New Posts For Thread: D3 being saved - theoryhttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theoryObviously tonights result has really shaken the confidence of some seriously battle hardened x factor puntertheory's hat do people think happened, what is behind the decision? For me the only plausible explanation is that this is the beginning of theTheyknowI thought the judges praised just about all of the acts with over the top remarks. Yes Kye wasn't great was he.https://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theory?post_id=525216161#525216161TheyknowI thought the judges praised just about all of the acts with over the top remarks. Yes Kye wasn't great was he.Thu, 18 Oct 2012 03:20:43 -0500As for them being 'straight', well the vote may have been straight but the judges' comments were still highly dubious at times, in particular all comments about Kye. Barlow is not tone deaf and yet he praised Kye's vocal performance which was weak ahttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theory?post_id=525206015#525206015As for them being 'straight', well the vote may have been straight but the judges' comments were still highly dubious at times, in particular all comments about Kye. Barlow is not tone deaf and yet he praised Kye's vocal performance which was weak aWed, 17 Oct 2012 16:53:30 -0500I'll predict we'll see Ella after SCD and before 9.30 on Sat 1.01https://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theory?post_id=525166455#525166455I'll predict we'll see Ella after SCD and before 9.30 on Sat 1.01Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:44:47 -0500I've always thought the plum draw was more to do with maintaining interest in the show, than generating extra votes for any particular person. The ordering is for balance. THEY will have data on traditional system for years and knew what worked for thttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theory?post_id=525165335#525165335I've always thought the plum draw was more to do with maintaining interest in the show, than generating extra votes for any particular person. The ordering is for balance. THEY will have data on traditional system for years and knew what worked for tTue, 16 Oct 2012 14:18:08 -0500I wouldn't want to be 1st up this week with the 20 minute overlaphttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theory?post_id=525165141#525165141I wouldn't want to be 1st up this week with the 20 minute overlapTue, 16 Oct 2012 14:12:31 -0500What is clear is its much more difficult to judge where the plum draw is. No act has finished in the b2 from a first half slot in the 1st 2 weeks. Melanie went 3rd in week 1 and last in week 2. The show is very long' starting in a primetime slot ahttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theory?post_id=525165063#525165063What is clear is its much more difficult to judge where the plum draw is. No act has finished in the b2 from a first half slot in the 1st 2 weeks. Melanie went 3rd in week 1 and last in week 2. The show is very long' starting in a primetime slot aTue, 16 Oct 2012 14:10:21 -0500Only 6M were still watching when Mel sang.https://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theory?post_id=525164943#525164943Only 6M were still watching when Mel sang.Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:06:47 -0500Drop in viewers might be more to do with lines opening at the start. Maybe it's backfiring in an unexpected way. When you get a hot fav like Ella some might wait for her and then switch off or do something else.https://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theory?post_id=525164711#525164711Drop in viewers might be more to do with lines opening at the start. Maybe it's backfiring in an unexpected way. When you get a hot fav like Ella some might wait for her and then switch off or do something else.Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:01:09 -0500And on 5Live this morning.https://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theory?post_id=525164577#525164577And on 5Live this morning.Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:58:00 -0500Rylan went just before who they obviously wanted the biggest vote possible for. They always wanted to finish the show on a high I don't think that has changed.https://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29438419/d3-being-saved---theory?post_id=525164575#525164575Rylan went just before who they obviously wanted the biggest vote possible for. They always wanted to finish the show on a high I don't think that has changed.Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:57:57 -0500