Tameka was nowhere near finalist material, she wasn't good enough to have even made Blackpool, let alone the final. And she was incredibly annoying in my opinion (and that of many others), so she was clearly a love/hate contestant. That has nothing to do with ethnicity.

And Melvin was far and away the worst dancer.

Not really, I'm saying it could take someone from third bottom to second bottom, or from first to second, that wouldn't need a majority.

No, I think there are lots of reasons people vote the way they do, I just don't think you can discount racial bias, or gender bias for that matter.

The people who vote in Strictly are part of society, if something exists in society it'll exist in Strictly voting. That goes for positives as well as negatives.

He was denied the DO. Who know what could have happened!

That's irrelevant to whether he was a good dancer or not (and indeed was perfectly within the rules of the show) - Anastacia clearly showed more rhythm than he had, and produced a perfectly passable ballroom the week after whereas Melvin's was dire.

Still he should have been given the opportunity to do the DO. Dire or not dire doesn't come into it. If the rules had been changed no one knew.

So should all the couples who went out on the years with no dance off need to come back, as they too were denied a chance to win the judges over? Even though they clearly did not have public support.

We are not talking about previous dancers. We are talking about the current SCD. Have the rules been changed? Why did the previous contestants not have a DO. So what if they didn't have the public support, the DO might have given them the opportunity to shine.

I prefer the straight public decision on who leaves. Far less opportunity to claim judges bias.

Seems very cruel to keep someone in who does not have public support, over someone who has more public support.

Poor Melvin. The look on his face. It was so hurtful. Is it going to be the same all the time that when someone is injured, the DO will be called off?

The rules hadn't been changed.

No the dancers to go were the poorest on the night... Apart from ed..

The Dance Off did not exist until series 5 then it lasted until series 7 and was axed and reinstated in series 10.

If Ed Balls was black would be he through to week 5 of the competition?

It's interesting to see Melvin getting the chop without a dance off. Tameka was always going to be voted off when up against Laura - had Ed been in the bottom 2 that could've been a different story. Tonight the judges got rid of Naga over Anastacia, but Naga was the poorer of the two in the dance off.

I'll be absolutely gobsmacked if Ore went next week. I just don't see it happening with his last two weeks. Ore has got massive potential to make the final if he keeps up his high level of danceability.

I'm sorry but it's looking dodgy. Naga was NOT the worst. Ed Balls probably has Yvette Cooper speed dialing and Judge Rinder has Theresa May voting for him with her worn out vagina.

It's time public voting was cut to 25% or even as low 10% to stop this happening. Give the judges more power to stop crap going through each week.

The Great British public have got sympathy for the underdog, and keeping in embrassing people. John Sargent for example and Chris Parker. We also will take action on the one likely to go out.

Firstly SCD could make the top half safe, i.e. Immunity from the vote if your in the top half, this will make judges scores more worth going for, cutting rule breakers like illegal lifts, and keep the best dancers in. It will focus us viewers who vote on who really we should be voting for, and give a higher percentage chance of the bottom dancers going.

I.E. if you have say 7 to choose from rather than 14, then you may know your favourite is safe in the top half and then in the viewer vote, vote for the best dancer.

Ed balls is giving entertainment, like Judge Rinder, and Ken said he once gave advice to cut joking about, and they were out the next week.

Viewing stats show that some cultural backgrounds watch SCD less (Gaurdian article thus week) therefore that goes on that the celebrities with the same ethnic background will potentially get less votes unless they connect with a wider audience. Say like Ore.

Gabby Logan was definitely finalist material and was ousted on her third dance.

Yes as viewers thought she was safe..

Tumbleweed.

So Gabby Logan is out because people thought she was safe and didn't vote, but Tameka was out because she is back but NOT because people thought she was safe.

Personally I vote for whom I want to see next week and I don't care what there colour is, in fact I have twice voted for someone green

Anastacia was not any better than her first attempt. Maybe the BBC need to keep her because she is high profile. Poor Naga made the most improvement despite the mistakes but hey she is out.

From Brendan.

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/strictl...ighting-truth/

To stop people voting for their favourites ? SCD has always been the same people vote for the ones they know better and like at the start and if the duff act is nice with it then they get the vote for a while . Voting on ability does seem to kick in later on when the troupe is whittled down.

Either you have the public vote or you don't (and we all know this is about popularity at the start and who is best known and may have a bigger fan base ) it didn't the first 4 years then they did and when they axed it people called for its return. What you are asking for is a token vote.

And if they want the votes to be direct comparisons on dancing ability each couple should dance the same dance as each other each week so a comparison can be made with more accuracy, you cannot compare a waltz with a jive.

And I didn't see anything dodgy at all, Ed should be in the bottom two but he is the novelty act and people vote for them and some deliberately set out to vote for novelty acts on other shows as well.

If he was still as ridiculous as he is now? Yes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-37656439