Well the judges have ensured that there's nowhere to go now - marks of 80 and 79 in the final. Anything else is going to be anti-climax isnt it?

....so expect the judges to be able to award up to 12 next series!!!

No...it remains great entertainment.

This is the most interesting finale since 2005.

It needs a serious review. This is the most blatantly rigged final we've seen in Strictly and is an absolute disgrace.

Certainly they seem to be dishing out 10s too easily...but if there is a death knell, then to me, it's the blatant preconceptions of the judges - both for and against. They seem to have those they like and those they don't and no matter how good or poor the dance is the contestant is marked according to those preconceptions....to me there is no integrity to the marking and it i ruining a great show. New judges please....these one think the ARE the show

I don't think it is that bad, but if questionable marking isn't addressed (questionable as in a 5 point difference between Tom & Camilla and the others in the ballroom round; the 39 > 38 > 40 scoring in the Latin round doesn't seem to be spectacularly iffy to me... any controversy will focus on the placings instead of the marks [i.e. Lisa being placed ahead of Rachel]).

I just wish the judges would have the humility (sod the time involved; they are paid enough) to keep looking back at their marking during the last five years with the aim of trying to be more consistent and objective or 'cool' instead of assuming that they are infallible. Are professional judges this impulsive?

I aim to be consistent in marking but can quickly realise when I get it wrong or find myself re-arranging couples because I marked myself into to a place where I had no room to manoeuvre; the point of such an admission being a determination to get it right or more accurate/fair next time.

The fact that Len has shown no remorse or anything else resembling a 'maybe I got that wrong?' moment about his 10 for Lisa's AT really irks me; it's baffling at best and just plain lazy & arrogant at worst.

Edit: Tom has won; it's not a certainty of course, but it would be very brave individual that bets their house on Rachel winning now. With the votes being put back to zero, Tom's lead is gone, but he will probably get it back again unless Rachel's fans are spurred into a voting rush because they know that Tom's advantage has been removed.

I think the days of the judges marks being added with the public are over.
Its going to be on the X factor lines.
Judges allowed to make comments and then the bottom two being then saved by the judges.

it's now the end when it just ends up a popularity contest

Like Celebrity Big Brother, I think it could do with a year off.

They made huge mistakes this year. John Sargent, The Semi-final. The over marking. And overall, I think the standard of dancing has been a little lower.

It feels a little tired, tainted and jaded.

IF they can come back with an amazing show next year - get rid of the dance off, change a judge or two, have fewer couples (12 is probably optimum) and have less 'cannon fodder', then go a head.

Otherwise, take a year off. Let people moan at it's absence. Regroup and look at what is GOOD in SCD, and what is bad. The give us something utterly amazing in 2010.