BIB I think the DO bounce and reactions (sympathy and respect for still doing well) to her illness last week are recent incidents that might aid Georgia. I increasingly feel she will win partly through these factors, partly because she is a solid all-rounder (although that is largely due to Gio's unspectacular routines that help make her look solid in my opinion), and partly because she is the "other one". Like Abbey she has a ringer and a divisive loud character to compete with. She also has Katie who some may deem unworthy of even being there. She reminds me of Abbey in many ways in fact. Portrayed as sweet and always amazed anyone thinks she is any good . Also often over-marked while still good with no obvious weaknesses. Substitute Natalie for Jay, and Susannah for Kellie, and even the situation is similar. All things considered I think she could well do it. I don't want that but I see another Abbey scenario albeit with a much better dancer.

The right winner is whoever receives the most votes. It really is that simple.
As as for all this drivel about the BBC "rigging" the show - WHY? How could this possibly benefit them? Soaps aside, this is the biggest show they do. It has the prime autumn slot, with a show of some sort EVERY day of the week, plus a prime-time special on Christmas Day. Nothing else comes close. Doctor Who did once, but not these days.
The worst thing that could happen from the BBC's perspective is to be caught rigging it. They really do not give a stuff who wins - for them, the best winner is the one that most of their viewers liked best. How do you think they figure out who that is?

Abbey Clancy second best to natalie too....don't remember that may complaints then...
but yeah anything could happen, and the choice of dances could well be important....

Not so. The couples danced one Ballroom and one Latin dance again each. Then the voting lines opened and one couple (Lisa & Brendan) was eliminated. In those days, when the showdance was the last dance, the eliminated couple then performed their showdance just so we could see it. Then the remaining two couples danced their showdance and there was a second vote to determine the winner. Tom & Camilla definitely won based on their showdance.

Georgia is hardly a non-dancer though is she? Even she has said she got fed up of ballet so moved to hip hop, not to mention her 'acting' abilities. I would prefer katie to win if it was a choice between the 3 girls tbh.

absolutely ....thank goodness.

Abbey was the person who resonated the most with the viewers in the finale because she got the most votes and therefore won. Get over it.
There's no wrong winner. ..whoever wins deserves to win because the majority of people voted for him or her; who's the best dancer is subjective as well.
Chris Hollins and Darren H. All deserved to win. Tom Chambers even though he wasn't my favorite, deserved to win.

Why can't people just congratulate whoever won and move on?

I don't have a favourite so am looking forward to all the dances so I can decide on the night who I will vote for.

Absolutely!!! I feel like copy/pasting your reply into about 50% of the nasty conversations in this Forum!!

But don't want you showered in nasty substances as a consequence!

The fuss over putting Tom into the Final sparked off a PhD Maths-a-thon of unimaginable proportions in the BBC forums, while endless erudite viewers wrote many column miles with all their calculations to show why the DO was a shoe-in, a shoe-out, a soft-shoe, a Jimmy Choo where Tom was concerned.

The BBC bods, on the other hand, had found a calculator on the carpet somewhere, had punched in 3 figures and had decided on the spot.

Camilla wore a lovely belt over her cossack trousers for their show dance - I guess it earned quite a few votes.

No she is not although I am not sure why you are mentioning that. I didn't say she is and apparently Abbey took dance lessons before her series anyway so if anything that adds to the similarity.

Anyway I did forget to say that I agree with all the comments that there is no such thing as a "wrong" winner. It can be someone you didn't want to win for whatever reason but if they get the votes then they win. That's all there is to it. Most votes = right winner. This issue only seems to be there for those people who believe their superior dance knowledge makes their opinion a fact. Aside from the show being entertainment first and foremost anyway, I also feel that dance should be thought of in the same way as any other art form. If I think a certain singer is better than another I don't really care about their vocal range, how many notes they can warble into a line, etc.

So if enough people prefer someone and then vote making them the winner, that person is the right winner. Even if they decide largely based on just liking the person more that is still fine given the nature of the show. The debates over technical minutiae may be alright in pro/amateur Ballroom competitions but SCD is not about that.

I also don't understand why it would apparently be so wrong for a more jokey contestant to be in the final, as some seem to be suggesting. If for instance, Jeremy had taken the laughs and fun factor all the way to the final that would mean lots of the audience would want that. They would then presumably enjoy watching his efforts and be entertained by it. So again it would make him a "right" finalist. Of course, the show probably needs some dancers who are good technically as well but having a mix of people who are all popular is fine if that is what the audience vote for.

Of course we are all allowed to have a little moan if we are out of sync with the majority of voters. Even if, like me, you don't actually vote at all.

If I read about a 'fix' one more time, I will not be responsible for my actions.

Katie also used to ballet.

Its a fix for K&K to lift the glitterball

Just you wait slaps

Well said *applauds loudly*

Rachel and Lisa got the same score and in those days the bottom couple got 1 point from the judges and the other 2 got 3. meaning that Rachel and Lisa each got 3 and Tom got 1 with the judges not 2 so even if that week Tom topped the vote he would have got 4 as a total wich is what the lowest total score would have got and whoever was 2nd would have got 5 points meaning that Tom would have been in the DO no matter what so they abandoned the results show

Whoever wins, it will be right couple 😀

Agreed.

Whoever it is will have won the public vote.

If the wrong couple win the glitterball ( with respect to John Hollin's lad) - the world will still keep spinning on its axis

I think whoever wins deserves it because they are all brilliant and its really hard to call. I have my fave of course and will be voting for Kanton but happy for whoever wins. To do all those dances and train for 16 weeks anyone who does that and wins throughally deserves it whether they are the best dancer or not. think it will be interesting since Kellie has being in the DO twice and hasnt had to slip down the leaderboard to be in trouble. All the other 3 have been near the bottom at least once and have escaped DO on that week. So whoever the public get behind is who should and will win. Its about popularity as much as dancing. Like me at college on student union it was about voting for the students. so i may not have had the best manifesto but people got behind me and voted for me and i ended up winning the position that doesnt mean that i dont deserve it becuase i may not have had the best manifesto i still deserved it because i got enough people to back me right? Same for this whoever the public back deserves to win. Like Tom and Chris people didnt think they would win. did a WOW dance and won. Same may happen to Katie or Kellie so dont count them out just yet as unlikey as they may seem to win

As said by previous posters, the right person wins every year.

Agree.
And I don't get how people think participation in the tour makes the judges favour who gets to the final.
The tour tickets sell out as soon as they go on sale, which in Nottingham has been before the show has even started in September.

Go Jay! Katie! Georgia and Kellie! Lets have a great show night.

If K&K win the glitterball this year, I will be very angry

Good luck to all of them - I hope they can all avoid mistakes and have dances in the final they can look back on with nothing but pride. I love my favourites whether they win or lose, and if they lose I won't love the dances I've loved an iota less.

Whoever wins will deserve it - and whoever wins some people on here will think them the wrong winners. Same as every other year.