Originally Posted by
Sid_1979:
“Len, quite correctly, was pointing out the technical mistakes made by Tom.
The other three judges seem to mark from the waist up despite the fact that we dance with our feet
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Austin was not two points better off than Tom IMO. He made technical mistakes as well, and I didn't enjoy his performance as much. I'd rate them equal tonight TBF. I think Len was more critical of Tom because he couldn't put in more training over the week, than the others because of the aforementioned wedding. If he'd put in a standard week, Len would've been happier.
BTW, I think both Austin and Tom are great - I'm not trying to pit them against each other. Maybe Austin was slightly overmarked rather than Tom undermarked for me. I just thought their performances were very similar.