Final prediction
Each week we rank Strictly contestants based on social media analysis. We call this the Strictly Sentiment score.
Strictly Sentiment leaderboard
It's the final!
If the winner was decided by Twitter sentiment then Rose wins it.
Strictly Sentiment score
The Strictly Sentiment score is derived from a sentiment analysis of tweets. Using natural language programming and machine learning we classify each tweet as positive, neutral or negative. Tweets are filtered so that they only relate to a celebrity's appearance on the show rather than what they do in their 'day job'. Only tweets made during the show and up to the time that the public voting phone lines close are included. This is to ensure that tweets relate to Strictly.
We then add up all the positive tweets for each contestant and assign a score between 1 and 100. This score is based on the relative distribution of positive tweets. We do this to make it easier to compare and contrast Strictly Sentiment scores.
