If Strictly was a show where you voted against someone, then this theory might have more legs (because the sight of Cheryl might conceivably enduce fits of rage). But as it's a show where you vote for your favourite, I hardly think that Cheryl's presence would have affected the vote. I mean, it can't have been a shock to many of Kimberley's supporters that she knows Cheryl Cole, can it?

Besides I agree with the poster who said that Cheryl is not that unpopular outside of these forums.

Exactly. And like I said earlier, if she hadn't turned up to support Kim, people would be creating threads about that

What next? People stop donating to Children In Need because of Cheryl's involvement with the charity single?

Kimberely wont win

If Cheryl Coles at the final she won't.

Dont believe everything you read in the papers and dont believe the results on SCD are so squeaky clean (after all ther arent on any other show) There could be some hidden agenda why Kimberley was where she ended up and please dont ask me to be specific its just a feeling I have just lost all faith in the BBc and fair play

What!? Kimberley mentioned Cheryl in her opening VT and how she encouraged her to do the show, it was obvious she would be there at some point. And who would be voting for Kimberley and then suddenly decide they weren't going to bother because of a friend in the audience.

I honestly think people just thought she was safe and they didn't need to bother to vote.

OMG! Please don't put these thoughts into my mind, I won't be able to sleep tonight.

I thought the same actually! Seemed to me that every time Kimberley was mentioned on Sat, Cheryl was mentioned or she was shown on screen (in my opinion). My mum even said 'is it promote Cheryl night?'

I can't imagine all Kimberleys supporters deserting her and voting for someone else just because Cheryl is in the audience though - most of them will be fans of hers through girls aloud surely? Saying that, this is a public vote show and after the x factor fiasco, I'm not sure I trust them anymore.

Would people really not vote for Kimberley, just because Cheryl Cole was there to support her? Are people really that petty?

I agree.
Although I myself didn't vote for Kimberely as I wouldn't pick up to vote for anyone this series, anyway. And if I did vote it would have been for the best dancer of the night.

How does anyone know if Kimberly or Cheryl are loyal? You don't actually know either of them!

this is DS!

Facts are irrelevant!

But how do you know that.

YES . it seems. they are!!

Not petty, people just are not to keen on users.

That's what happens when you pinch the X Factor viewers.

From reading postings on here, a lot of people seem to hate just about everyone who appears on television except perhaps for some personal favourite of their's who no one else has a high opinion of.

You see this all the time here with some terrible vitriol written about people they obviously have never met and have little real knowledge of.

This seems to be a slight exageration.

The girls are pals , so what I like the fact that Cheryl was cheering her friend on . Good for her

Thats the best way to get camera time, she knows what she is doing.

Not a good weekend for the BBC, what with bosses resigning and a convicted racist thug sitting in the front row at SCD.
Kimberley just fell in with a bad lot.

i think some people are getting sidetracked by the Cheryl stuff. Kimberley's VT was not helpful to her cause but for the bottom two to be as they were it's not just Kimberley who did not fair well in public vote. I reckon that either Denise or Dani were in the bottom three in the public vote with Kimberley.

I think there's probably a overlap between many of the people who vote and the sort of people who dislke Cheryl - thats probably built in. Very few people do vote and they are, by definition, driven by something more than the majority who don't - and there's a lot of negative reasons involved in that as well as a sex bias. There's also a lead set for readers of the tabloid press by the papers who are anti Cheryl - but publish every possible picture they can of her.

As you say though that shouldn't register in a positive vote - or be capable of registering . Logically it shouldn't register negatively for Kimberley at all. 3 million twitter fans for Cheryl and a lot of support for Girls Aloud should register though . The only explanation why it hasn't is that their fans are not voting or watching. You might argue that female voters are more likely to be still committed to their old boybands, but you would think fans would actually be more interested and less fickle. They might all be watching the X factor or out for the night? When did the X factor start?

The rest of the vote may be following past preceedent. Some people seem to vote to save whoever is last because they just don't get what the programme is about. Craig and Len have been giving out low marks - which some voters seem to habitually vote against. Lisa may have the comedy vote.Cricketers often attract a vote.Louis may have a vote from all the young gymnasts who will have watched the gymnastics. Victoria may have an Olympian vote - she's more successful than Louis. Dani will be unknown to much of the audience, and I ssuspect most of the voters are too old to know or follow Girls Aloud.

I don't understand this.

Terri is an expert on how to hog the limelight