Originally Posted by Gellymiss:
“Jake is reminding me a lot of Louis Smith (quiet, not caught up in the hyper showbizzyness of it all). They both started off very favourably with public and judges, but then the judges turned on him and Louis couldn't catch a break, week in week out, til his Charleston. The cynic in me wonders if the judges are being told to knock him down. why? I don't know. Perhaps so it isn't a dead cert to everyone that he makes the final. I don't know how popular Jake is with the outside world, but he seems to always have top likes on FB and glowing comments. Reading Mark's, it's definitely more of a mixed bag....But then he has a Towie history to contend with, whereas Jake remains a dark horse, other than he is a devoted family man.”
Yes I'm hoping they're just being tough on Jake because they know he's popular and if he is a potential winner they don't want to make it look like he's a runaway winner if he gets to the finals. I really hope he's able to come back stronger - as I said before, most of the past winners have have had dips in their scores/performances in their series so I really don't think Jake has blown his chances as some people are trying to suggest.
But if the producers are knocking down Jake in order to big up Mark then I will be