{"id":212277,"date":"2025-10-20T03:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212277\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T03:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:10:07","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-fans-outraged-as-star-escapes-dance-off-in-fix-row-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212277\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing fans outraged as star escapes dance off in ‘fix’ row | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans of Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> were left fuming on Sunday as the results show aired. Last night, on Saturday, the celebrities and their professional dance partners took to the BBC<\/a> dancefloor to show off their new moves, under the watchful eye of the judging panel and fans at home.<\/p>\n

Shirley Ballas<\/a> sparked outrage last night as she hit La Voix with a brutal score of just two points<\/a> \u2013 claiming she \u201ccan\u2019t judge\u201d the routine at all. The iconic drag star and her professional partner Alja\u017e \u0160korjanec performed a dramatic Cha Cha Cha packed with theatrical flair and facial expressions, but their footwork failed to land with the panel. Overall, they scored a measly 14 points – landing them at the bottom of the leaderboard and putting them in dance-off danger. Speaking to presenter Claudia Winkleman after the performance, La Voix looked deflated and admitted: \u201cThat was terrible,” and was visibly emotional as fellow contestants rushed over for a supportive group hug.<\/p>\n

However, fans at home massively disagreed and the decision from Shirley sparked fury online. Viewers accused the judge of being \u201cmean\u201d, \u201cbiased\u201d and \u201ctoxic\u201d.<\/p>\n

And their support was evident on Sunday’s show when the public vote was taken into consideration – saving La Voix from the bottom two and propelling them into the competition for another week.<\/p>\n

But not all viewers of the BBC<\/a> hit show were in agreement, with some angrily branding it a “popularity contest” rather than a competition based on skill. Posting to X\/Twitter<\/a>, one person fumed: “No one can argue that Strictly is a popularity contest when La Voix has got through. If Chris or Balvinder got 14, they’d be in the Bottom 2, no question #Strictly”.<\/p>\n

Another echoed: “Strictly is a dance competition which hopefully appreciates the best dance on the night. The fact that La Voix has been voted through to the next round makes a complete mockery of the show. It’s a popularity contest. #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing.”<\/p>\n

Someone else complained: “#Strictly it’s not been a dancing competition for years now. If it was, Bill Bailey and Chris McCausland<\/a> would have never won. All about popularity unfortunately. The public vote needs to be limited to 25% or even less. Ellie and La Voix shouldn’t be there right now.”<\/p>\n

While one more added: “La Voix has robbed someone of a place in next weeks show. Strictly is FIXED #Strictly.”<\/p>\n

Despite the show’s backlash, other fans thought that the viewers had used their votes wisely. One person hit back: “It\u2019s not fixed, it\u2019s the power of the public vote. If it was fixed, the judges would have given higher scores.”<\/p>\n

Another said: “La Voix simply got enough votes to get out of the bottom two. That does not make it a fix.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans of Strictly Come Dancing were left fuming on Sunday as the results show aired. Last night, on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,90917,33554,1598,33299,91349,91350,91351,56,54,55,91348,91352],"class_list":{"0":"post-212277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-la-voix","11":"tag-shirley-ballas","12":"tag-strictly-come-dancing","13":"tag-strictly-come-dancing-2025","14":"tag-strictly-results-tonight","15":"tag-strictly-results-tonight-time","16":"tag-strictly-week-4-leaderboard","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom","20":"tag-what-time-is-strictly-on-tonight","21":"tag-who-left-strictly"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}