new season of Strictly Come Dancing!

[purves grundy]

Yeah:

All three couples in BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing semi-final have gone through to the final after two hopefuls tied after the judges' scoring.

As a result, presenter Lisa Snowdon and singer Rachel Stevens were both given the maximum points available.

But that meant the audience vote could not save actor Tom Chambers from the dance-off and it was decided to put all three couples through.

Viewers were assured their votes would be included in next Saturday's final.

A BBC spokeswoman said: "We made a decision that the fairest option to all of our dancers was that all the votes cast will stand and be carried through to next week's final, where all three couples will compete for the Strictly Come Dancing title."

Are you happy with the way the vote went in this round of Strictly Come Dancing? Do you think there was a better way? Will you be voting next week? Tell us your thoughts by filling in the form below.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

This all stems from the twattish way they award 3 points each for a tie, instead of the mathematically correct 2.5.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

cripes bendy stunt-lifting gusset people

They were a bit scary.

Just watching it now - though now what happens courtesy of someone on the train's NOTW! - and I didn't like that show dance.

The acrobatics were amazing but I didn't think it was dancing, it was lifting and throwing and preening and strange faces.

Not for me. Plus, yeah, they did look quite scary!

 

[Me76]

Reading news of the world (briefly because it was the front page news and someone else had it down the pub) Perthperson is right.

Basically, no one in the BBC had done the maths and so they realised the vote was rubbish.

Hhhhmmm is all I have to say. Although I am glad Tom is still in. Rachel is so going to win - although I really hope Lisa does.

They are the two better dancers, and I just really don;t like Rachel, or Vincent.

 

[secretsquirrel]

Bloody hell! First week I *actually* vote for someone (Lisa) and they cock the voting up!

Could live with either Lisa or Tom winning but don't want Rachel and her cold, dead eyes of a shark to win

(Vincent = Mr Tumnus the Fawn!)

 

[danny la rouge]

Bloody hell! First week I *actually* vote for someone (Lisa) and they cock the voting up!

Good. I hope that happens every time someone votes for Lisa.

 

[secretsquirrel]

Frankly, I'm not mad about any of them this year - there's no Alesha equivalent I've heard Rachel compared in the same breath but that's quite clearly sacrilege.

Lisa gets my vote only for the shallow reason is she's a tall bird like me and so I have a *tiny* bit of empathy!

 

[danny la rouge]

Frankly, I'm not mad about any of them this year - there's no Alesha equivalent I've heard Rachel compared in the same breath but that's quite clearly sacrilege.

Well, quite. I don't warm to any of them, to be honest. But I do quite like Camilla Dawawawah.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Frankly, I'm not mad about any of them this year - there's no Alesha equivalent I've heard Rachel compared in the same breath but that's quite clearly sacrilege.

Lisa gets my vote only for the shallow reason is she's a tall bird like me and so I have a *tiny* bit of empathy!

Rachel for me but that is only 'cos I lurve pointy eared Vincent

 

[King Biscuit Time]

There's a brilliant blog comment about SCD here

 

[Maggot]

The BBC are now offering refunds to voters who feel they were conned.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7784592.stm

 

[zoooo]

They're such pussies. Ooh, have your votes been moved to the same show a week later? Have your money back... Ooh has Jonathan Ross offended you? We'll get rid of him.

Grow a backbone!

 

[trashpony]

Oh no - poor Tom

 

[ethel]

i know! it's interesting to know that he had the highest public vote last week though.

 

[ethel]

tom and camilla have to come first with the public to stay in! eek!

 

[danny la rouge]

tom and camilla have to come first with the public to stay in! eek!

It's another cock up.

3
3
1

The available votes are 3, 2, 1. So Tom can only get a max of 4. Whereas the lowest either of the other two could get is 4.

Suppose one of the couples with a 3 gets a 1 from the public, that'd be a draw for last place. No dance off, so who goes?

 

[ethel]

they said at the start that in the event of a draw, the couple with the highest public vote would go through.

 

[themonkeyman]

Lisa, is gonna walk this

 

[ethel]

smug smug smug

 

[danny la rouge]

they said at the start that in the event of a draw, the couple with the highest public vote would go through.

And so how do they decide which other couple goes through if there's a draw for bottom place?

 

[ethel]

And so how do they decide which other couple goes through if there's a draw for bottom place?

the public vote. i'm confused now

 

[danny la rouge]

the public vote. i'm confused now

So, they'll have a second public vote?

There's 2 couples in the next stage. The best Tom can do is draw with the bottom of the other 2 couples. So how do they decide which goes through: Tom & Camilla or the other couple?

 

[danny la rouge]

Tom went through. OK, someone will have to explain that to me.

 

[Sweaty Betty]

ITS A FUCKING FIXXXXXXX---bloody LIsa should be in final!!!

 

[Looby]

ITS A FUCKING FIXXXXXXX---bloody LIsa should be in final!!!

No she bloody shouldn't, I'm glad she isn't. Not so smug now are they?

 

[Sweaty Betty]

No she bloody shouldn't, I'm glad she isn't. Not so smug now are they?

I just hope tom wins now

 

[Ms T]

Tom went through. OK, someone will have to explain that to me.

He got the most public votes.

 

[Ms T]

Tom and Camilla's show dance was FAB-U-LOUS. They've gotta win, surely?

 

[Looby]

Tom and Camilla's show dance was FAB-U-LOUS. They've gotta win, surely?

I think so, that last dance was amazing. I've really liked Camilla this series.

 

[ruffneck23]

fix , he should never have even been in the final this series has been a farce , i would have prefered John Sargeant to win