People can spend their hard earned cash voting for whatever reason they see fit.

It is a competition for me, and I've every right to see it that way.

Crap dancers can be entertaing, but when the remaining not-John celebs in this year's show are all decent dancers with the potential to get better if they have more time on the show, it ceases to become a 'larf.

Point tho..........its the public keeping John in and the public putting the others out...all in the public's hands.

I thought it was called Strictly come DANCING

It is, and John danced along with the rest of them tonight.

It's not just 'the public' meaning everyone but a certain section voting for John, the same as there are lots of 'the public' voting for the other celebs.

It is a vote determined by perhaps two million members of GBP, not 500 forum vigilantes.

Tony Blaire did not win a competition, he won an election.

The vote for the worst mentality goes against all the plans and hopes of the producers. However, it does make the show unpredictable and therefore more interesting.

Those of us who supported Rachel as winner of BB9 were delighted that those who the producers deemed 'entertaining', were evicted week after week.

That certain section........is the public......

I missed him, who was he dancing with.

Cherie of course. Didn't you know?

The popular guy will be leading the public vote.

Well, logically, he would have to be!

the Judges comments have been highly respected on the DS Big Brother forums . So kindly do the same on here.

So Call it Strictly Come Popularity then. If the dancing isn't important then why do they try. They might as well do a John because I find him an arrogant sxd who cannot dance and has the personatlity of a wet fish. Oh the GBP are sticking one up the judges well give me a break. Let's just get Ricky Gervais on to take the pxss out of dancing and let him win because he is a funny man. I happen to think at this stage dancing should be a pre requisite and voting for uncle knobhead has now become a joke too far.

You can do that?? I would love to know which sports channels show ballroom/latin dancing.

Just shows how out of touch with the general public some people on here really are!

I agree lets have the vote before the dance, in fact to save time lets scrap the whole dancing bit and just vote for who we like the look of

It is a contest where personalities are asked to train and learn a new dance each week and perform it for the judges and the public.

Its 50/50.

If it were all about the technical elements of dancing then ITT would be pretty boring-that is the personality portion where people make judgements on the characters they see training etc.

To say it is all about popularity however is not on, that is what BB is for.

JS is not at fault, the show is never a level playing field to begin with, however what I do find annoying is the whole idea that his smile and cheeky humour should get him through each week, as it negates all the hard work of the other couples who go all out to improve-something proved by the scoreboard this year-the order is constantly shifting as they try harder and harder.

JS seems lovely, but he has not really made an effort to improve, he just coasts along really and that is something I find a bit insulting.

SCD is clever because they never say the BEST dancer wins, they just say the champ, so it is subjective I guess. They cover their backs!! LOL.

That's what's wrong with both of them; it doesn't mean to say that we have to "accept" it.

Most people have forgotten or are missing the point of the title: 'Come DANCING' (John) and 'Strictly' meaning the judging is unforgiving. What's the point of either when some buffoon can stumble through every week and still win the whole thing?

SCD is clearly a dance competition, rather than, say, a swimming one.

That it's also supposed to be entertaining, and to involve the public with a vote, does not stop it from being a dance competition.

X-Factor

Strictley Come DANCING.

Your right there is no "singing" in X-Factor. Your looking for someone that has that "X-Factor" regardless how rubbish their singing is.

SCD has dancing in the title to give people a clue what it is the celebs are meant to be doing.

Like you, Veri, but let's be honest -- TV co's first included phone votes to boost their own revenue. Now the Beeb have been hoisted by their own petard

The judges view it as a dance competition- to an extent. If it were a real dance competition Craig, Arlene and Bruno would not be on the panel. They'd also not be allowed on ITT to view training footage and comment on it before actually seeing them dance.

I also think the pro's view it as a dance competition too. This part of it has always amused me to a certain degree. In my view it's the celeb that wins it, not the professional. Their dancing isn't being judged. Yet, we always read the same stuff on Anton not having won it. No, whoever his celeb partner is has never won it.

I'd love to see a spin-off show where all the pro partnerships dance (ballroom and latin) and are judged to see who comes out on top. The thing is, as stated above, 3 of the judges wouldn't be able to judge it!

As for the main issue atm, I think John being voted in time and again reflects something in the British make-up. We back losers rather than winners. Talent isn't celebrated in this country, being talentless is. But it does also reflect the British sense of humour and the fact we don't take ourselves too seriously. So it's horses for courses!