Re Tilly, I have bashed her in the past. I don't like her father - he may be a very nice man but his TV persona does my nut in - and I felt that she was just another not really famous person from off of the socials but this time one who wouldn't even be a not really famous person on the socials if it wasn't for her dad who seems to appear in the audience or by video every week. I was not a fan. Unreasonable? Absolutely but then again all of our dislikes are unreasonable.
Anyway! Over recent weeks I've not been so stubborn that I've refused to see that she's been improving. Still not my favourite dancer, definitely not one of the better dancers, but she has improved and hats off to her for that. I wouldn't vote for her but I'd hate to see her knocked out before someone who isn't very good - ahem, Dan, ahem - because she is better than that. This week though? I get that the dance was done well, I knew it was supposed to be stompy while watching it and yet it did very little for me. I expected it to get decent marks but 40?! That's why people are a bit "WTAF!". It's not Tilly bashing, it's a what the fuck were the judges thinking clusterfuck of confusion.
N.b. Dan. I stand by my opinion that he is now the least good (as of before we find out who's left this evening) dancer in the competition. Some might argue that Tom or Rhys or even Tilly are worse than him. They aren't. They all have more talent. He has worked hard, he has improved but there is only so far he can go and his Charleston proved that. It was perfectly fine, perfectly too slow, perfectly vanilla without an ounce of feeling or unbridled joy. I want him to go not because I "hate" him or think he's a horrid person, but because he's been the least good dancer for quite some time now and the longer he stays in the more people who are better than him will go. I want him to be in the dance-off this week but I won't be at all surprised if he isn't because he is clearly pulling in the votes.