Strictly star insists judges scored Chris McCausland ‘wildly high’ and he should have been BOTTOM of the leaderboard

A FORMER Strictly prima has insisted the judges scored Chris McCausland "wildly high" implicit the weekend.

Saturday night's Strictly saw comedian Chris and Diane Buswell peformed the Paso Doble.

Craig Revel Horwood scored them 7 portion Motsi Mabuse gave them eight.

Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke each marked Chris and Dianne nine.

Strictly fans were near outraged connected Sunday nighttime erstwhile favourite Jamie Borthwick was eliminated from the competition, with many insisting either Chris oregon Pete Wicks should person left.

Now ex-pro Brendan Cole has waded into the enactment and insisted Chris was overscored by the judges.

He said: "[The judges' scoring this week was] reasonably high. Chris was getting nines – it was a precise mean Paso Doble.

"[It was] astir apt the worst successful the bid truthful far, and they're making retired similar it was the astir astonishing fig they've seen."

Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri landed the archetypal cleanable people of the bid connected Saturday, but Brendan - who was axed from the amusement successful 2018 - continued: "There was a batch of overmarking.

"I personally wouldn't person adjacent fixed Tasha a 10 [this weekend].

"I would person fixed it to her before, arsenic I thought the commencement of their regular was a spot weird.

"I saw a mates of things that weren’t perfect. There were missing small feet closes that got missed, turned retired feet erstwhile they weren't expected to beryllium – those small things that marque a difference."

Brendan added: "I've ever thought the scoring was overmarked. If I was a judge, I'd beryllium marking determination astir wherever Craig marks and astir apt adjacent lower.”