Originally Posted by fizzilou:
“I agree, like Len said Mark made one tiny mistake which was barely noticeable (at least to me) whereas Ben made two big and very noticeable mistakes (he went out of time at the beginning and there was a bit of a kerfuffle near the end), therefore since they were pretty even on the scoreboard (only one point between them) and given how far on we are in the competition it was fair to judge them on that. However, I do think that if someone up the top end of the leaderboard/ a front-runner had been in the DO with either Mark or Ben and made mistakes these would of been 'forgotten' and they would have still won because of their 'potential'. So it's one rule for some and one for others”
It's not a case of different rules. It's perfectly feasible for someone to perform without error and still go out to someone who has made errors.
In your hypothetical situation, let's say Mark has received a score of 4x8=32 during the main show...that's not unrealistic if he dances a belter, but it would have to be his best dance ever. Then say he reprises his routine with no errors. He is still sitting at 32.
Celeb #2 has scored 3 or 4 more points on the night, but their routine contains considerably more content and difficulty. Celeb #2 makes an error during the dance off. If most or all of the judges deduct a whole point, they are then sitting numerically equal with Mark,
but they would have still danced a more difficult routine, with more content and thus deserve to be saved. They may even have improved in an area that had previously held the dance back from being a 9 or 10, but given that they made an error, there score remains the same as it did on the main show. Above Mark's
Someone is going to have to really screw up to lose to Mark in the dance off when and if he is next there.