danieldwilliam | On the Strictly Final (Reply)

I was a bit meh about the result of the Strictly Final this year.

Back on 15th October I predicted that the finalists would be Ashley, Faye, Joe and Stacey and that Ashley would win. Lo! Those were the finalists but Stacey (and Kevin) won. Regular readers will know that I have a lot of time for Kevin but, for no good reason, not so much time for Stacey. Ashley top scored on the night and across the whole competition scored the most points, 598, out of a total of 647 on offer. Her points % is 92.43. Five 40's. Faye was 590 for 91.19%. Four 40's. Stacey 548 for 84.70% and Joe 529 for 81.76%. Ashley survived three dance offs to reach the final. There's a bit of moral victory for her. But not an actual victory. The public are the final arbiters of Strictly victory and they have plumped for Stacey and I am disappointed. I thought Ashley the best dancer, Faye the most joyful to watch and that Joe had come on the most. I'm not saying that Stacey isn't a good dancer, or a better dancer now than she was but I am a bit flat about the result.

So, meh.

I enjoyed the series. There were some lovely dancers this year. I enjoyed Danny John-Jules, the much under-supported Charles Venn, Ashley and Faye. Some of Katya's choreography was superb (and it's nice to see that her unfortunate snog with Seann has resulted in her husband getting some more prominent roles in the show).

I'll do some more number crunching and some more thinking and I'll have another look at the racism question following Charles Venn's experience in later posts.