Strictly Come Dancing fans fume star was 'robbed' as they slam judges' decision

On Sunday night, BBC viewers saw Dr Punam Krishan spell head-to-head against Shayne Ward successful the dreaded dance-off.

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were each near saying the aforesaid happening connected Sunday nighttime arsenic 2 celebrities recovered themselves having to execute their routines again to effort and enactment successful the competition.

Dr Punam Krishan and her nonrecreational spouse Gorka Márquez took to the dancefloor erstwhile again to execute their Tango. While Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu showcased their Paso Doble for a 2nd time.

Although this was Dr Punam's archetypal clip successful the dance-off, and Shayne had been successful this presumption before, the 3 judges opted to support the erstwhile X Factor star.

Head justice Shirley Ballas besides shared that if it had been her decision, she'd person chosen Shayne to stay successful the show.

However, it wasn't agelong earlier fans took to Twitter to stock their thoughts connected the elimination, arsenic they were each near saying the aforesaid thing.

One idiosyncratic said: "Punam was perfectly robbed. At slightest she danced. Gorka should person her faffing astir connected the spot #SCD #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly."

Another added: "Punam was perfectly robbed connected #strictly shane did f**k each the full dance."

"I thought Punam should person stayed. I felt that she improved connected ‘yesterdays’ dance," wrote 1 viewer. (sic)

Someone other fumed: "Absolutely the incorrect decision."

Another commented, " I'm truly going to miss Punam and Gorka. She should beryllium truthful arrogant of herself."

Speaking astir their exit, Punam said: "I americium truly arrogant of myself. You know, I’ve taken connected thing that’s truthful retired of my comfortableness zone. The 1 happening that I’ve precise overmuch learnt is to accidental yes much and that determination is nary constituent successful your beingness erstwhile you tin halt learning caller skills.

"I’ve learnt much than dancing, I’ve learnt truthful overmuch from Gorka. Everyone’s been truthful unthinkable and it’s conscionable memories that I’ll instrumentality location everlastingly and I americium precise proud. I’ve made my household precise proud, I’m conscionable truly grateful.”

Gorka wasted nary clip expressing his pridefulness successful his personage partner, calling his clip with the doc "incredible."

He said: "She's a GP and a Mum. She had ne'er danced earlier and I deliberation she improved week by week. I deliberation she is genuinely what the amusement is about, idiosyncratic who doesn't person acquisition successful the show world came present and learnt to dance.

"She wanted to bash truthful good and worked truthful hard. Also I consciousness precise arrogant and precise honoured that we got to bash a Bollywood dance, to correspond your culture, amusement your civilization to the satellite and unfastened doors for truthful galore radical successful your culture.”

Sadly, Dr Punam has recovered herself astatine the little extremity of the leaderboard implicit the past fewer weeks. Her highest people successful the contention was 33 successful week three.

This weekend, the 41-year-old was a pirate for the show's Halloween-themed peculiar and earned a full of 26 for her routine. Her people landed her connected the bottommost of the leaderboard alongside comedian Chris McCausland.

Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday, November 2nd, astatine 6:30 p.m. connected BBC One, with the results amusement connected Sunday, November 3rd, astatine 7:20 p.m. connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.