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What are those buttons with keypad things in front of the judges?!
Has anybody else noticed them?? Saw Darcey pressing a few buttons on it on camera shot... They're in front/at the side of all the judges. They look like calculators
anybody know what they are? What they do?
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inputting their scores so they can be seen by the viewer watching at home when the couples are up in the Claudatorium
I thought it was kinda obvious what they were doing!
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They release the hounds.
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They control Tessbot.
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inputting their scores so they can be seen by the viewer watching at home when the couples are up in the Claudatorium
I thought it was kinda obvious what they were doing! ![]() I thought the production team would have done that on a computer graphic to be honest... |
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I thought the production team would have done that on a computer graphic to be honest...
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Surely the main reason for them is so they can mark fairly immediately after the couples finish their dance and not be influenced by the other judges .
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In Robin Windsor's short lived, off the cuff interview he said the judges voted electronically (presumably with these buttons) a few seconds before the dance finished. This gave time for the technicians to do whatever was necessary with the scores. If the couple fell over in a heap in the final second it supposedly wouldn't change the score.
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I think they are calculating how long till the end of the show.
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In Robin Windsor's short lived, off the cuff interview he said the judges voted electronically (presumably with these buttons) a few seconds before the dance finished. This gave time for the technicians to do whatever was necessary with the scores. If the couple fell over in a heap in the final second it supposedly wouldn't change the score.
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If they hate the dance enough they can open a trap door to a bear pit with those keypads
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In Robin Windsor's short lived, off the cuff interview he said the judges voted electronically (presumably with these buttons) a few seconds before the dance finished. This gave time for the technicians to do whatever was necessary with the scores. If the couple fell over in a heap in the final second it supposedly wouldn't change the score.
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If they hate the dance enough they can open a trap door to a bear pit with those keypads
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The buttons control the electric shocks to the audience's chairs
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The buttons control the electric shocks to the audience's chairs
![]() 'They're on their feet! (Because we just shot 4000 volts up their arses)' |
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In Robin Windsor's short lived, off the cuff interview he said the judges voted electronically (presumably with these buttons) a few seconds before the dance finished. This gave time for the technicians to do whatever was necessary with the scores. If the couple fell over in a heap in the final second it supposedly wouldn't change the score.
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If you watch Kirsty and Brendan's Salsa
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Interesting. This could explain some of the alleged comment/score apparent mismatches if a glaring error happens at the last moment.
. I don't know if this has changed from when Robin was talking about but certainly now every dance was the same.
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That's a bit cruel, is it not?
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Is it either-
a) they order chinese takeaways. Bruno's favourite is no.59, crispy duck b) 4 unlock codes have to be entered simultaneously to release the trapdoor. Russell Grunt had a near-miss when Len put in his date of birth instead. |
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Is it either-
a) they order chinese takeaways. Bruno's favourite is no.59, crispy duck b) 4 unlock codes have to be entered simultaneously to release the trapdoor. Russell Grunt had a near-miss when Len put in his date of birth instead. You press the hash key for Diz ah stah or Fab u loss though. |
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Actually they are random sound bite generators. All the judges have to do is enter a random selection of numbers to come up with a completely unique soundbite which they can deliver as their judgement.
You press the hash key for Diz ah stah or Fab u loss though. |
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you know, I actually suspected the keypads are not keypads but plugs, and send the comments up the judges' arms instead, with patent BBC 'silly' current (IC/DON'TC)
![]() Actually it's a BBC money saving exercise, in between watching dances and judging, they have to use the key pads to answer customer calls which come through hidden earpieces. |
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When i was there the other week i was sat right behind the judges and they all pressed after the dance had finished
. I don't know if this has changed from when Robin was talking about but certainly now every dance was the same. |
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I think they upgraded. It used to be a person collecting their scores on paper and rushing to the HQ with them. Now they have enough time to press the scores after the dance. Somebody WILL complain they are wasting money
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anybody know what they are? What they do?

