How does someone get voted out, who has consistently been one of the two favourite dancers, since the beginning of the series, with both the bookies and the public? What is going on? Louisa Lytton, who the judges classed as been on a par with the professionals has been voted out. Emma Bunton, whose shortcomings on the dance floor are often either overlooked or not marked accordingly, was apparently still finding favour with the judges, scoring higher than the public feels she should (as do I). while the judges’ were nit picking fault finding her toughest competitors, Louisa Lytton and Mark Ramprakash. The public obviously have not agreed with the judges, pulling Emma down from top of the judges’ board, to the bottom, by public vote. Surely the judge’s constant extreme fault finding of Louisa and Mark, which appears to be unfair and unwarranted, must have demoralised and knocked their confidence. In spite of this, Louisa has never failed to deliver the most captivating performances, as has Mark.

The most impressive dancer of the evening was Matt Dawson with his partner Lilia Kopylova in his second dance. He was utterly amazing and received well deserved praise from the judges but unfortunately not the tens he so richly deserved. Not even nines. I have not been a Matt fan in the past but willingly admit that he was phenomenal. The judges now have to get past two remaining outstanding dancers to get their favourite, Emma to win.

Is it a forgone conclusion that Emma is to be the next winner, in spite of the public and bookies’ opinion? Are the public wasting their time and money voting for their favourites?

Do the judges not value their reputations as, obviously, other experts in their field and the public, do not agree with their point distribution, favouritism, critisms of the serious contenders and weak excuses for their behaviour. Will Mark, the remaining favourite with both the public and bookies, be the next contestant to be ousted making way for the judges’ favourite, Emma, to win? None of this does anything for Strictly Come Dancing or Reality shows. Strictly Come Dancing was once one of the fairest of the reality shows and much enjoyed by all. Maybe it is time to replace the present panel of judges to enable it to be a more pleasant show for both viewer and competitor Do judges have training to judge, as knowledge of dancing is not sufficient. Viewers should be able to vote off the judges not fulfilling their positions of trust.

This article was written by Evelyn Lewis. Thanks Evelyn!