Furious Strictly fans insist judges plotted to get couple axed and say they gave celeb ‘a really hard time’

STRICTLY Come Dancing's judges were nether occurrence erstwhile again with fans blaming them for this week's shocking elimination.

Despite Pete Wicks being the bookies favourite to permission Strictly this week, with him besides falling to the bottommost of the scoreboard, the Towie prima was saved by the nationalist vote.

Instead, the dance-off saw Jamie Borthwick and Montell Douglas spell head-to-head for their spot successful the competition.

Jamie and pro spouse Michelle Tsiakkas redanced their Foxtrot to Stand By Me by Ben E. King, earlier Montell and Johannes Radebe performed their Quickstep to Get Happy by Ella Fitzgerald.

The judges each shared however hard the determination was, but ultimately each decided to prevention Montell and her pro partner, Johannes.

But fans deliberation the unfair judgement of Jamie passim the bid influenced the result, accusing the 4 of overcriticising and undermarking the EastEnders star, "setting him up" for failure.

Venting their frustrations connected X, 1 wrote: "The judges getting their wish. Constantly dense criticising Jamie present he’s bottommost 2 #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #SCD"

"Jamie shouldn't beryllium successful the creation off," said a second. "I wasn't a fan, but the atrocious disapproval helium has had from 3 the judges has been awful. Craig ever critiques everyone fairly, but the others evident bias."

A 3rd wrote: "So I spot that the judges engineered scoring landed Jamie successful the bottommost 2 adjacent though helium is 1 of the champion dancers successful there. They utilized the aforesaid method they did with Shayne!"

While a 4th said: "The Judges had it successful for Jamie each series. Will ne'er cognize why."

"i KNOW it’s popularity contention but the judges were complicit successful this farce but nether marking and implicit criticising him each week without fail," wrote a fifth, adding, "He was not judged to the aforesaid modular arsenic everyone else."

Jamie, who had antecedently participated connected a Christmas Special of the show, heaped praise connected his pro dancer Michelle.

“Strictly is magic. That is each I tin say. Strictly is magic. Not conscionable everyone who you spot successful beforehand of the camera, these 4 present [the judges], but everyone who works connected this show," helium said.

"I person specified a bully enslaved and narration with and that's what made maine privation to bash this show, it’s the people, not what I'm doing. I've had the champion time."

" I could ramble connected each time astir this 1 [Michelle]," helium added. "She's a caller pro and she's perfectly been the astir astonishing teacher.

"We person laughed similar you wouldn’t believe. I person thing but the utmost respect for everyone connected the show, truthful convey you.”