Being as shocked as everybody else with the exit of Spoony and Ola, I've spent a fascinating few hours reading the debates across many threads (and adding some comments) as to the reason for their exit.
I thought I'd list all of the theories I've so far come across and to ask if anybody can add any more.
[In no particular order]
1. It was a deliberate fix by the BBC to somehow make the public spend more money next week and future weeks to keep in their favourites to stop this from happening again; ie Ola and Spoony weren't actually last.
2. It was because Spoony is black that he had less people voting for him.
3. The voting public are largely female and were jealous of Ola's good looks & so did not vote for her.
4. It has something to do with aliens.
5. Ola and Spoony are not well-known enough to the voting public to get enough votes; Ola is a new dancer and has a lower fan-base than Anton or Brendan for example.
6. People felt that Ola and Spoony were 'safe' and did not vote for them.
7. Sympathy votes for the 'bad' performances of Jan and Georgina considerably boosted their total score. This will have been based on their showing during itt this week. (The public votes for the underdog.)
8. The judges comments on the night were sufficiently mean enough to some couples to cause the voting public to phone in large numbers in between the two Saturday shows. Thus, if the judges were nice, then Georgina would not have received as many votes.
9. Some informed viewers thought that no couple was to be evicted this week with the exit of Jimmy and those 'floating voters' did not pick up the phone for their favourite couples thinking it was a waste of time.
I think that's covered them all - unless you know different
PS I saw Elvis this morning and he says hello.
[PPS I made one of the above theories up
]
I thought I'd list all of the theories I've so far come across and to ask if anybody can add any more.
[In no particular order]
1. It was a deliberate fix by the BBC to somehow make the public spend more money next week and future weeks to keep in their favourites to stop this from happening again; ie Ola and Spoony weren't actually last.
2. It was because Spoony is black that he had less people voting for him.
3. The voting public are largely female and were jealous of Ola's good looks & so did not vote for her.
4. It has something to do with aliens.
5. Ola and Spoony are not well-known enough to the voting public to get enough votes; Ola is a new dancer and has a lower fan-base than Anton or Brendan for example.
6. People felt that Ola and Spoony were 'safe' and did not vote for them.
7. Sympathy votes for the 'bad' performances of Jan and Georgina considerably boosted their total score. This will have been based on their showing during itt this week. (The public votes for the underdog.)
8. The judges comments on the night were sufficiently mean enough to some couples to cause the voting public to phone in large numbers in between the two Saturday shows. Thus, if the judges were nice, then Georgina would not have received as many votes.
9. Some informed viewers thought that no couple was to be evicted this week with the exit of Jimmy and those 'floating voters' did not pick up the phone for their favourite couples thinking it was a waste of time.
I think that's covered them all - unless you know different
PS I saw Elvis this morning and he says hello.
[PPS I made one of the above theories up
]
Have to confess to 9 (silly me) though I think in general, it was a case of 6. What a shame. Teaches us all a lesson though. In the words of Len – "Don't moan, pick up the phone!" c.SCD3
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