Strictly in fix row as furious fans insist judges are sabotaging celebs with bad comments to keep one act in the show
STRICTLY fans have slammed the judges for their scoring last night – and insisting that they’re pushing one celebrity to the final.
Some unhappy viewers are convinced that the panel overmarked TV star Angela Rippon, in a bid to keep her on the show for longer.
This resulted in Waterloo Road star Adam Thomas being bumped down on the leaderboard, and landing second from the bottom with 27 points for his rumba, compared to Angela’s 28 for her waltz.
Frustrated fans think the judges are being too lenient when it comes to scoring Angela, which ultimately impacts where the other contestants fall on the scoreboard.
One angry viewer wrote: “There’s no point the judges gasping in shock. If they’d scored Angela Rippon properly Adam would’ve been higher up the table and might’ve swerved the dance-off.”
Another fumed: “Do they think we are stupid? ‘Oh they’ve rumbled our high scoring of Angela!’ So! We’ll mark her down to proper scores, reduce the scores of Adam as crap so that he’ll go and keep Angela in!”
A third said: “They scored her the same as Angela S and 3 behind Layton. I mean come on!!!”
“Pretty sure the goal is to get her to Blackpool so they can link it with Come Dancing,” this person speculated.
A fourth agreed and posted: “I feel they are keeping her in Blackpool.”
“Tbh I hope they keep overmarking her nothing puts the voters off more,” this viewer stated.
While another fan added: “Ultimately, neither Adam nor Angela R are making the final, so it is unimportant. Adam is not a great dancer. He was OK this week but his Couples Choice the previous week was dreadful, but scored very highly.”
It comes after Angela revealed to The Mirror that she’s been finding training tough this week.
So far, Angela’s tried her hand at the cha-cha-cha, foxtrot, quickstep, rumba, Argentine tango and charleston.
She’s thought to be waltzing to Fascination by Nat King Cole later on.
Last week, Angela suffered a ‘wardrobe malfunction’ after her sensual rumba wowed the judges.
She and Kai performed the Rumba to Conchita Wurst’s tune Rise Like a Phoenix.
The pair impressed the judges Craig Revel-Horwood, Anton du Beke, 57, Motsi Mabuse, 42, and Shirley Ballas, 63, with their routine.
They managed to get an impressive 31 out of 40.
However right at the end of the dance, Angela’s shoe nearly came off on the dance floor as she walked over to Tess Daly.
Kai rushed to the rescue and fixed it for her.
“I got it!,” he told them, while Tess told the audience: “Wardrobe malfunction, nothing to worry about. It’s just the shoe.”