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Strictly Come Dancing's Arlene Phillips has hit out at this year's finalists, saying none of them are as good as last year's winner Alesha Dixon.
The judge said that, despite being a good dancer, Rachel Stevens isn't a 'bubbly, bouncy girl' like Alesha and she accused bookies' favourite Tom Chambers of 'over-acting', reports The Sun.
Arlene said: "What's odd about Tom is, one would think, because he's an actor, he would know how to portray a dance.
"But we can see him acting the role and that's off-putting."
She added that Lisa Snowdon was the most likeable out of the final three but admitted that she would have preferred to see Austin Healey, who was voted out several weeks ago, win the series.
What do you think of Arlene's comments? Do you think this year's finalists match up to last year's winner Alesha? Let us know what you think...
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you hypocritical cow Arlene you are soooooooo two faced!!! you sat there and told them how wonderful and fantastic they were and how they blew you away.. i think you're jealous cos they're young and brilliant and you're just plain past it..
Posted by: honormc31 on Sun Dec 21 11:29PM | Report abuseLisa Snowdon should have won this competition. She was classic.
Posted by: berger1melanie on Mon Dec 22 12:23PM | Report abuseOh its all mee mawing for entertainments sake - plus some people like the sound of their own voices!
Posted by: charlottemccnnll on Mon Dec 22 12:32PM | Report abusetess took ages to say rachel
Posted by: dkerrie20 on Mon Dec 22 12:38PM | Report abuseIts better to watch three finalists than two.More enjoyable to watch and have really thrill.The decision was right. Tom should be there no doubt coz' if you think Lisa was 3 times in the bottom two and Rachel twice. Thats a big consideration for Tom. Congrats SCD!
Posted by: ossie_hall on Mon Dec 22 12:40PM | Report abuseShe's right - none of them were. Though ironically the judges scoring was higher this year than ever before so where that leaves her remarks I'm not sure! I think that in general the judges scoring was very incosistent this year. The number of times Tom Chambers received absolutely glowing feedback from them and didn't get a ten was surreal! Equally the number of times one of them claimed to 'notice' a mistake from Rachel and yet they then scored her highly was equally surreal IMO. Geeez!
Posted by: suefloyd48 on Mon Dec 22 12:45PM | Report abuseArlene is correct in that there was not one outstanding dancer like Alesha last year. But Tom and Austin were good dancers. Both Rachel and Lisa were much better dancers, and one of them should have won. It was definately a fix by the BeeB and I will not be watching next year. the whole series was a farce this year and should be renamed "My favourite is ??? watch him dance"
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Posted by: jocks.box on Mon Dec 22 12:48PM | Report abuseIt was right for Austsen to go and I think the right person won, Tom was fantastic and a worthy winner.
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