Getting dancing scores in Python

scores.py

couples = "abcde"
judges = range(1, 6)
scores = {}

for couple in couples:
    scores[couple] = []
    for judge in judges:
        sc = int(input("Judge {} enter score for couple {} > ".format(judge, couple)))
        scores[couple].append(sc)
    print("middle scores for couple {} are {}".format(couple, sorted(scores[couple])[1:-1]))
    print("The total for couple {} is {}".format(couple, sum(sorted(scores[couple])[1:-1])))