Did Shampa play it safe?

Last year she had Sushant rajput as the celebrity, who was a good and trained dancer. He had some great performances and scored perfect 10 most times. He also had a great fan following coz of his serial Pavitra Rishta. But in the finale he lost coz they said that he was already a dancer and the winner was declared - Chang.

So I somehow feel that she was playing it safe with Gurmeet this time, and did not want to show his best dancing moves at all times. GC has performed well at most other stage shows. His finale performance also shows it. But all said and done, both GC and Shampa managed to win the finale this time.