Originally Posted by Callous:
“What? Lifting and walking? That's what most of Ben's part of the dance was. He danced far less than Mark this week.”
Exactly. I have been extremely baffled by the scores and praise Ben has got. This week he improved in 'dance personality', but Ben barely dances or moves! 50% of all his previous routines consisted of him lifting Christina, the other 50% was Christina using distraction techniques and doing all the hard work. This week Ben was exposed as he was out of hold a lot. His weaknesses were obvious this week due to the type of dance. Not having a ago at him personally, he seems like a nice bloke and this week was one of his best dances, with obvious improvement. I was surprised.
But Mark, whilst not the best dancer, generally does
much more dance content than Ben. They are comparable in technique, but have different strengths and weaknesses. But Mark has much better timing and rhythm.
It was the right decision.