Strictly pro insists 'judges scoring has got to be looked at' as he fumes over Pete Wicks

Former Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational dancer Brendan Cole has immoderate opinions astir the latest scoring results from the sheet of experts connected the deed BBC creation show

Former Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational Brendan Cole has lashed retired astatine the judges for showing evident bias with their scoring.

The 48-year-old dancer, who hails from New Zealand, was a pro dancer connected the long-running BBC creation competition from 2004 to 2017. He besides served arsenic a justice connected the New Zealand mentation of the amusement - which is titled Dancing With The Stars - from 2005 to 2009 and frankincense has a wide thought of what it is similar to beryllium connected some sides of the judging desk.

He has argued that the judging sheet of Strictly - which consists of Shirley Ballas, 64, Anton Du Beke, 58, Motsi Mabuse, 43, and Craig Revel Horwood, 59 - is being excessively sloppy with their marking. Brendan has noticed an inconsistency with the mode the judges springiness their feedback - sometimes prioritising method implicit performance, and vice versa.

He has suggested that the scoring occupation should beryllium made much hard for those connected the sheet - urging the amusement to alteration the format truthful they person to justice twice. The creation prima took peculiar contented with the mode scores were administered implicit the play - with Pete Wicks and his creation spouse Jowita Przystał receiving debased scores from past judges lone to past triumph immense enactment from the viewing public.

Brendan, who is moving with Sky Vegas currently, told The Mirror: “Pete was last, connected his own, astatine the bottommost of the array with 22 points, truthful adjacent if they [the judges] could person scored him lower, it wouldn't person changed [his position]. People evidently similar him, and radical are voting for them [Pete and Jowita Przystał] to get retired of the bottommost two. Whereas, radical weren't voting for Montell [Douglas] and Johannes [Radebe], oregon Sam [Quek] and Nikita [Kuzmin], and that's wherefore they were [in the dance-off]. Both of those couples were not astatine the bottommost of the leaderboard.

“Sam really should person had higher marks and that's wherever the amusement went incorrect connected Saturday. Sam's Foxtrot, technically, was precise good. She did everything right. The judges were close successful the information that it was a spot stiff and a spot woody successful the apical half, but with Chris [McCausland] they spoke astir however bully it was technically. It wasn't a bully creation and deserved a little people than the likes of Sam."

He argued: “[The judges'] scoring has got to beryllium looked astatine – are they judging technique, oregon are they judging performance? It wouldn't wounded to person 2 marks for the judges – a method people and a show mark, past the judges truly person to beryllium connected their toes. They can't conscionable similar what they similar and not similar what they don't.

“If somebody's truly bully with the method aspect, they'll get truly bully marks and if their show is terrible, they'll get a atrocious mark. That way, you get a just result. Technically, Sam was 1 of the champion connected the night, yet it didn't bespeak successful their scores.” Strictly Come Dancing continues connected Saturday nighttime connected BBC One and iPlayer astatine 6:35pm.

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