BBC head judge Shirley, who is a judge alongside Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton du Beke, has slammed "childish" claims the show is fixed.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas rushes to slam viewers over 'childish' claims

by · Birmingham Live

BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas has slammed fans over a "childish" backlash. The BBC head judge Shirley, who is a judge alongside Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton du Beke, has slammed "childish" claims the show is fixed.

Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley fumed: “The show’s been on over 20 years. The public vote makes a difference.” Shirley went on: “You the public can vote to save your favourites. It gets childish to blame the judges.”

She said: "The show has been on over twenty years the public vote makes a difference. You the public can vote to save your favorites. It gets childish to always blame the judges Lucy." It came after a fan wrote: "So frustrating when the judges can’t mark properly as we then have the wrong people in the dance off & the wrong couple going home.

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"Watching the smile fade off Sam’s face after she did well each week was infuriating when her male counterparts had mistakes ignored #strictly." A Twitter/X user wrote: "Do cannot be doing with listening to people whining! At this stage the competition is really tough. If you don’t vote; don’t expect your favourites to stay in! End of."

"Dear Shirley, you blatantly admitted during the show that you favoured a contestant irrespective of his mistakes. While being overcritical of Sam. And you all over marked Wynne. It does not go down well with shows fans..." a second wrote.

"But let’s be honest, yous are overmarking people like Wynn since day 1, barely highlighting any mistakes a male celeb makes and then clamp down on the slightest mistake a women eg Sam does so of course it’s gonna be affected and what the judges do taken into consideration," another fumed.

Another said: "But as head judge you shouldn’t be saying ‘I’ll let that slide’ to certain contestants. It makes there being judges pointless, especially when you have Motsi & Anton being the over markers. You & Craig should keep the scores balanced."