Ed has been in most papers after each of his dances, so obviously there is a lot of interest in him.
Personally, I did not like him as a politician but I have really warmed to him as a person and am rooting for him. Loved his Gangnam Style and I hope he gets to the final.
I would actually like to see someone win who has not had lots of dance experience. Don't tell me Danny or Louise have never had training, they are just too good.
I would actually like Ore to win but me thinks it will be Danny...

I don't see the 'problem'. If the criteria is 'strictly dancing' then NONE of those tens would have been given out. Sure the top-dwellers have dancing experience, but they are way below the standard of the pros. So the jooodges are giving false marks out to the top 'favourites' as well as the bottom dwellers, who they want to keep there.
Fact is that Ed is giving it his all, has some moves in there (in comparison to sergeant/murray widdecombe,etc., and if the public want to keep him in for a while so be it.

Ah, see, I was looking for actual billing. No wonder I couldn't find it.

Another way of looking at it though is asking what's "just" about pitting a middle-aged guy with no dance or performance experience against younger, fitter, trained celebs who get a head start from the judges before the voting lines open. It's hardly as if everything's stacked in Ed's favour. If he's overcoming the odds and getting through then more power to him. It's not unfair, it's the show.

I enjoyed Tameka's dances more than Daisy's but she left really early. I agree with Ian on ITT that Daisy needed to get more down with the dance. It was too rigid and controlled, she needed to loosen up. He said it was training so she'd get there on the night but I don't think she did.

I have an "it all works out the way its supposed to" attitude to Strictly. Even if my own personal favourite doesn't win, it's usually someone who deserves the victory. I also don't vote so can't grumble too much haha

But Ed is ticking both boxes. He is learning to dance and is also entertaining. I don't think it's unjust if he stays over a more capable by less entertaining dancer especially if they aren't progressing as rapidly as him (like Daisy)

Also, the BBC website lists its genre as "entertainment", a little down this page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/16rGc8M34fT0wWYmrSMc8Cp/about

I think this year, it's Ed-tertainment.

I'll get my coat ........

I'm quite happy to rephrase it as an 'issue' or whatever...that doesn't alter what I'm trying to get across which is that voting systems don't necessarily reflect what 'the public' wants. You could argue that 63% of voters didn't want a Conservative government but our electoral system delivered that anyway...so it goes beyond the triviality of Strictly. This is what Sargent realised and I'd bet Balls does too.

Of course in this show there are lots of other inequalities some of which work against someone like Balls (e.g. age) and some of which are in his favour (e.g. ties on the LB). It's a complicated interaction and obviously a matter of opinion as to the optimal configuration of the rules.

Why is it an 'injustice' if the people who vote don't agree with you and the judges did what they were actually supposed to do and put through the person who danced better in the actual dance-off? You may think it's a shame but it's not an 'injustice'.

Also with a postive vote there isn't antipathy towards a person who doesn't get it's something more akin to relative indifference. They cared more about other people than they did about you if you don't get a postive vote. This kinda of figures because Daisy's latin wasn't bad but it wasn't particularly stimulating either it had a tendancy to be a bit meh - and that's kinda of fatal in a positive vote.

I think the Sarge would have fallen under the collective weight of Tom and Austin's fanbases in the end which would have plonked him in a DO against most likely Lisa but possibly Rachel and there would have been much rejoicing amongst the judges as they evicted him. He would never have got to past the quarter final then probably we'd have had Austin being robbed a week later in the semis. But that's just my theory.

It's kinda of both - it's an entertainment show based on dancing and the person who wins usually strikes some sort of balance between the two. It's not always the 'best' dancer but it's the 'worst' either.

nice one. Summed it up in one word.

Spot on you two.

It is a family show on a Saturday night and the constant negativity is sooooooo tedious. *yawn*

It is definitely billed as entertainment.

Daisy was always up against it - In the dance off three times, and although I thought there was some slight improvements. There simply wasn't enough of anything for people to get excited about..

daisy is a lovely girl and was a pretty dancer.
Ed SAVED 2016.

Daisy was overmarked for her dancing from week 1. I am still amazed that anyone can continue with the myth that Daisy was even a mediocre dancer. Her timing was awful, her actually dancing was restricted to mere shuffling at times.

And claiming she was better than Greg in the dance off really is taking blind adulation too far, she barely moved during the whole dance, she had either given up all ready or she was so arrogant as to believe she would be saved by the judges again so didn't need to bother.

Sublime dancer, good grief.

Well, that's kind of my point. Yes, it's an entertainment show, but the focus of the entertainment is on dancing, not just messing about. The show is about both entertainment and dancing, so pure entertainment without the dancing is a bit pointless, isn't it?

Except Ed is actually dancing. Widdy didn't dance at all and Ed does you can argue about the quantity and quality of it but there are dance steps in there and a lot of fun.

And he really is trying hard to get the steps right. Even the judges say he has great timing.

Yvette Cooper was on Daily Politics this week. Unsurprisingly the conversation went on to SCD (which has absolutely nothing to do with politics!). She said Ed loved it, was taking learning to dance really seriously, was rehearsing up to 8 hours a day, and was even practicing in the kitchen. She said she was glad that he had brought such joy to a great many people. Hear, hear.

daisy seems like a lovely person but she wasn't a great dancer. her cool vibe worked for some dances but for others just made her look a bit floppy and weak.

ed has one more week (greg) then he really needs to go.

Justice, who the heck uses words like that when describing the end of a celebrities participation in SCD? Oh yeah I know some poor deluded soul who thinks Daisy is some sort of messiah.

Saddos all.

What an excellent bit of free PR he is for her.

Once he's out you can bet he'll never dance again and put back any of the weight loss he's achieved, like so many others who've gone before him. Carole Kirkwood being one of the exceptions, who seems still to have held onto the weight loss she achieved and looks amazing. Can't say the same for the accuracy of the weather forecasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKENqGVOXRI

looks like dancing to me