Samia was the star of the series, she look fabulous as Barbie tonight.

I think it takes a little more to win than 'looking fabulous as Barbie'.

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You are a real paranoid, conspiracy theorist - not uncommon on this forum.

I'm sure the judges are happy for Beth - but they have a right to feel disappointed for Matt who they knew technically was the real winner.

Being humble helps. Self-confidence does not.

You are dead right, it is not for the skating ...... if you wanted to se some proper skating you would watch the real pros in the various World and European competitions.

This is not skating, and for the first few weeks it should be called 'carting a sack of spuds round the ice'.

It is supposed to be and entertainment programme, but DOI seems to lack that a lot of the time.


BIB: You don't agree about the Gishuk/Platov marking/judging of 1994 then?

...which is why Matt didn't win.

Ah, the recourse of people on these threads whose favourite didn't win - 'they were the real winner'.

No, he wasn't technically the real winner. Beth was the winner, technically, really and any other way you care to phrase it. We get that you think Matt should have won, but he didn't so please stop insulting other posters because you're peeved that your favourite lost.

Matt was very gracious in defeat (as was Beth in victory) perhaps you could take a leaf from his book? The judges were obviously not able to, unfortunately.

I must admit I thought they were going to call Matt's name out.

I genuinely thought Matt was much better - still think he should have won poor lad - any way congrats to Beth.

Yes your post are quite embarrasing. Because you are going on about better skaters etc but you seam to forget the other week one of the judges even said Beth was technically the best skater out of them all.

So now your saying the judge is even wrong on the technically point of view.

She did look lovely as Barbie tonight. It's really a shame Lauren didn't get skate because of injury but even worse it wasn't mentioned.

The contestants on these things always seem to accept defeat with grace, it's the judges who have childish sulks!

I know she was there in the audience they could have at least mentioned her

Well done to Beth and Dan for winning, especially Dan who's now won it three times. I wonder if they'll release the voting figures this time.

I watched every minute of every show this series and Beth thoroughly deserved to win. Her improvement was amazing and her Bolero was the only performance all series which genuinely deserved 10's. Matt was overmarked for the last 4 weeks and, although he was a very good skater, the 40's simply were not justified as it gave the judges nowhere to go and they were not THAT good.

Congratulations to Beth for being a great winner and to Matt for several excellent performances and being so graceful in defeat. Can't wait until next year!

I hope so. I love seeing voting % on all of these shows.

This is the first year where I didn't mind who won. I stopped minding about halfway through. If I had just turned up for the final I'm sure I would have still thought Luke wasn't a back-biting little boy, that Matt was a showman and Beth was extremely skilled and graceful.

However me not minding who wins means they don't get phone votes. Something had to change. So to be fair I didn't feel Matt was any less or more cocky than last year's winner. Beth was enjoyable but I saw a lot of moves they gave her to do in practice that were good but never used. Luke's attitude seemed to come out of nowhere and suddenly I knew he wasn't going to win. But then so did he.

Matt was consistently a showman, he put on a performance and was enjoyable from the start. I got the impression from the first show that he may suffer from ADD or something similar, comparing him to a bundle of energy and needing more control. That didn't change for me. He always had up tempo numbers (even when he changed genre to ballet) and seemed to be slightly ahead of the beat each time, like he was rushing to get it all out of the way. His footwork, which Robin himself pointed out before, was not right. If you re-watch the group dance you can see he doesn't place his feet on the ice properly. This isn't opinion just something I noticed. The judges sealed his fate.

Beth took all in her stride and even until the end she was having trouble with the 'fun,sexy, vibrant' expressions because it's easier to show sad emotion when you're worried and concentrating anyway. She brought it last night though and delivered everything they asked but was still scored lower. If she'd been scored fairly I'm betting Matt would have had a better chance.

But the producers will be happy with their phone votes and attention right?

However I'm so disappointed with the follow-up this morning and how much they just brush over Beth's win because they mistakenly focussed too much on one contestant. This is where the judges and show creators will value unbiased and balanced representation in future. It means you can give the winner, whoever it is, the celebration and glory they deserve.

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I suspect he doesn't win because he doesn't do much of anything that wins enough votes, and Beth does. Males can beat better females if they have a journey, or are attractive enough. Matt had no journey and doesn't seem that popular . Males can do exciting, difficult imprssive things like Ray and Chris - but Matt couldn't. Some winners get great routines and can use their technical and emotional content to win the voters - no one this series got a great one. Matt's acting was dubious throughout and the breakdancing, attitude and style were repetitive, and ultimately unsuited to Bolero

Beth on the other hand can skate as well ,at least, as he can. She's been doing moves since the early weeks he still hasn't. She also has more ability to perform the big wow factor moves. She added some new moves that are novel, and and she deployed them in the final with a lot of wow factor. Her choice of favourite dance probably worked for her as it allowed her to do an emotional number when Matt offered none.That made Jason's comments even more incredible. Dan however was smart enough to produce a Bolero that combined emotion and some big high wow factor moves - she's ticking all the boxes by the end.

That may be enough even before voters start noticing that they are being oversold something thats not there with Matt and being asked to vote for lots of doing nothing much while just moving around. The hype itself is so obviously incredible that it might swing some votes without people getting into the weeds and asking why no one comments on Matt's poor posture, or why Matt's favourite dance has been spiced up with a headbanger while Beth is doing her original routine.

Its going to be interesting to se if the votes show any other stories.