I gave Ellie T my votes out of sympathy and I'm glad I did. Obviously, I didn't want Ellie S in the dance off and it's not fair at all but neither was giving Ellie T a 3 for a dance that wasn't bad but just didn't do much for him from Craig. Shirley's 5 wasn't particularly fair either, IMO.
We all vote for who we like or who we want to save/see again. I very often don't vote for Hamza, even though he's my favourite because he's safe and there will be (an)other dancer(s) that I don't want to leave. I like Ellie T, I think she has better dances to come. I might be wrong. If I am I won't vote for her and I'll vote for someone else. You can't blame voters for voting for who they like or feel sorry for. I mean Tony getting away with being shit is annoying but there are people willing to vote for him until they're not.