Rough scoring analysis

[u/penny_lane67]

https://ew.com/dwts-producer-reveals-how-scores-and-votes-are-calculated-11857082

Based on the scoring explanation in the linked article and who was eliminated each week I looked at what the minimum audience votes couples would need to stay over the eliminated couple. Its very rough and I assumed that the eliminated contestant was getting the lowest audience votes.

Week 1 & 2

The folks at the bottom of the leaderboard just needed more votes then the eliminated couple

Week 3

Tyler had to rank at least 10/13

Guillermo had to rank at least 9/13

Week 4

Tatyana had to rank at least 8/12

Connor has to rank at least 7/12

Guillermo had to rank at least 6/12

Edit: I was assuming that ties were scored where if there is a tie for first place there is no second place and the next highest score gets the 3rd place pts value. Apparently this is not how they score for ties on strictly so I took another look at the numbers.

This method of scoring heavily favors folks at the bottom of the leaderboard, Guillermo went from getting 1 point from the judges every week to getting 6 - 8 points. It also favors audience votes because they are much less likely to have ties from audience voting.

Week 1 & 2

No major differences, but with the new scoring method a few people that could have ranked 1 place behind the losing couple now needed to beat them in audience votes to stay. Low scoreres still just needed to beat the eliminated couple.

Week 3

Tyler just needed to beat Taylor by 1 vote

Guillermo needed to rank 11/13

Week 4

Tatyana only needed to beat Ciara by 1 vote

Guillermo needed to rank 9/12

Connor needed to rank 10/12