Originally Posted by hownwbrowncow:
“Also, it didn't feel quite right that they could do Lindy Hop for their showdances. In my personal opinion it should be based on dances they've learned throughout the process.”
Well the lindy hop is related to the charleston, jive and QS. Their show dance was not only lindy hop and there was a section in it that seemed taken directly from their SCD jive. Also the show dance is a free dance. The rules mean they can do something different. The others chose not to do so.
I agree with you that the judges' picks were not very interesting and 3 of them were ballroom with one (slow) latin.