I tend to dip in & out of watching SCD so I'm not an avid fan but but am curious to know: has anyone won SCD despite being in the bottom two during the series?
Has anyone won SCD having been in bottom two?
Originally Posted by Sallyforth:
“Tom Chambers also??”
“Tom Chambers also??”
No not really.....he never had a sniff of the bottom 2 all through the competiton....then there was the 3 person semi final when the judges scored Rachel & Lisa exactly the same so TECHNICALLY Tom couldnt avoid the dance off no matter how many people voted for him, which meant they had to change the rules rapidly.
So Zoe telling Kimberley on ITT that he was in the bottom 2 and then went on to win was really ridiculous and bore no resemblance to Kimberleys position on Saturday which is unpresidented.
Alesha was bottom two yes but it was quarter final week when Matt di Angelo forgot his routine and almost certainly received a massive increase in votes which skewed the vote and dumped her into the bottom 2.
Have no info on Natasha as I didnt watch that series.
So really the question is....all things being equal and with no strange circumstances has anyone been in the bottom 2 and gone on to win and I would say NO.
Originally Posted by Sallyforth:
“Tom Chambers also??”
“Tom Chambers also??”
He was never in the DO... unless you count the impossible to get out dance off Semi Final that didnt happen....
That was the whole point... He was never going to not be in the final because he was never in the bottom 2.
I see I've opened a can of worms here. 
I never knew Alesha was in the bottom two- quite surprised by that.
I never knew Alesha was in the bottom two- quite surprised by that.
Originally Posted by fruitloop27:
“I tend to dip in & out of watching SCD so I'm not an avid fan but but am curious to know: has anyone won SCD despite being in the bottom two during the series?”
“I tend to dip in & out of watching SCD so I'm not an avid fan but but am curious to know: has anyone won SCD despite being in the bottom two during the series?”
I hope Kimberley is the first.
Originally Posted by Jan2555*GG*:
“Have no info on Natasha as I didnt watch that series.”
“Have no info on Natasha as I didnt watch that series.”
Natasha was in the bottom 2 in week 3 of series one (which was the second elimation, no one went in week 1) which was her jive week.
Originally Posted by TerryM22:
“I hope Kimberley is the first.”
“I hope Kimberley is the first.”
Well she wouldn't be because of Alesha and Natasha.
Originally Posted by SaraV1308:
“He was never in the DO... unless you count the impossible to get out dance off Semi Final that didnt happen....
That was the whole point... He was never going to not be in the final because he was never in the bottom 2.”
“He was never in the DO... unless you count the impossible to get out dance off Semi Final that didnt happen....
That was the whole point... He was never going to not be in the final because he was never in the bottom 2.”
Ah, so that is what Zoe must have meant, I was puzzling over it also .
Thanks Sara and Jan.
Originally Posted by Jan2555*GG*:
“No not really.....he never had a sniff of the bottom 2 all through the competiton....then there was the 3 person semi final when the judges scored Rachel & Lisa exactly the same so TECHNICALLY Tom couldnt avoid the dance off no matter how many people voted for him, which meant they had to change the rules rapidly.”
“No not really.....he never had a sniff of the bottom 2 all through the competiton....then there was the 3 person semi final when the judges scored Rachel & Lisa exactly the same so TECHNICALLY Tom couldnt avoid the dance off no matter how many people voted for him, which meant they had to change the rules rapidly.”
Minor point - it wasn't Tom being unable to avoid the DO that instigated the rule change. It was Tess telling people to vote to save their favourites when this was impossible that was the cause, as it ran the risk of landing the Beeb in hot water with Offcom.
If Tess had said something different e.g. "Vote for your favourite" then it's not obvious that the rules would have been changed. Given the short time between Tess's comment and the scheduled DO, it needed something like falling foul of Offcom to promote a sufficiently fast decision, I'd think.
Originally Posted by Three Left Feet:
“Minor point - it wasn't Tom being unable to avoid the DO that instigated the rule change. It was Tess telling people to vote to save their favourites when this was impossible that was the cause, as it ran the risk of landing the Beeb in hot water with Offcom.
If Tess had said something different e.g. "Vote for your favourite" then it's not obvious that the rules would have been changed. Given the short time between Tess's comment and the scheduled DO, it needed something like falling foul of Offcom to promote a sufficiently fast decision, I'd think.”
“Minor point - it wasn't Tom being unable to avoid the DO that instigated the rule change. It was Tess telling people to vote to save their favourites when this was impossible that was the cause, as it ran the risk of landing the Beeb in hot water with Offcom.
If Tess had said something different e.g. "Vote for your favourite" then it's not obvious that the rules would have been changed. Given the short time between Tess's comment and the scheduled DO, it needed something like falling foul of Offcom to promote a sufficiently fast decision, I'd think.”
This was around the time when there had been a few 'dodgy' things going in with phone-ins/competitions etc and the BBC were being very careful.
Back to the question though - and apart from Alesha and Natasha no, I can't remember anyone being in the bottom 2 and then going on to win.
Ultimately, if anyone is in the bottom 2 this early in the competition (particularly in Kimerbley's case having fallen so far down the leaderboard as to be pretty certainly bottom with the voting public) then they're pretty unlikely to gain the sort of following required to win. In the end, even though the judges can save the better dancers right up to the final, when it comes to the final it's all down to the public vote.
Shame really, because I like Kimberley as much as any of the presumed top 4 (Kimberley/Denise/Louis/Dani) and would have been happy to see her win.
