Yeah, I mean... maybe it wasn't perfect or whatever, but an 8?? Also, it was more the way the judges spoke to him that grated than anything else.
Maybe it's just a ploy to gin up votes for Charlie by being harsh on him and sticking him in the fake bottom 3? Personally it feels obvious to me that the Top 4 they want is Meryl, Charlie, James, and Amy. I felt like they damned Danica with faint praise and subpar scores (they could have been more generous) and calmed the people voting as hard as they can for Candace by giving her 9s and declaring her safe first.
Maybe it's just a ploy to gin up votes for Charlie by being harsh on him and sticking him in the fake bottom 3? Personally it feels obvious to me that the Top 4 they want is Meryl, Charlie, James, and Amy. I felt like they damned Danica with faint praise and subpar scores (they could have been more generous) and calmed the people voting as hard as they can for Candace by giving her 9s and declaring her safe first.