Originally Posted by fatskia:
“I dont always agree with his scores, but he is the only one who uses the scores properly. You have got one to ten, so why not use them
Trying to seperate 12 contestants only using the 6 to 9's is a bit stupid.
Unfortunately anything below 5 is taken as an insult. The judges have themselves to blame for that. If they had started off using the scores correctly, there would be an understanding that they were just ranking the dancers.
The alternative is for them to wait until all the dances have finished, then rank the dancers and add all the rankings for each dancer together. That way there is less chance of dancers feeling insulted.”
I agree entirely. Craig is the only judge who attempts to mark consistently from the beginning of the series.
Arlene has obvious favourites who can seem to do no wrong..usually male. Len and Bruno start throwing around scores of 8 and 9 far too early. This is ok if you accept that each week is marked differently, according to the progress made each week rather than the merit of the dance.
As a viewer, I want an expert opinion of a particular dance as it would stand against previous and future dances, very few dances would merit more than a 5 or 6 in the early weeks given that criteria. Len seems to start with a 5 for getting down the stairs, then adds a point or two for not falling flat on their face during the dance.