8/10 Craig
Gets my vote as most improved. He has always marked fairly on what he sees but in the past has made personal comments and been overly negative in feedback. This series he has been so much more professional giving a much more balanced feedback and is actually smiling with it.
Well Done!

6/10
Bruno trys hard and is enthusiastic. However he overmarks and can cause controversy with his 10's for illegal lifts. His verbal feedback can sometimes be to saccharine and is too often biased towards his favourites.

2/10

Arlene sometimes gives useful feedback but her atrocious alliteration and rash of ill advised personal remarks leaves me cold. Needs to develop a professional attitude towards the dancers and ditch the awful scripts.

1/10

Len started off so promisingly, in earlier series, as the judge who took the hard edges of the critique for some of the dancers. More recently his marking is totally erratic and he seems to have developed a marking system all of his own. Some dancers are openly marked harder than others. His personal remarks and antagonism to certain dance partnerships is evident. He is a loose cannon with conduct that ill becomes a professional judge. Needs to improve urgently or seek other employment.

8 - Craig - greatly improved as from last night, using humour and eloquence instead of celeb bashing.

7 - Arlene - her fearless pinpointing of technical shortcoming submerged by her addiction to alliteration.

6 - Bruno - colourful emotional responses painting with a broad brush.

5 - Len - excellent attention to celeb heel leads and toe leads, with a recurring blindspot for his responsibility to set an even-handed example as Head Judge, on how to exercise power with restraint and compassion.

Craig - 8. Generally constructive, marks about right, sometimes too negative but some dancers have little positive to say about their performances. He is consistent however and does not throw away 10s like candy.

Arlene - 6. Can be good with her comments but Arlene's alliteration is antagonistic and astoundingly annoying and after that she sometimes goes below the belt. Generally fairly good points scoring, sometimes given too high for "effort" though.

Bruno - 4. Rarely says anything noteworthy, overmarks generally, and tends not to add much difference to the forefray

Len - 2. Marks contestants to different criteria, totally inconsistent, points don't match comments, sometime overly negative/positive and not realistic

Craig - 9 Generally right on the money, gives realistic scores for comparatively poor dances

Arlene - 7 Can be too gushy over her favourites and far too fond of the cheap soundbite. Does make good technical points

Bruno - 6 Not remotely bothered about technical side, but very funny when he goes off on one

Len - 5 appears to be on drugs this series. How can you have only two points between Kate/Kenny and Alesha/Matt?

Completely Agree.

Craig - 9 - Pretty realistic, and scores consistently. Would be 10 if he weren't a touch overly-harsh from time to time.

Arlene - 7 - She's allright if you ignore the alliteration and slightly dubious comments.

Len - 3 - Marks too highly, but does, usually help those who aren't so brilliant feel better about themselves.

Bruno - 0 - Don't see much of a point in him.

Craig 10/10 tells it how it is.

Len 8/10 a little two free with his marking

Arlene 7/10 a bit silly and caustic at times

Bruno 2/10 too excitable and OTT.

Craig - 9 - usually consistent and often fair; he is sometimes a bit harsh or over-generous with marks, but he is the only judge I respect at the moment (still hasn't given out a 10 during SCD 2007).

Arlene - 7 - apart from her usually consistent marking (somewhere inbetween Craig and the others), she is a pain in the arse (need to stop being rude and drop the pre-fabricated comments).

Bruno - 5 - often over-generous with marks, but is often entertaining. He's alright, if a bit irrelevant.

Len - 3 - has completely lost it this series. I can't stand him. Twit.

Craig 9/10 Honest

Arlene 7/10 Silly sometimes, but gives good advice

Bruno 6/10 Means well but a bit OTT

Len 2/10 Arrogant ar*e - old fashioned, can be rude & thinks he's the only one who's fit to judge......he should retire

Agree Captain

Craig 8 - he has improved this series, he seems to be getting it right mostly and he is the least aggressive and rude of the four, mostly constructive in his criticisms.

