Most complained about Strictly Come Dancing moments from 'bulge' grab to 'chubby' jibe

Strictly Come Dancing has been a staple of the BBC docket since 2004, but implicit the years, the amusement has sparked thousands of Ofcom complaints for a fig of reasons

Strictly Come Dancing has waltzed backmost onto BBC One for an epic 20th series, and fans haven't missed a beat, eagerly tuning successful by the millions each play to ticker personage contestants shimmy and sway with their pro partners.

However, contempt its rep arsenic a spot of wholesome telly fun, it's had its just stock of jaw-dropping moments that person seen Strictly viewers lodging complaints to Ofcom left, right, and centre.

From Bruno Tonioli's seemingly cheeky boob graze connected caput justice Shirley Ballas to Robbie Savage's brazen crotch thrust astatine Craig Revel Horwood, immoderate of these TV golden gaffes person decidedly ruffled feathers. This year's dances person truthful acold been controversy-free successful presumption of watchdog woes – but let's instrumentality a whirl done immoderate top-tier contentious Strictly snippets to date.

LBC daze jock Steve Allen recovered himself nether fire, racking up a hefty 800-plus complaints erstwhile helium tossed retired "chubby small thing" astir 2021 contestant Tilly Ramsay connected his show. With a flood of 840 gripes to Ofcom, and per The Daily Record, he's said to person texted her a atrocious down the scenes – Tilly being apical cook Gordon Ramsay's 22 twelvemonth aged progeny.

Robbie Savage's infamous crotch stun ranks next, chalking up 325 complaints to Ofcom. The ex-footballer, who grooved with Ola Jordan, landed the complaints portion performing to Michael Jackson's banger 'Bad', making headlines arsenic helium leapt onto the judges' desk, gyrating and past going for that eye-popping crotch grab.

"I've had a spot of atrocious property this week," helium confessed to Digital Spy. "It's truly got maine down because, you know, during my shot career, radical said immoderate beauteous nasty things astir me. And I've conscionable gone retired there... If I offended anyone, I didn't mean to. I conscionable went retired determination to person fun, and surely that's what it's each about? " In 2020, astir 200 complaints were lodged implicit a same-sex creation betwixt Graziano Di Prima and Johannes Radebe, reports OK!.

An further 100 were made erstwhile the amusement announced Katya Jones and Nicola Adams would beryllium dancing unneurotic for that aforesaid series. The complaints for that year's bid didn't halt there. A resistance show celebrating Priscilla Queen of the Desert for Musicals Week garnered much than 100 complaints.

Another highly complained astir infinitesimal occurred successful 2008 erstwhile a voting mistake spoiled the semi-final for viewers. When the occurrence ended, Rachel Stevens and Lisa Snowdon tied astatine the apical of the leaderboard, rendering the votes for third-placed Tom Chambers irrelevant. Almost 200 radical filed Ofcom complaints.

Who tin hide erstwhile Shirley Ballas looked uncomfortable erstwhile Bruno Tonioli 'grabbed' her breasts successful 2017? The unexpected infinitesimal received 20 Ofcom complaints. A TV insider told The Mirror: "The BBC has present received ceremonial complaints and volition beryllium officially looking into them to determine whether Bruno's behaviour was acceptable. He evidently thought it was light-hearted fun, but you could archer Tess was shocked by her reaction. She looked wholly aghast."

In 2015, Bruno Tonioli recovered himself successful blistery h2o for swearing connected unrecorded TV. He exclaimed, "Oh yeah, those are the bull's b*****ks! " to a shocked assemblage and triggered 19 Ofcom complaints. Another infinitesimal of contention occurred successful 2016 erstwhile vocalist Anastacia couldn't vie successful the dance-off owed to injury, resulting successful a power to nationalist voting and Melvin Odoom's unexpected exit. That incidental brought successful six authoritative complaints to Ofcom.

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