One of the problems is that she was mis-matched with her partner. She's very chunky and big-looking....and he looked like Twiggy compared to her. It just was a total partner misalignment.
But she gets an E for Effort for the hard work she put into the exhibition. I imagine the whole couple weeks were a lot of fun for her, also....and no one deserves it more than she.
Leni
He is the professional, which size match is not necessary. She as most contestants have not danced so doing so on a national stage takes a lot of guts for anyone. Remember Springer went on to learn to dance for his daughter's wedding. You can't be riveting when you are a beginner..each week improvement comes from becoming at ease while taking on a new challenge. I think people think Bristol was going to come out dancing like her partner, the professional. Bristol is also more scrutinized than the other contestants so added pressure for her and takes it off the others.
It's all good clean fun.