Originally Posted by mr.bojangles:
“As I said in my post, Darren wasn't the best dancer and I don't think he should have won, however I was trying to show in response to an earlier post, that you just don't know how someone will perform from the outset, and that therefore the Peters of this world shouldnt' be excluded just from preconceptions.
I'm really am sorry if my suggestion was condescending. I don't just mean they are there to point and laugh. There are dancers who while not brilliant, are also not awful. I enjoy wathcing them - that is the entertainment I meant - but not enough to vote for them. Besides which these celebs are putting themselves in the spotlight. I also don't think knowing they won't win discourages the celebs from putting in the effort. Jan for instance knew she wasn't a winner but put in so many hours. Many do it for the personal sense of achievement. They put in effort to improve themselves even if they know they won't win. FInally, I think it is unfortunate that the system means someone has to leave after only one or two dances, but that is simply the nature of competition.”
Cool
But then we get to the tricksy subject of
how you decide who is the best?
Is it the person at the top of the leader board? - from what I've seen on here, then not always!
Is the couple who should go out the ones at the bottom of the leader board? - again from what I've seen on here, not always!
While you are giving a large number of people a choice, then there is always going to be a difference of opinion. You can do your best to be as objective about it as you like - but dancing is very subjective, and even experts and people who judge sometimes can't decide amongst themselves, that with the best will in the world personal feelings are going to influence the decision.
Coupled with that, the BBC don't actually want a mass agreement - they work the personalities and other angles deliberately to make sure the votes are spread out over the couples. What would be the point in urging people to vote for your 'favourite' if everybodies favourite was the same!?