On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 07:37, Ron Casalotti <roncasalo...@gmail.com> wrote: > But blame (if that is the case) can also be laid at the feet of the > judges under (assumed) direction from the producers. With 50% of the > score coming from the judges, they consistently have failed to judge > her as harshly as she deserves.
However, the mathematics of combining the two makes the actual numbers the judges give pretty insignificant. Highest score from the judges gets a number of points equal to the number of people competing, second place gets n-1 points, and so on down to 1 point for last place, and the same is done with the viewer votes, then lowest total score leaves with viewer votes breaking any tie. So, it doesn't matter if you're one point behind the next contestant or 100, all that matters is where you are in the order. This also creates a situation where the most popular contestant with viewers cannot be eliminated no matter how horrible their dancing is. Actually, all you really need to do if you're in last place after the judging is be more popular than the person who came in next-to-last. -- David J. Lynch djly...@gmail.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
