Strictly Come Dancing has been hit by another wave of fix accusations after the judges singled out one contestant as a favourite to win the show, only three weeks in.
Jamie Borthwick was lauded by the judging panel on Saturday night, after his performance of the Quickstep with his pro partner Michelle Tsiakkas to I’m Still Standing.
The EastEnders star, 30, dressed up as the iconic Elton John, complete with feather boa and rhinestone covered glasses, scoring an impressive 30 points.
However, viewers criticised the judges for predicting that Jamie would lift the Glitterball trophy, while others declared it was ‘unfair’ that the actor got to do the Quickstep, after he won the Strictly Christmas special with the same dance.
After his energetic routine, the judges were full of praise fro Jamie and Michelle, with Anton Du Beke gushing: ‘You know you really are a super super dancer.
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Strictly Come Dancing has been hit by another wave of fix accusations after the judges singled out one contestant as a favourite to win the show, only three weeks in
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Jamie Borthwick was lauded by the judging panel on Saturday night, after his performance of the Quickstep with his pro partner Michelle Tsiakkas to I’m Still Standing
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However, viewers criticised the judges for predicting that Jamie would lift the Glitterball trophy, while others declared it was ‘unfair’ that the actor got to do the Quickstep, after he won the Strictly Christmas special with the same dance (pictured)
‘I think you could be one of the favourites to lift the trophy to be quite honest with you. I think you are an exceptional talent.’
Echoing the sentiment, Motsi Mabuse agreed: ‘Yes, Anton, I think the Glitterball is quite close to you!’
And host Tess Daly drew attention to the stellar comment after the feedback, saying: ‘Thank you judges. Two out of four mentioned the Glitterball… that’s big news!’
For his part, Jamie modestly declared he had long journey ahead to get to the final and said: ‘It’s a bit too early to be mentioning the Glitterball, but nonetheless, I appreciate everything they say.’
And viewers at home agreed with him, taking to social media to say: ‘too early for glitterball talk. Shish judges.’
‘Nah I can’t see Jamie lifting the glitterball. A lot of incredible dancers this year. Don’t even think he’ll reach the final.’
‘It’s only Week 3 and the judges already think Jamie is going to win; telling poor jamie he’s going to win the glitter ball when we all know it’s being rigged for chris is a choice…’
While others were annoyed that Jamie had received high praise for doing the Quickstep, which was the dance that he had performed on the Christmas Special last year.
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After his energetic routine, the judges were full of praise fro Jamie and Michelle, with Anton Du Beke (pictured) gushing: ‘You know you really are a super super dancer. I think you could be one of the favourites to lift the trophy to be quite honest with you’
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Echoing the sentiment, Motsi Mabuse (pictured) agreed: ‘Yes, Anton, I think the Glitterball is quite close to you!’
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For his part, Jamie modestly declared he had long journey ahead to get to the final and said: ‘It’s a bit too early to be mentioning the Glitterball, but nonetheless, I appreciate everything they say’
And viewers at home agreed with him, taking to social media to say: ‘too early for glitterball talk. Shish judges’
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The soap star had been partnered with Nancy Xu for the festive episode, and danced the Quickstep to Merry Christmas Everyone.
They scored perfect 10s from all four of the judges and beat out fellow contestants Dan Snow, Sally Nugent, Danny Cipriani, Tillie Amartey and Keisha Buchanan to be crowned the winners.
Fans complained that it was ‘unfair’ he got to do the dance style again, writing: ‘jamie doing a quickstep when he did a quickstep in the christmas show and won feels unfair… this should’ve been one of the dances he never got to do.’
‘The judges mentioning the Glitterball after Jamie’s Quickstep ( the dance that won him the Xmas special last year) If that’s not a coincidence I don’t know what is’.
‘When Jamie won the the Christmas special it was with a Quickstep, so I’m a bit surprised they have given him the dance this series, seems a bit unfair?!
It comes after the second contestant to be eliminated from the competition was leaked online, ahead of the results show.
The BBC competition is set to air the prerecorded results on Sunday night, revealing which two couples received the least votes and ended up in the dance off.
However, a notorious mole on the show has already revealed the bottom two and leaked which celebrity will be sent packing.
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While others were annoyed that Jamie had received high praise for doing the Quickstep, which was the dance that he performed on the Christmas Special last year with Nancy Xu
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They scored perfect 10s from all four of the judges and were crowned the winners, therefore fans complained that it was ‘unfair’ he got to do the dance style again
After seeing the spoiler, fans admitted that it was ‘the right people in the dance off’ and that it was the right time for the eliminated couple to go home.
Taking to Twitter to react to the news, they shared: ‘i would like to thank the british public for getting it right for once’.
‘Just found out which couple have left and i predicted it would be these two in the dance off. #StrictlySpoiler; Absolutely the right result this week.’
‘The correct result. It was the correct time for this couple to go home sadly. #Strictly; So happy with that result so glad they are gone’.
‘Ouffff okay thank god, I couldn’t take another week of that pairing; For once the right two couples in the dance off and no shocks as in previous Movie week shows.’
‘Finally the right people in the dance off!’; OH THANK GOD. My bottom two predicted and the absolute right one saved. Can we have Tom back now?’
Saturday night saw the contestants take to the dance floor in an array of impressive costumes for the first themed week of this year’s competition series.
And not wanting to miss out on the fun, the judges also all dressed up as famous movie characters.
EastEnders actor and Strictly’s Jamie Borthwick talks about the show
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It comes after the second contestant to be eliminated from the competition was leaked online, ahead of the pre-recorded results show airing on Sunday night
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However, a notorious mole on the show has already revealed the bottom two and leaked which celebrity will be sent packing
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After seeing the spoiler, fans admitted that it was ‘the right people in the dance off’ and that it was the right time for the eliminated couple to go home
Craig Revel Horwood channelled Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean, while Motsi was the spitting image of Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard.
Anton received praised after he transformed into Ben Stiller ‘s iconic Zoolander character from the 2001 film.
And there was a late arrival in the studio after as head judge Shirley Ballas flew into the studios from the rafters.
Dressed as the magical nanny Mary Poppins, the dance champion looked every bit the part that won Dame Julie Andrews an Oscar as as she descended onto the stage to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Nick Knowles and his partner Luba Mushtuk have been given a free pass through to week four of the competition after he pulled out of Movie Week due to an injury.
But other contestants wowed the judges as they assumed characters from famous films such as Disney classic The Little Mermaid and Margot Robbie‘s 2023 smash Barbie.
Craig Revel Horwood channelled Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean, while Motsi Mabuse was the spitting image of Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard
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Anton Du Beke received praised after he transformed into Ben Stiller ‘s iconic Zoolander character from the 2001 film
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And there was a late arrival in the studio after as head judge Shirley Ballas flew into the studios from the rafters to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, dressed as the magical nanny Mary Poppins
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While viewers were left in tears as Sarah Hadland performed a tribute to Maggie Smith, after the actress passed away at the age of 89 last week
While viewers were left in tears as Sarah Hadland performed a tribute to Maggie Smith, after the actress passed away at the age of 89 last week.
The acting legend famously starred as Minerva McGonagall in seven of the eight Harry Potter films, and received a flood of tributes from celebrities and fans mourning her heartbreaking loss.
During Strictly’s Movie Week, Sarah and her pro dance partner Vito Coppola performed a touching Viennese Waltz to Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter.
The judges praised her performance, with Motsi saying: ‘highlight of the night so far, nostalgic and brilliant’, while fans took to social media to admit the dance made them emotional.
