For much of the dance, to use an American football term, Janette was "running interference for Peter."
By that I mean she got between him and the perception by some of his performance, by being "full on" and at times dancing double time steps to his.
By comparison it was as if he were dancing in his slippers.
It's easy to be swayed by the volume of the music and the reactions of the audience. turn off the sound and watch both dances again, his was hardly inspiring.
On the night Jamelia in my opinion, was better.
But the "more popular" dancer, (at least with the judges and probably the BBC?) won.
The judges thought he was the worst in the main dance and the public must have thought so too as few must have voted for him, so "shock horror," he ended up in the bottom two.
So they changed their minds, in reality, within a few minutes,