Furious Strictly fans slam ‘embarrassing’ judge for ‘over-scoring’ celebrity and insist they need to be next to leave

STRICTLY's Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke person some travel nether occurrence for overmarking Pete Wicks again.

In a instrumentality to the main workplace aft the Blackpool Special past week, Pete and pro dancer Jowita Przystał opened week 10 with a Tango to Easy Lover by Phil Collins and Earth Wind and Fire's Philip Bailey.

Donning a dapper achromatic suit, the brace were praised for Pete's apical line, but were criticised for his seeming hesitation during immoderate of the moves.

They earned a people of 29, with Craig Revel-Horwood awarding six, Motsi Mabuse giving a seven, portion Shirley and Anton some gave him an eight.

The differing scores fuelled fan's feelings that Shirley has been playing favourites with Pete passim the series.

Venting their vexation connected X (formerly Twitter), 1 wrote: "Shirley agreed with Motsi's critique yet inactive awarded Pete 1 people higher than her."

"Shirley and Anton overmarking , surprise..not," said another, arsenic a 3rd wrote. "Knew Shirley would overmark Pete"

"Shirley loves ocular improvement. Anton thinks Pete has improved immensely. Give 8s. Madness," said a third.

While a 4th wrote. "Pete's Tango was what you'd expect successful week 3 not week 10. WTF were those 8 paddles!?"

Shirley has antecedently deed backmost astatine the criticism, saying she "isn't going anywhere" contempt a petition for her to beryllium sacked picked up steam.

“Strictly is the airy of my beingness and my friends’ lives," she said.

“My parent successful particular, she is that armchair watcher who sits determination successful that small pinkish dressing gown she’s had for a 1000 years, either with her arms folded due to the fact that she didn’t hold with what I said oregon precise inviting and wanting to marque maine a cupful of tea."

“I’ve got a batch of friends who are like, ‘Oh you shouldn’t person sent this 1 home, you shouldn’t person sent that one’," she added.

“And past I’ll say, ‘Did you vote?’ And they didn’t vote, truthful so you’re not entitled to kick if you don’t vote."

The scores travel aft Pete became the bookies favourite to permission this week arsenic helium falls down connected his chap competitors.

Fans were shocked that helium survived past week's dance-off aft a disastrous pinkish neon cha cha to Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy.

Wynne Evans was alternatively fixed his marching orders aft falling into the dance-off against Montell Douglas.