BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans fume as they hit out at 'overmarking' of star

Strictly Come Dancing returned connected Saturday nighttime for the latest week of the contention and BBC viewers shared their thoughts connected the likes of Pete Wicks' scores connected societal media

Some viewers were near unimpressed by scores that were awarded to a mates connected the latest occurrence of Strictly Come Dancing, with determination present much complaints of "overmarking".

Saturday's occurrence opened with a show by world TV prima Pete Wicks, 36, and his creation spouse Jowita Przystał, 30. They danced a tango to the opus Easy Lover by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins connected the BBC amusement this weekend.

The show received a people of 29 from the judges. Craig Revel Horwood, 59, awarded him a six and Motsi Mabuse, 43, gave a seven, whilst caput justice Shirley Ballas, 64, and erstwhile pro Anton Du Beke, 58, some gave an eight.

Although there's enactment for Pete and Jowita among fans, immoderate viewers took to X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, pursuing the scoring to stock their frustration. It comes following disapproval successful erstwhile weeks implicit immoderate scores connected Strictly.

One instrumentality tweeted connected Saturday: "Pete's Tango was what you'd expect successful week 3 not week 10. WTF were those 8 paddles!?" Another said: "No mode was that Tango worthy an 8." A 3rd wrote: "The scoring contiguous is WILD [...] Pete precise overscored."

Someone commented: "Knew Shirley would overmarked Pete." Another said: "Of people Shirley and Anton would springiness Pete an 8." Whilst 1 spectator said: "Shirley and Anton overmarking, astonishment ... not." Another said: "Shirley agreed with Motsi's critique yet inactive awarded Pete 1 people higher than her."

Sharing their thoughts, 1 instrumentality wrote successful a tweet connected the level this week: "Can the judges PLEASE vote/score fairly. It seems the contestants who CAN creation are critiqued much meantime Pete Wicks gets fume blown up his a***?!"

Pete and Jowita nevertheless were bottommost of the leaderboard pursuing the different remaining couples' performances connected Saturday night. Fans are present awaiting the adjacent dance-off, which volition diagnostic successful Sunday night's effect show.

Whilst giving feedback to Pete connected Saturday, Motsi said: "I loved your topline, due to the fact that it was rather controlled and dependable and it gave the code to the dance. All your unfastened enactment is ever superb [but] erstwhile you were doing the tango pieces, I did consciousness a small spot of hesitation but lone due to the fact that I deliberation you're trying truthful hard, which is simply a bully thing."

Shirley said arsenic portion of her response: "I consciousness that you're rather an bonzer performer. [...] What I emotion this week is you've travel retired and are perfectly focused connected the occupation astatine hand. [...] I emotion ocular improvement. [...] I thought you did precise good this week."

Anton said successful his feedback: "Credit wherever credit's due. I mean, you've improved truthful dramatically. [...] Your posture is perfectly ace now. [...] Your unfastened enactment I've loved for weeks [and] erstwhile you're dancing successful closed presumption [...] you conscionable request to get into your knees and consciousness similar you're sitting into the dance. But I person to say, it's conscionable a joyousness watching somewhat amended each week."

Craig's critique included him saying to Pete: "It's not hard to amended connected past week! I bash emotion you though darling, I do. The footwork was a small but unsure, I felt, a small spot unsteady. And the timing I thought was conscionable a small spot slower down and that's lone due to the fact that I deliberation you're lacking the thrust that this creation needs. But I loved the sharpness of it."

Addressing erstwhile disapproval of her judging, arsenic reported by the Sun, Shirley said recently: "I justice without fearfulness oregon favour. I'm conscionable idiosyncratic who sits successful that seat arsenic caput justice to enactment successful my lane and justice the dancing - legs, feet, assemblage co-ordination, synchronisation and chemistry betwixt the person and the follower." And she told the Daily Mail: "The audiences astatine location spot definite camera angles, with each the effects and things similar leaves falling down connected the screen. But arsenic judges we conscionable spot the acold ballroom arsenic it is. We spot each the footwork and landings, small mistakes, things similar that, that power our decision."

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