Originally Posted by madetomeasure:
“The evidence was staring at you last night. I can understand being subjective and scripted but not desperate. The reason from Darcey two weeks running about Claudia and her non connection. Louise, once again, looks down at her feet and nothing is said. Claudia has been the new Jay with this obsession with an apparent lack of drama and acting....absolute rubbish. Judges should not let their favouritism be known and that's just common sense!”
Louis arguably never acted as well as Claudia. They hyped him
Claudia was hit by two particularly dumb lines of attack.
She couldn't act romantically , because she was too young. But her age isn't in her control. You have to allow for that , or not have young contestants.
And she was short - which made things more difficult. But she can't do it on stilts - you have to allow for that, and mark her as a shorter contestant.
And once you have done that you have to note what she can do what no one else can - all tha added difficulty and flexibility she has, and how quickly and accurately she can move her feet, and her timing, and the difficulty of her routines compared to some others.
They end up crediting other contestant's particular skills they walked in with - musicality and acting training- and incorporating them into their marks, but ignoring other skills in play. And, by failing to allow for people's other attributes - like youth or height - they create a show where only people of standard build , and in a particular age range - not to young to act roles, , and not too old to be physically incapabl - , can win.