'The Half Way Point' - 5 thoughts special....

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Rosamunda

17-11-2012

1 More Artem please - he's neither wolfish nor creep (IMHO)
2 Only one theme week per series and that nearer the end when they have learned how to dance a bit
3 Cheerio Bruce
4 Hello Graham Norton
5 Has Hammy eaten the cat?

*Venetia*

17-11-2012

1. There has only been one wow dance for me so far this series and that was Michael and Natalie's quickstep due to the astonishing improvement.

2. Music choices so far the worse of all series, very few have matched the dance being performed.

3. Last week was a revelation in how the show could be, no Bruce messing things up, no stupid VT's or tacky jokes.

4. I still don't have a favourite but like some more than others.

5. This series the mixing up of dances started in the second week which is far too early. Much prefer sticking to 2 dances as long as possible so you can really compare.

sambadan

17-11-2012

Originally Posted by La Rhumba:
“But if CRH talks absolute crap - as he did about Louis and Flavia's Waltz last week - then he deserves it IMO.

Then how would you suggest the tie is broken in a 2-2 vote? To compare the Strictly Judge's vote in a Dance Off to a General Election is a tad OTT, don't you think? The fact is dance competitions the world over always have a system to break the tie - whether it's counting the technical score over the presentation score, as in Ice Dance, in years past. Now the computer just randomly selects which Judge's scores to use and which to discard - is that any more "democratic"? I would suggest Len is exactly the right Head Judge, as he is the only Ballroom Judge on the Panel. The other 3 can talk about Devle Pes and other French Ballet terminology, but Len is the only Judge who notices a heel lead. And Strictly may've changed since series 1, but it is still fundamentally a Ballroom Dancing comp/come Popularity contest.”

No matter how much other judges disagree with Craig it does not give them the right to shout him down no matter who people think is in the right or wrong. And I stand by my argument that no judges opinion should be treated as 3 times more important than any other judge in a tied dance off situation. A lot of the time I happen to think all the judges talk a lot of nonsense but nonetheless all the judges opinions should be heard without interruption from others. In a 2-2 tie I suggest the public votes should decide it as the judges have forfeited their right to decide by creating deadlock. This is not an ideal solution but given the circumstances it would be the one I would select. Ideally though I would only have 3 judges and then no tie would happen.

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