Week 1- UK vs US week
1: District 3
2:James Arthur
3:Melanie Masson
4:Lucy Spraggan
5:MK1
6:Christopher Maloney
7:Union J
8:Jade Ellis
9:Rylan Clark
10:Kye Sones
11:Ella Henderson
12:Carolynne Poole
13:Jahmene Douglas

Bottom 2: Carolynne and Rylan

Week 2- Love and Heartbreak Week
1:Jahmene Douglas
2:Christopher Maloney
3:Union J
4:Ella Henderson
5:James Arthur
6:Lucy Spraggan
7: District 3
8:Jade Ellis
9:Mk1
10:Kye Sones
11:Rylan Clark
12:Melanie Masson

Bottom 2: Melanie and District 3

Week 3- Club Classics Week
1:Christopher Maloney
2:Mk1
3:Jahmene Douglas
4:Jade Ellis
5:James Arthur
6:Union J
7:Rylan Clark
8:Lucy Spraggan
9:Kye Sones
10: District 3
11:Ella Henderson

Bottom 2: MK1 and Kye

Week 4- Halloween Week
1:Kye Sones
2:Union J
3:Rylan Clark
4:Ella Henderson
5:Christopher Maloney
6: District 3
7:Jahmene Douglas
8:Jade Ellis
9:James Arthur

Lucy given a bye-pass to week 5 due to illness.

Bottom 2: Jade Ellis and Union J


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I'll keep updating this each week after the performances. Thought it would be good to refer back to at the end of the series when the voting details are released especially.

I think this shows that opening the lines at the start is actually fairer than it has been in previous years. No obvious 'death slots' it seems?

Yes it does seem a lot fairer. I have noted however that in each week's bottom 2 there has always been an act performing very near the end.

Right i have been looking at the running orders since last week. I don't know if anybody can see what the producers are trying to! I can see.

Week 1: If you look at week 1. Look where Melanie is, she is in between james and lucy. Now look where carolynne is she is between Ella and jahmene. The target was for carolynne to go as she was sandwhiched in between 2 great acts which people will hopefully forget Carolynnes performance. Whoever was in bottom 2 with her it doesn't matter as they wanted carolynne gone anyway!

Week 2: Last was Melanie they put all the good acts and memorable acts first and left Mel til last which was 10.25 people turned over to strictly come dancing hence that's why they lost 3.5 million viewers at that point which explains why they put Ella last in week 3. Now the first 6 acts that performed that week my opinion is that they were the best in the producers book and left the garbage til last from 7 onwards which explains why district 3 was with her in bottom 2. Now we know they wud of saved district 3 anyway. But the aim was for Melanie.

Week 3: the target that week was jade ellis as she was sandwhiched between jahmene and james and was given quite an early slot!! My opinion is that they wanted to dampen jades vote so she went ASAP. But if u look closely MK1 are after Chris, and if it is true that Chris is topping the votes then mk1 have been put between Chris and jahmene. They put district 3 right before Ella. But they put kye before district 3 and after LuCy who is very very popular. Either way mk1 went that week as I believe they wanted them sandwhiched.

Week 4: Look where jade is again. Producer want her gone. She is sandwhiched in between 2 great acts jahmene and james AGAIN! This time a late slot!!! Hoping it would this week make a difference. So who ever was in the bottom with her they sti would of got rid of jade!!

My theory is this year they are trying to sandwhich people as the voting has changed and they have figured how to manipulate the public!!!! Have a look closely at all running orders and bottom 2 and u wil see what I mean!! Watch out next week u wil get an idea who they don't want!

I actually agree. I originally thought that it was an awful idea to open the lines before the acts had even performed, but it's proven not such an unfair way of doing it. It says a lot about strength of fanbases this year, and at the end of the day it's more important about the contestants all-round popularity rather than basing it on an individual performance.

Hopefully Christopher will be near the bottom next week

I wouldn't get your hopes up :sleep: