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It's a fair bet that, had Ben been saved, he would have been in the DO next week anyway.
Ben did mess up in the dance-off, sadly. |
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I don't get why this is subject to so many conspiracy theory threads. Mark was better than Ben in the dance-off - the only thing there's really a question mark over is why Craig would have saved Ben given that the dance-off is meant to be based purely on the two performances done in it.
I don't know why people are making such a fuss really, there was no doubt about the bottom two, the only slight surprise was that Ben didn't get enough public votes to save him. As it was, there wasn't much between them, but Ben made a couple of big mistakes in the DO. Simple as that, in my opinion. |
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Imo It's a little bit suspect being that Mark has survived the dance-off for the third week. I know which I would rather watch. I have never been a fan of Kristina but in her shoes I would be more than a bit miffed....As for the reason they saved Mark.... my guess would be that the Beeb look after their own.....
![]() ![]() , don't tell the BBC), and they voted on the basis of what they saw.
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Yes, Mark may have been marginally better in the dance off but Ben was under marked and should not have been at the bottom of the leader board..
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Saw Craig tonight and he said that both made errors in the DO but that Ben's routine had more content which was why he voted to save Ben. Craig was spot on with that assessment. Let's be honest in saying that Mark does so little in the way of difficult steps that it is almost impossible to make a big mistake.
As far as the other three judges were concerned I was amazed at how they all used almost exactly the same words in saving Mark. It was almost as if they were using the same autocue. Always nice to have a bit of controversy isn't it.
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Saw Craig tonight and he said that both made errors in the DO but that Ben's routine had more content which was why he voted to save Ben. Craig was spot on with that assessment.
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Yes, Mark may have been marginally better in the dance off but Ben was under marked and should not have been at the bottom of the leader board..
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Yes, Mark may have been marginally better in the dance off but Ben was under marked and should not have been at the bottom of the leader board..
So the public "undermarked" him as well. Which perhaps says that he was not undermarked at all. And that his place in the bottom two was because he was one of the two worst dancers on the night. |
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The choice of Mark to stay in was farcical.
Both he and Ben are not good dancers but Mark is atrocious. He can't even walk across the floor properly. I'm sure that he's a nice,genuine guy but as a dancer he's poor For pros such as Len to say he dances correctly is as laughable as the comments Darcy makes about loving his performance. I wonder what Len's peers in the dance world think of his ratings and comments such as "Gie it sum welly", "Yer pickled me walnuts" .But then the show's not about dancing it's about "FUN,FUN,FUN" |
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The choice of Mark to stay in was farcical.
Both he and Ben are not good dancers but Mark is atrocious. He can't even walk across the floor properly. I'm sure that he's a nice,genuine guy but as a dancer he's poor For pros such as Len to say he dances correctly is as laughable as the comments Darcy makes about loving his performance. I wonder what Len's peers in the dance world think of his ratings and comments such as "Gie it sum welly", "Yer pickled me walnuts" .But then the show's not about dancing it's about "FUN,FUN,FUN" |
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Saw Craig tonight and he said that both made errors in the DO but that Ben's routine had more content which was why he voted to save Ben. Craig was spot on with that assessment. Let's be honest in saying that Mark does so little in the way of difficult steps that it is almost impossible to make a big mistake.
As far as the other three judges were concerned I was amazed at how they all used almost exactly the same words in saving Mark. It was almost as if they were using the same autocue. Always nice to have a bit of controversy isn't it. ![]() Mark always gives a performance and interprets the dance, which is half of what it's all about - either professionally or in a TV entertainment/comp like Strictly. |
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Craig is the first Judge to say that Dance is about performance aswell as technique, and Ben had absolutely none in the Dance Off. He completely gave up before it had even started, and it was surprising to see for a former top flight sportsman who thrives on his competitive spirit.
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I don't think it's all about mistakes: it's about content, performance and mistakes. If content and performance are roughly equal, then the couple with the fewer mistakes will win. But if there's a wide discrepancy in content and/or performance, then of course there'll be less emphasis on mistakes.
This way, if a stronger couple finds itself in the dance-off against say, Mark, they'll be allowed a couple of mistakes (assuming the difficulty of their routine is making the most of their abilities). |
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I do think Len looked as if he was in pain last night when he chose Ben to go!....
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