You know how bad it is when the judges resort to "you threw yourself into it" or "the energy you brought to the dance was top class" etc

These are the sort of platitudes they resort to for the no-hopers early on when there is nothing positive to say about the dance. Peter isn't actually a no-hoper but nowhere near as good as the initial promise, but the comments from the judges put him in that bracket - until the DO that is.