Last night’s Strictly Come Dancing (Sunday, December 7) saw Lewis Cope crash out of the competition.
Now, fans have lashed out at the judges, who they claim ‘manipulated’ the result.
As well as sparking fan fury, an ex-Strictly pro has also waded in, declaring: “I just wish the judges did their jobs. They’re paid the big bucks to sit there and judge.”
Judges criticise Strictly star Lewis Cope
On Saturday night’s show (December 6), Lewis danced a salsa to The Dance at the Gym from West Side Story with Katya Jones. However, their performance didn’t go as well as many of theirs have in recent weeks. They picked up 35 points for it, their lowest score in weeks.
This meant they were tied for second place with Balvinder and Julian and George and Alexis on the leaderboard. Amber topped it, while Karen was at the bottom.
“It wasn’t your best dance for me by far,” Shirley Ballas said. Anton, meanwhile, told the duo that the partnering part of their dance needed to be more “subtle”, with the routine suffering because of it.
Craig Revel Horwood also had some criticism, branding the salsa a “little bit square”. “Things weren’t finished in this, bizarrely,” he also said.
Lewis and Katya eliminated
Last night saw Lewis and Katya land in the bottom two, alongside Amber Davies. After performing their routines again, the judges opted to save Amber, sending Lewis and Katya home the week before the semi-finals.
Fans were stunned and furious. “Strictly”
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