The bottom two Ant & Dec read out should be the actual bottom two - Mainly because it sways the public the wrong way in who they should be voting for.

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For example, Colin should have been in the bottom two against Linda on Day 13. However, they decided to leave him out of the bottom two and replaced him with David, who miraculously got top votes the next day. I guarantee if Colin was in the bottom two that day, he wouldn't have been in the bottom two on Day 14-15 as the public would have thought, "I don't want him to be in the BT again so I'll save him this time".

This incident happened again with David on Day 18. They put him in the bottom two then he got 2nd the next week. It's like the producers wanted to save David whenever they saw him going downhill.

That's just my opinion. I would just rather we had it the same as it used to be, instead of making up a bottom two for no reason.

Yeah i think the same as last year Mark was in the bottom two however when they showed the results he wasnt meant to be

Yeah I think it's a con too.

Protecting their investment. David was easily the highest paid celebrity this year so they obviously wanted to get their moneys worth out of him.

Surely it would only be a con if we, the public were unaware that one of the "bottom two" isn't actually in the bottom two

Most people don't seem to be aware judging by the vote bounces for those in the 'bottom 2'. As it is it gives the producers too much control over who goes. They're already able to cut someone out of the edits they should at least give them the viewers the chance to save those struggling for votes.