[Livia]

Originally Posted by Merry Mockmas

John and AJ were both better dancers than Rose in that year imo, their routines were less repetitive I thought personally.

And I do believe that Rose got extra votes due to sympathy, in fairness to Rose and the other disabled contestants, they aren't the only ones on Strictly to ever get a sympathy vote (Hamza had it in his year) and according to one poll that I've seen tonight, it looks like Balvinder might be getting a sympathy vote.

Bill Bailey tbf was another one too who kind of got patronized by some of the public and definitely by the judges in hindsight.

I'm just hypersensitive to that sort of stuff.

People like different people for different reasons. It was hard to separate some of the dancers, but to say people only voted for Rose out of sympathy is wrong. I voted for Rose because she, for me, was the better dancer. No sympathy involved.

People aren't looking for perfection. People want to see someone who starts from scratch and improves every week. Otherwise Amber or Lewis would win this year... But I guarantee that won't happen.