Strictly star Brendan Cole wades into row over judges in fix row

FORMER Strictly pro Brendan Cole has waded into the BBC show's latest hole enactment arsenic fans accused the sheet of unfairly scoring Gladiator, Montell Douglas.

Viewers deed retired connected societal media implicit what they believed to beryllium inconsistent marking for the erstwhile Olympian.

Montell has consistently recovered herself adjacent the bottommost of the leaderboard and landed successful the dance-off connected Sunday.

Sky Vegas ambassador Brendan, who has ne'er shied distant from speaking his caput astir the show, addressed the controversy.

He said the question is whether the judges’ scores volition support her astatine hazard of elimination.

Asked who helium believed could spell next, helium told The Sun: "On Saturday nighttime Montell went from astir the apical of the leaderboard to being successful the dance-off.

"It means precise fewer radical are voting compared to others.

"She's not getting the vote, which means if she's successful different dance-off situation, she'd astir apt spell home."

Montell was performing her salsa to Don’t Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston, portion Wynne did a Charleston to Carmen Suite No. 1: 5. Les Toreadors by George Bizet.

After they’d danced, judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Head Judge Shirley Ballas had their accidental and formed their vote.

Craig, Motsi and Anton each chose to prevention Montell, with Head Judge Shirley successful agreement.

This meant that Wynne is the eighth celebrity to beryllium leaving the show.

But immoderate fans were gobsmacked that Montell recovered herself successful the bottommost 2 - contempt determination being "weaker" dancers.

One wrote: "Gladiators & athletics fans delight ballot contiguous for Montell aka Fire successful Strictly Come Dancing. She has been grossly undermarked each week. She is simply a implicit novice non-dancer that has been large from time one."

A 2nd asked: "Explanation to wherefore Montell keeps ending up successful the creation off?"

A 3rd said: "Montell and Johannes should ne'er person been successful the creation disconnected successful the archetypal place!"

"There are weaker dancers successful the competition, Montell should not person been successful the creation off," a 4th commented.

Unfortunately Wynne's clip connected the amusement was up.