aversion to Aliona (well, perhaps more to her choreography!) seemed to be resulting in some low scores for her and Harry:
Alex+James: 104%
Jason+Kristina: 101%
Chelsee+Pasha: 99%
Holly+Artem: 97%
Harry+Aliona: 95%
Average for all 5 couples, relative to the other judges: 99.2%
So this is confirmed. The high relative scoring for Alex isn't a reflection of being less strict than average because he's almost exactly average in strictness (relative to the others).
Now Alesha. She seemed to me to be deliberately countering Len's low scoring of Harry:
Harry+Aliona: 111%
Chelsee+Pasha: 107%
Alex+James: 106%
Holly+Artem: 105%
Jason+Kristina: 104%
Average for all 5 couples, relative to the other judges: 106.6%
Well, clearly she has a preference for Harry, and also Chelsea.
Now Bruno. I felt he was pretty even-handed with his scoring, though slighty more generous than some:
Alex+James: 107.5%
Holly+Artem: 106.5%
Harry+Aliona: 103%
Chelsee+Pasha: 102%
Jason+Kristina: 101%
Average for all 5 couples, relative to the other judges: 104%
The fact that he was more generous than average is probably the main reason for elevating Alex and Holly. So, yes, he seems to be marking pretty consistently.
I used the stats from the excellent ultimatestricty.com this time (saving a bit of work). Each couple has danced 12 routines in total, with the following average scores:
Harry+Aliona: 34.5
Chelsee+Pasha: 34.3
Jason+Kristina: 34.1
Holly+Artem: 32.8
Alex+James: 30.3
First, Craig. My impression (apart from his being much stricter than the others) has been that he's been favourable to Jason (especially in his comments), so let's see:
Jason+Kristina: 95%
Chelsee+Pasha: 93%
Holly+Artem: 92%
Harry+Aliona: 92%
Alex+James: 83.5%
Average for all 5 couples, relative to the other judges: 91.1%
Well, to a small extent his pro-Jasonism has been confirmed. The low scoring for Alex is partly due to the fact that he marks more strictly, but equally that implies he's also quite favourable toward Holly.
Now Len. His aversion to Aliona (well, perhaps more to her choreography!) seemed to be resulting in some low scores for her and Harry:
Alex+James: 104%
Jason+Kristina: 101%
Chelsee+Pasha: 99%
Holly+Artem: 97%
Harry+Aliona: 95%
Average for all 5 couples, relative to the other judges: 99.2%
So this is confirmed. The high relative scoring for Alex isn't a reflection of being less strict than average because he's almost exactly average in strictness (relative to the others).
Now Alesha. She seemed to me to be deliberately countering Len's low scoring of Harry:
Harry+Aliona: 111%
Chelsee+Pasha: 107%
Alex+James: 106%
Holly+Artem: 105%
Jason+Kristina: 104%
Average for all 5 couples, relative to the other judges: 106.6%
Well, clearly she has a preference for Harry, and also Chelsea.
Now Bruno. I felt he was pretty even-handed with his scoring, though slighty more generous than some:
Alex+James: 107.5%
Holly+Artem: 106.5%
Harry+Aliona: 103%
Chelsee+Pasha: 102%
Jason+Kristina: 101%
Average for all 5 couples, relative to the other judges: 104%
The fact that he was more generous than average is probably the main reason for elevating Alex and Holly. So, yes, he seems to be marking pretty consistently.