Arlene 5 - She is irritating with her lust after the young male celebs, makes you want to puke.
She talks too much as well and waves her hands about.

Bruno - 2 He is not a lot of use, always makes a big show of saying nothing and nearly always marks the same as Len obviously cant think for himself

Len 1 - Cant stand the way he always argues and shouts down the others when they are giving their opinion, thinks he is always right and has obvious favourites. He is trying to promote himself instead of judging fairly. Thik he has reached the end of the road.

Craig 9

Arlene 6

Bruno 3

Len 2

I'm pretty much right there with you captian!

The position on the leader board so far would appear to be :

1st Craig 4 points

2nd Arlene 3 points

3rd Bruno 2 points

4th Len 1 point


I must say very impressed with FM's judging so far!

Bruno - 6

Len - 7 (his fave number)

Arlene - 4

Craig - 10

1st - 9 - Craig - much less personal and actually helpful with the critisism.

2nd - 7 - Bruno - enthusiastic but doesn't get personal with what he says.

3rd - 4 - Len - has bad weeks and good weeks; has become much worse this series though.

4th - 2 - Arlene - seems like Dance X has gone to her head and she now wants to be bigger than the show. Stupid alliterations which achieve nothing and always fall apart. Also often too personal.

Craig - 9
Tell it like it is. if you actuallylisten to him he has valid points and yes the fact that he is actually smilling is amazing however sometimes a little bit of constructve criticism wouldn't go amiss.

Arlene - 2
Uses catty comments, is often sarcastic and pulls annoying faces especially if she disagrees with a judge. Is too occupied with the male species to be unbiased sometimes. her request for perfection from an unproffessional is laughable.

Len - 8
Often fair, makes contestants feel at ease and is kind to them if they are not doing so well. Can sometimes be moody but is generally light hearted and good entertainment when arguing with the judges.

Bruno - 5
When he is over excited he is pure comedy but overall like Arlene he is biased and uses so many different phrases with such so little useful content that makes me want to turn the volume down.

Craig: 8
Arlene: 6
Bruno: 5
Len: 4

Craig = 9/10 - Craig IMO gives an honest critique of what he sees, he is professional and even makes notes during the performances; the only judge to. I also think its great that he has more padels than 6,7,8,9,10. He isn't afriad to say what he thinks. He's wonderful Darling!

Arlene - 7/10 - Her alliteration and comparisons are quite annoying, however like Craig she isn't afriad to use the lower voting padels. She is usually honest and can give quite helpful criticisms.

Len - 7/10 - Overly generous in alot of his voting, however can see the point of view of the celebrity and its good that he can always find something to commend the celebs on even if the performance etc was a bit poor.

Bruno - 5/10 - Over the top, quite bias at times and IMO isnt really that professional, although its good he goes from the heart sometimes; he should at least follow the rules of the competition and judge fairly.

Craig 10 - Genuine and direct

Arlene 7 - Direct though not always totally objective

Bruno 6 - Emotional but not always fair

Len 5 - I like Len and he does try to encourage the contestants but he's not always objective and can be unnecessarily boorish, as we saw with Kelly for example.

Totals and positions thus far ( if my maths is correct !)


1st Craig by a country mile with 167 points

2nd Arlene with 110 points

3rd Bruno very close on her heels with 100

4th Len trailing with 78 points.

Keep the votes coming

Craig 7 points
Arlene 5 points
Len 4 points
Bruno 1 point

Craig 9/10
Arlene 8/10
Len 6/10
Bruno 7/10

I agree with Malik24

Craig - 8 - the only one who talks any sense whatsoever and his scores represent what he has just said

Arlene - 6 - far to eager to get her cliche remarks across, far too gushy when she fancies a male celeb

Bruno - 5 - is seriously on something tho not sure what, lets his heart rule his voting

Len - 5 - something is wrong with Mr Goodman, he has completely lost the plot, over compensates with his scores when his fellows judges score correctly and can be rude