PMSL!!

What I don't get is why Jason has waited until now to say that he thinks Chris has an unfair advantage??? Frankie, Jayne, Chris and other professionals have stated that Chris having done Ice hockey previously may have helped him with balance and confidence on the ice, but it wouldn't help with his actual ice dancing.

Both Suzanne and Zaraah have had dance training so they have an advantage with that aspect. If you think about it the overall performance is about a) skating b) dancing and c) presentation

So imo they all have different past experiences which will help them, but Chris is made a big issue of all the time. At least he has come onto the show and admitted it from the word go - he seems to have worked hard and has consistently pushed himself each week. Imo he's not just taken the easy route, he's tried new things each week. But he's also improved with performance and dancing over the weeks.

If Jason thought it was an unfair advantage he should have said something earlier, not the week of the final! They've all worked hard and it's down to the public now. We can make our own minds up and don't need pointless comments making just to get a reaction.

Yes I agree - but with Gareth gone now, they know that Chris will walk it - Suzanne's fan base is larger than Zaraah's but I think Chris' is larger than the two combined! I think only Gareth was a threat to Chris with the public vote.

People will vote for their favourite irrespective of how they perform on the night - though I am expecting something spectacular from Chris & Frankie just to prove all the knockers wrong and that he can actually PERFORM and show us that (so boring), so called MISSING connection.

Let's hope all three of them have a good night and perform to the best of their abilities, no mistakes or falls and they enjoy the experience.

also suzanne has trained as a dancer too so i would say she has an advantage too.i hope chris wins too

Yeah that would be the best final

I also hope they all perform to the best of their ability and have a great night

Good luck to all of them!!! And may the best win

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at least Nicky knows what hes talking about

unlike Jason

Jason's comments in the News of The World today (about all the finalists) is a disgrace - lets hope they all perform to the highest standard and force him to dish out some 6's - and then let the public have there say - good luck to all 3.

But he doesn't, is Suzanne a trained gymnast?

Shall we start a petition to get rid of Jason-he's irrelevant, and personal. That's not judging. That is bitching

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ITV won't be interested.

I've complained twice a few weeks apart to ITV about him, and have received replies saying it's a matter of individual opinion whether he's offensive or not.

I've also had two of my posts rejected from the ITV DOI forum because the posts were considered offensive - one was just a quote from a newspaper and not my words, so they just obviously don't want to hear.

I get the impression he's encouraged to be nasty by the producers, and that's why they won't listen to criticism of his bitchy, personal comments.

Presumably they think this is the only way to keep interest in the programme, when the reverse it actually true.

I won't allow him on my TV screen any more - I'll stick to 'Lark Rise to Candleford', which is real quality.

Even sillier he criticised Suzanne for talking about injuries (though its not her making the VTs ) and praised Zaraah for not doing it. So what happens tonight - Zaraah's first VT is all about injuries. He then talks about Chris having no connection with his partner only to comment on the show that the connection is there.

As a commentator he is a pretty good example of when its better to say nothing.

looks like he got what he wanted in the end

I noticed during Zaraah's best bits that one week - I think it was week 7 - she was wearing yellow - she didn't perform well and ended up 2nd from bottom on the leader board. Jason was very gentle with her - said something like, "It just wasn't your week, my darling."

Now I wouldn't have wanted him to upset her - but contrast this with the way he spoke to Aggie, Steve and Greg. Even his criticisms of Suzanne on occasion were more harsh. She was very graceful and this is what appealed to him - but imo Zaraah was clearly his favourite.

Chris' performance was not strong on the night and the best person won in the end. However, I do think the public was manipulated into voting as they did by way of the pre-performance commentaries for both Suzanne and Chris. In the case of Suzanne, much sob stories were made of how she was bravely soldiering on despite injury etc. while in Chris' case they delighted in telling you how he wasn't coping with the flying harness.

Actually I think the majority of the public voted on the quality of the skating on the night.

I think that too. But in these shows it doesn't bother me unless they won't mark their favourite down when they do badly. When Zarrah did badly Jason did mark her down.

I thought Suzanne was Karen's favourite, but again Karen marked her down when she didn't do as well.

Yes, I agree

No they were brainwashed by ITV & NOTW.

Now if only David Cameron could learn from this..............

Perhaps the word "advantage" is ambiguous or confusing, because it can seem that skating experience didn't give Greg much of an advantage, because when everything's added up, he didn't come out ahead.

But think of ... a boat race. If someone's given a head start, isn't that an (unfair) advantage, even if their boat turns out not to be as good as some of the others, and they aren't as good at sailing, and so they lose the race?

I think Greg was helped a lot by his skating experience. Just think of how much trouble the ones without such experience had with the required jump -- not only with the jump itself but also with nervousness about having to do it. Some of the performances were unusually shaky that week, and none of them put jumps into their other routines.

I also think Greg wouldn't have lasted as long as he did (or been as entertaining!) if his skating ability had been much less.

Yes he did mark her down that week - but not enough attention was paid to her lack of icecraft.

I think Zaraah was quite vulnerable - and to be harsh would be a bit like kicking a puppy - but if someone, anyone had suggested that because her artistry was almost flawless, she could afford to concentrate more on her icecraft technique we might have seen a different Zaraah.

I really don't blame Zaraah - I blame those who didn't push her hard enough to deliver a routine that was balanced with artistry and technique.

I agree, and I think something similar happened with Chris. His skating was so strong that he could have afforded to concentrate more on his interaction with his partner (than he did).

I think Matt and Suzanne had the best balance between the different elements, and integrated their skating better with the dance. For example, one thing that plays a big part in routines such as "Music" is simultaneous moves, where they're either doing the same thing in sync (whether in contact with each other or not), or else are doing complementary things; while in Chris's routines, Frankie tends to stand back a bit while Chris does something impressive. (That's something Robin may have had in mind when saying Suzanne and Matt looked like a pair team, because it's a big part of pair (figure) skating.)