FORMER Strictly pro Brendan Cole has waded into the BBC show’s latest fix row as fans accused the panel of unfairly scoring Gladiator, Montell Douglas.
Viewers hit out on social media over what they believed to be inconsistent marking for the former Olympian.
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Montell has consistently found herself near the bottom of the leaderboard and landed in the dance-off on Sunday.
Sky Vegas ambassador Brendan, who has never shied away from speaking his mind about the show, addressed the controversy.
He said the question is whether the judges’ scores will keep her at risk of elimination.
Asked who he believed could go next, he told The Sun: “On Saturday night Montell went from nearly the top of the leaderboard to being in the dance-off.
“It means very few people are voting compared to others.
“She’s not getting the vote, which means if she’s in another dance-off situation, she’d probably go home.”
Montell was performing her salsa to Don’t Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston, while Wynne did a Charleston to Carmen Suite No. 1: 5. Les Toreadors by George Bizet.
After they’d danced, judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Head Judge Shirley Ballas had their say and cast their vote.
Craig, Motsi and Anton all chose to save Montell, with Head Judge Shirley in agreement.
This meant that Wynne is the eighth celebrity to be leaving the show.
But some fans were gobsmacked that Montell found herself in the bottom two – despite there being “weaker” dancers.
One wrote: “Gladiators & athletics fans please vote tonight for Montell aka Fire in Strictly Come Dancing. She has been grossly undermarked every week. She is a complete novice non-dancer that has been great from day one.”
A second asked: “Explanation to why Montell keeps ending up in the dance off?”
A third said: “Montell and Johannes should never have been in the dance off in the first place!”
“There are weaker dancers in the competition, Montell should not have been in the dance off,” a fourth commented.
Unfortunately Wynne’s time on the show was up.
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2005 Darren Gough & Lilia Kopylova
2006 Colin Jackson & Erin Boag
2007 Darren Gough & Lilia Kopylova
2008 Jill Halfpenny & Darren Bennett
2009 Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna
2010 John Barrowman & Kristina Rihanoff
2011 Charlie Brooks & Vincent Simone
2012 J.B. Gill & Ola Jordan
2013 Rufus Hound & Flavia Cacace
2014 Louis Smith & Aliona Vilani
2015 Harry Judd & Joanne Clifton
2016 Melvin Odoom & Janette Manrara
2017 Katie Derham & Brendan Cole
2018 Aston Merrygold & Janette Manrara
2019 Debbie McGee & Kevin Clifton
2020 —
2021 Anne-Marie & Graziano Di Prima
2022 Alexandra Mardell & Kai Widdrington
2023 Jamie Borthwick & Nancy Xu
