Originally Posted by bradvilla:
“Now I'm not asking because I'm upset by the result, I didn't mind who won. My point is simply this, people have basically already decided who they want to win and who they will vote for, so it basically doesn't matter what they do in the final. Unless your favourite starts goose stepping and saluting in the middle of the dance, you aren't going to change your vote.
So my question is, why bother with the final?”
Just like the Olymipics closing ceremony (which is utterly pointless but extremely expensive and watchable) you need the final finale to finish off the long long show.
In previous years there have been boring finals with only 2 couples doing multiple dances each to fill in the time, so this year we were lucky enough to have 4 finalists. The 12 voted out contestants were delighted to be back for their old school reunion and excellent group dance to finish things off in style. The guest singer had a really weak voice - that's my only negative remark, apart from Dave Arch starting "O Fortuna" off too slow.
It really is high time that certain negative Forum posters understood that in numbers they are really minute and unimportant in their numbers to the vast numbers of viewers who do tune in for the Final. So we discount you.
Tonight, it was a very joyful show, the dancing of high quality (tho some choreography was criticised) and one of the top 3 won, a laid-back pop star and a visibly astonished and moved pro. Such a welcome contrast with Caroline Flack of last year.
With this send-off they will all go off to a huge party to celebrate.
And that is why they held a Series final.