Originally Posted by Mystical123:
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It's not about the back story, it's about the performance on the dancefloor, and for me that's what he should be judged on, and that's where he's clearly made an improvement - he's a lot more than merely pretty good now, and that's down to his hard work and Oti's teaching, so as far as I'm concerned they'd be more than deserving winners.”
Yeah true, by the rules that's exactly who should win, but for many Strictly viewers and certainly many who post (or used to on here) it's about the stories, the drama and the pure entertainment of the show and contestants.
If it was a straight out dance competition then there'd be no need for training vids, 'funny' segments, ITT all the press. It would be a straight intro to the dance floor for every couple, judging then voting, perhaps a few technical explanations from dance experts and that's it. It's not though, it's a reality and entertainment show and unlike in dance competitions the personality and likability of the celebs and pros plays a large part of the process as well as their dance talents.
Indeed if it were just about dance talent then the starting playing field would have to be much fairer or many of the celebs would never get on the show in the first place.