Appealing to my artsy fartsy side, I have been watching this show for about 7 years and not an expert judge of dancing. The public voting may be BS or gamed but watching Brandy and Jennifer Grey dance compared to Bristol is like comparing cheetahs to a stampeding elephant. The others have much more complicated choreography and execute at greater speed and accuracy with substantially more emotion and theatrical connection to the music. Bristol is a good solid woman dancer doing this for the first time and not gifted.

Now what are the judges thinking? They gave her high scores i.e. 9s. IMO, Bristol is doing well, but compared to the others, she should get 7s or less. IMO, the higher scores influence the public vote.