I do disagree with a lot of people on here and if you check I have not passed one negative comment on any other F/M that is not what this is about it is about imo someone who should have been out 2-3 Weeks ago. I will continue view my opinions and if he stays tonight over someone that imo is far better I will say that. I have been oh here a long time and made a lot of posts and I know what is acceptable and not acceptable.

People are voting for him because they want to see him again next week, not necessarily because they want him to win (although I dare say some do). Every week I use my three free votes on the SCD website to vote for the three contestants I want to see again the next week. Most weeks that has been Danny and Ore because I think they are the two best dancers and Ed because he's fun. Come the final, assuming he is still there, I will almost certainly vote for Danny to win. In the meantime, I am enjoying Ed.

Well I'm not at all sure about that! By saying it is a disgrace you are calling a great many FMs and voters disgraceful, as without the public votes Ed would not have got this far. Insinuating that people en masse are disgraceful, is hardly polite is it?

What hype do you think he is starting to believe? I don't think he believes he is a really good dancer, and I don't think there has been any hype to that effect. I think he is just really having fun and is delighted that the public are enjoying him and have warmed to him enough to have voted him through every week.

"If he had anything about him...." Seriously? How disrespectful would that be to the public who are clearly spending good money to keep him in because THEY want to see him each week. Not to mention Katya who is working as hard as any other pro.
As for other celebs being 10x better than him; they were 10x better than him on Day One! If he had 'anything about him' should he just not have bothered coming on week one?
And 'special treatment'? He's bottom of the leaderboard every week - does it really matter if it's with a soul destroying 2 or an encouraging mark recognising the fact that he is putting in as many (if not more) hours than all the others each week and steadily improving? It doesn't affect the number of points he gets from the judges ranking. It is the public who are obviously ranking him far higher than other couples. Perhaps because they are more entertained and more inspired by him and because THEY want to see more.
It tends to be self-regulating; when the public have seen enough, they will vote for the others and he will go. Ed shouldn't have to make that decision for them.

So just as a matter of interest are you saying the public shouldn't have the vote & it should all be decided by the judges?
As long as the public are allowed a vote there will always be many of us who vote for the couples that entertain us the most as well as those who are obviously the best dancers!!
It may be tough on the 'in betweeners' like Daisy, Laura, even Ore, who is a great dancer but as long as there's the dance off as well there are not many series' where a real contender is pushed out before the end in favour of the 'less able tryers!!'

Oh, dear.

I haven't bothered to vote yet but I'll be sure to do so on Saturday. And guess who I'll be voting for?

Ed! Because I enjoy his dances.

Good for you! We all vote for our favourite for differing reasons. And that is what the public vote is all about.

Agree. Couldn't stand him before SCD and him losing his seat was one of the highlights of the last election for me. However, taking him as I find him on SCD, he has entered into the spirit of the show and seems to be having a blast. He's a middle aged dad dancer who knows that's exactly all he'll ever be and so he's embracing the fun and playing along

I would be interested in your opinion if Ore is in the Dance Off Tonight and goes and Mr Balls is not in the bottom two how would you feel about that.

Isn't that the nature of the show? The so-called better dancers don't have a pass. They have to compete for the public vote like everyone else and if they end up in the DO with a better dancer then tough titty

You can speak for me too with that post 🙂🙂🙂

I have only rewatched two dance - Ed's and Danny's. I can't remember what Claudia has danced the moment the music stops, even though I think she is a sweetheart. It's a broad church - there's surely room for all types of competitors? I look forward to Ed and do apppreciate his timing (finished absolutely on the nail this week) and the skill involved in those lifts and drops. Shame on the judges for not recognising that.

I would be very disappointed to lose Ore as he & Jo are my favourite pairing this series but I eould have no right to complain as my three free votes last night went to Ore, Ed & Greg, the three dancers I felt would benefit the most in terms of how much I had enjoyed watching their dances this week!!

Thank you for taking time to reply.

Tbf Ed is very light on his feet and has performed some decent basic dances. Frankly I'd rather watch him than a couple of the others who have gone nowhere for weeks.

I haven't voted for him but I have no issues if he stays. Fair play to him.

With the amount of ballroom dances he has left he should get one for Blackpool and if he's there I hope it goes as well as his quickstep.

Entertainment

Why the hell should he? It is the PUBLIC who are voting him in, not the judges.

This is my only problem with the Ed Factor.

I find him to be un-talented relative to those that remain (and a few that have gone), however I also find him hugely entertaining to watch, and as a viewer, it's my 'right' to vote for him purely on that basis if I so choose, but the judges? Should they not uphold - and be held to - a higher standard than marking someone purely on their 'entertainment' value? Maybe it's because it's Len's last series he's having fun and perhaps taking the piss a bit, but I think if judges/ a judge were to consistently mark a celeb based on how much they entertained, it'd kill the show because all the middling - but basically technically competent - celebs would soon realise you might just as well do an outrageous routine badly, rather than a fairly boring routine well.

If Mr Balls is not a joke contestant then why do they always choreograph him to do a comedy routine , dressed as a clown ,Oliver Hardy for example.
Also, is it true that the Beeb's staff are voting for him en masse with their BBC provided phones.?
He is bottom every week with the judges, who snigger away at every performance of his but still praise him for "FUN,FUN,FUN, and YOU GAVE IT SOME WELLY and I'LL PICKLE ME WALNUTS".
Even his wife cringes for him and looks embarassed.

At least John Sergeant had the good grace to drop out when he realised people were trying to hijack the program.

Why on earth should he drop out? He is trying hard, and the public love him. SCD is billed as an entertainment programme, not a serious dance competition. If it were, there would be no public vote, and would become very boring.

But John Sergeant was truly awful and made no effort to improve, just relied on being the "joke". Ed has musicality, probably the best there at timing and having a feel for the music. He's working his socks off every week to learn the routine and the technique as best as he can. He is taking this seriously while having a whale of a time with Katya in the process. You just have to look at how much weight he has lost to know he's putting the work in, so he has no need to feel guilty about being popular. Even Craig on Friday's ITT said the judges were superfluous, the public decide who wins, and he said Ed might even make the final.

I agree, it is so much fun to watch and he did a fair amount of Salsa steps too,

Who would have thought Ed would have made it to Blackpool

Wonder what the odd's are on Ed to win SCD and Honey G to win X Factor

I have been surprised by how much I've come to like Ed.

He has fully entered into the spirit of the show and has given it his all. He's tried (and suceeded) to improve his dancing and has also been immensely entertaining, in my opinion.

Not sure if he and Katya will make it through to Blackpool but I, for one, will be delighted if they do.


Go, Ed!!