[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Santa's NaughtiNess

Yes. It's a mix of public vote and judges votes.
But Tasha isn't the only one with dance experience there. I don't know why she's been singled out.

I'm going to guess it's four different reasons that's not helping Tasha's vote.

1. Coming from Love Island, a lot of the Strictly audience doesn't view people that come from that Show as a Celebrity.

2. Tasha in fairness doesn't really display much of an outgoing personality, she seems pleasant enough imo, but the public want more than pleasant when voting for someone to win.

3. Dance experience and the judges responding in kind with high scores most weeks, has made the public at large probably feel disconnected from her journey, which I know isn't Tasha's fault tbf, but the public in this country love a good underdog story, or the perception of it anyway.

4. Despite not being the only woman to have this trait this series imo, she's clearly a very pretty woman, which we all know can cause some jealousy on Reality TV Shows in some circles.

I will always remember that DS thread about how "Tasha is always the best dressed" which sounded like classic jealousy to me that their favourite wasn't perceived as both attractive and a great dancer, if you read through the lines.

And when you factor in my other three points above, it's niche within a niche unfortunately for Tasha.

That's my perception of why I think that her vote has been so poor throughout the series.