Originally Posted by jill1812:
“He's also inconsistent. people seem to think because he marks lower and doesn't give out many tens that he marks fair, but if you look at last series he marked Alesha's jive, foxtrot, salsa, waltz, cha-cha, tango, samba, viennese waltz, paso, quickstep, AT, and her final cha-cha and jive. How could they all be of the same standard.”
“He's also inconsistent. people seem to think because he marks lower and doesn't give out many tens that he marks fair, but if you look at last series he marked Alesha's jive, foxtrot, salsa, waltz, cha-cha, tango, samba, viennese waltz, paso, quickstep, AT, and her final cha-cha and jive. How could they all be of the same standard.”
The way I look at it, it's a sliding scale. A '9' in week 3 is not exactly the same as a '9' in week 10. Every week, the standards get slightly higher, so if you score a '9' every week, you're actually steadily improving. You may not agree, but that's how I see it.
I'm also far more inclined to agree with a '10' from Craig than any other judge, because he uses it sparingly, which is how a 'perfect' score should be used.
The worst judge is Len, by far: overmarking all the time, stupid "jokes" and trying to be Mr Popular by shouting down the other judges. Saturday, for example, all the judges criticised Christine's cha cha, but each gave a positive too. Len then did his silly knickers 'joke', Craig said sarcastically what great advice it was, and then had to suffer an angry tirade from Len.
