The evening commenced with four contestants in the semi finals, Grace Adams-Short of Big Brother fame, glamour model Emma B, heartthrob Kenzie and handy Andy Kane. One more week and then the final, with ten weeks behind us.
First up, performing advanced tricks on the Corde Lisse was Grace, thrilling the crowds with her daring death defying, five metre drop at ten miles an hour, with her usual graceful manoeuvres. Each week Grace pulls off new and more daring feats than ever before. Although flawless, Anne managed to find a minor hand movement to knock off a point. Her points from Philip 10, Anne 9 and Louis 9 gave her a good start to the evening. She deserved tens across the board.28
Kenzie walked the 20 ft high wire, thinner than a five pence coin, blindfolded and keeping his balance with a long bar. He pulled it off with great form. The judges were impressed and rewarded him with nines across the board. 27
Emma B followed with the high wire, blindfolded and no pole, at her own choice but only managed two steps before falling. Her ever doting judges still gave her an eight from Philip, a nine from Anne whose judging was completely out the whole night and seven from Louis. This was a ridiculous score for the only person who failed to perform her discipline. Two steps, indeed! 24
Andy Kane was the bookies outsider and many wondered what he was doing in the semi finals. His discipline was the rola rola. He pulled off one manoeuvre but fell as he tried to stand up in the second trick. The commentator felt he had not held the first trick long enough and failed the second but the judges thought he deserved a 7 from Philip a ridiculous ten from Anne (does she have a clue on how to judge?) Louis a nine with lots of laughter with Anne. Do these judges have any idea of what they are doing to the hard working contestants who pulled off their manoeuvres and received lower scores. It might be a joke to Anne and Louis but not to the other contestants. 26
To prove my point of the ridiculous point distribution…Grace performed a death defying trick faultlessly and received nines from Louis and Anne who also gave Andy a ten and nine for a badly executed manoeuvre (2nd one not succeeded in) Emma received an eight, seven and nine for a failed manoeuvre with only two steps on the high wire.
Grace, blindfolded on the high wire, did a faultless crossing to receive two tens but Louis gave her a nine because she had the bar for balance, which was part of the trick. How unfair is that when every point counts
Kenzie on the Corde lisse performed, elegantly and daringly, multiple smooth manoeuvres. A great strong dramatic performance. 8 from Philip, 8 from Anne and 9 from Louis. 25
Emma B, in spite of obvious flaws in her manoeuvres on the cloud swing received tens across the board???? Some of her tricks were impressive.
Andy’s completed high wire, blindfolded walk with the bar earned 24 points that is eights across the board.
Something should really be done about Anne’s erratic judging and favouritism.
The final scores were Grace leading with 57 Emma B with an undeserved 54 Kenzie with 52 and Andy with 50. The public votes put Andy and Kenzie at the bottom with Emma B choosing Andy to go home. (Why is a competitor voting another competitor out and so close to the end?)
Two weeks to go with Grace, Emma and Kenzie competing against each other next week.
This article was written by Evelyn Lewis an Unreality Tv contributor. Thanks Evelyn!
