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The Only Real Competition for Ray |
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You said you 'believe' that Beth's and Hayley's supporters voted every week - you have nothing on which to base this belief or opinion.
Some believe that Ray's die hard fans also voted every week but that he still trailed behind Hayley in the popular vote until Beth was eliminated and her fans switched to Ray. Again no facts to support this but given previous evidence the law of probability would support this theory. The only thing we can be sure of is our own motives for voting and the frequency and number of votes we cast. I voted for Ray and Beth every week - because I thought they were the best. I have no intention of offending you or anyone else but I must confess bemusement when beliefs, opinions and/or theories are arrived at without statistical evidence. VOTE 1 Ray & Maria – 44.31% Hayley & Dan – 33.21% Beth & Lukasz – 22.48% - Eliminated in 3rd VOTE 2 Ray & Maria – 56.37% - Winner Hayley & Dan – 43.63% After Beth left the contest, her 22% of the vote was fairly evenly split between the other two: 10% to Hayley; 12% to Ray. I supported Ray throughout the contest but didn't cast a vote until the final, when I voted several times. |
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The figures don't really support that hypothesis, though:
VOTE 1 Ray & Maria – 44.31% Hayley & Dan – 33.21% Beth & Lukasz – 22.48% - Eliminated in 3rd VOTE 2 Ray & Maria – 56.37% - Winner Hayley & Dan – 43.63% After Beth left the contest, her 22% of the vote was fairly evenly split between the other two: 10% to Hayley; 12% to Ray. I supported Ray throughout the contest but didn't cast a vote until the final, when I voted several times. As Disraeli said "There are lies, damned lies and statistics" and it's a universal that stats can be twisted to prove whatever proof we require. |
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True - I hadn't looked at the actual percentages.
As Disraeli said "There are lies, damned lies and statistics" and it's a universal that stats can be twisted to prove whatever proof we require. ![]() But it seems to me that either Beth fans kept on voting, in which case their votes were quite evenly split; or they lost interest (or some did) and didn't vote at all. Either way, they didn't seem to favour Ray over Hayley in a way that made a difference to the eventual outcome. |
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I thought Ray was in a different league to all the other celebs. I thought he would receive enough votes to get him through to the final from others voting. I saved my votes for the Final (because of the cost of 35p per vote). I doubt I was alone in my thinking. If I had been voting for Beth I would have voted from week one because the judges could possibly have sent her home from the skate off. Maybe other fans felt the same about their favourite celebs and wanted them to avoid the skate off and voted from the start? When votes cost to make this probably affects voting percentages. I voted every week in SCD because they were free online - so again voting would probably have been different if there was a cost involved.
For me, it all came down to the cost of making my votes. |
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I thought Ray was in a different league to all the other celebs. I thought he would receive enough votes to get him through to the final from others voting. I saved my votes for the Final (because of the cost of 35p per vote). I doubt I was alone in my thinking. If I had been voting for Beth I would have voted from week one because the judges could possibly have sent her home from the skate off. Maybe other fans felt the same about their favourite celebs and wanted them to avoid the skate off and voted from the start? When votes cost to make this probably affects voting percentages. I voted every week in SCD because they were free online - so again voting would probably have been different if there was a cost involved.
For me, it all came down to the cost of making my votes. |
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no one would have ever touched Ray closest I think to doing it through would have to be Matt Lapinskas
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