Originally Posted by RichmondBlue:
“A couple of points.
Firstly, in X-Factor this year there was a sing-off between two talented singers. One of them had been in the bottom two twice ( like Lisa ) and Simon said that he could not possibly save her again. Another point with that comparison, the X-Factor contestants are allowed to select their own song for the sing-off..thus making the judges view a different performance entirely.
Secondly, your analogy with the Premiership. That is decided on a level playing field, and hopefully the best team ends up with the title ( as long as its not Man U
)..in the head to head dance-off on SCD they are performing different dances with different degrees of difficulty. In that respect its more like the FA Cup..Lisa drew a mid table Championship side ( the waltz ) and Austin had to play another Premiership side ( the salsa )”
“A couple of points.
Firstly, in X-Factor this year there was a sing-off between two talented singers. One of them had been in the bottom two twice ( like Lisa ) and Simon said that he could not possibly save her again. Another point with that comparison, the X-Factor contestants are allowed to select their own song for the sing-off..thus making the judges view a different performance entirely.
Secondly, your analogy with the Premiership. That is decided on a level playing field, and hopefully the best team ends up with the title ( as long as its not Man U
)..in the head to head dance-off on SCD they are performing different dances with different degrees of difficulty. In that respect its more like the FA Cup..Lisa drew a mid table Championship side ( the waltz ) and Austin had to play another Premiership side ( the salsa )”
Agree those but the main point was that you need to win the matches to proceed whoever turns up.
X factor has more lattitude the other way because Simon can send home whoever he wants for whatever reason he wants - he doesn't have the problem of having just given marks to the same songs and looking silly reversing himself. He just says Eoghan is the best thing since Donny and sends anyone else home. Simon also has a different motive - at the extreme the SCD judges want the best dancers in the final however popular they are - Simon doesn't want people who are not popular as he needs people to buy albums. Len has no financial interest in his finalists being popular just in getting a final thats good enough.
The problem of diferent dances is difficult but it also works various ways at various stages - the average salsa may get more public votes early on for excitement than the average waltz but the judges might go the other way when you are in the dance off later on. Thats why the AT for everyone now is a good idea. Can't see them going for everyone doing all the same dances though even if its fairer. Don't think they could possibly fix the order dances are danced in advance to get some people through either- you couldn't predict early on who would do what well and its clear from Rachel that they got what dances she would do well and not so well around the wrong way.
I have no idea who is going on Saturday. They all have a good case to stay. Tom and Lisa could easily turn in great or average dances. Rachel could falter or fly. Lisa and Rachel could both credibly outdance each other or Tom in a dance off with teh right dance . I think Rachel's better (and has the marks to prove it) but she's often treated as if she is training miles away in Iceland by ITT and the other contestants and the praise for Lisa over the last few weeks has closed (papered over?) the margin between them. That dance off could be as controversial as Tom being in it and going if the margin who goes isn't clear. Could be anyone going and, because the dancing may be tight, a lot of people are going to be unhappy.
