Originally Posted by Tony_Flare:
“Remember that with his lumpen, static semi-final Arg. Tango Ore wouldn't have been in the final but for the judges manipulation of the scoring. But they wanted Claudia OUT.
Then tonight the judges prompting and Ore's snivelling on cue was sufficient to swing it in his favour.
The most facial result since the Chris Hollins win.”
Yet all we heard from bitter fans last week and the press that there was going to be a backlash on him, that he would never win, that he was so unpopular, yada yada yada...
The snarking and griping and bitterness didn't win out. People saw beyond that. They saw beyond the lies and unfounded accusations and they voted for the person who danced best on the night. Len always mentions when someone has no dance experience - every year, it wasn't the first time. Ore wasn't the only one who cried tonight. It wasn't just his family who was shown...and people can invent imaginary dance lessons if it eases the pain all they want, it still doesn't make it true or change anything.
Just because your fave lost, doesn't make it a fix. I wanted Anita or Georgia to win last year...they didn't and lost to a ringer. C'est la vie. Some years my fave wins, most years they loss...sometimes my fave is a ringer and I get irked when the judges mention their opponents haven't danced before, and other years I like a novice/duffer and decide that THIS year, it should be about the journey! It changes nothing because the winner is decided by the public. People need to stop being such bad losers.
It was a great final, with three great celebs and the best man won on the night.