Strictly star Jamie Borthwick takes shock swipe at THREE judges after they slated his performance

STRICTLY Come Dancing star Jamie Borthwick took a shock swipe at Three of the judges.

The EastEnders actor took to the dance-floor to perform his Viennese waltz where he only received a score of 23 points from the judges.

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Jamie, 30, was first given a perfect score of 40 points from the judges when he won the 2023 Christmas special of the hit BBC show.

This time around it seemed the judges were much harsher with their comments, except for Craig who seemed to enjoy his performance.

On yesterday's edition of the spin-off, It Takes Two, Fleur East welcomed Jamie and his partner Michelle Tsiakkas into the studio.

During the interview the former X Factor runner-up mentioned how the judges may have been harsh with their scores.

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She thought this may have been due to his success in the holiday period when he performed the Quickstep.

The presenter then read out a comment from a viewer named Lizzie who said: "Judges - harsh much.

"Seemed far more critical than anyone else? I thought it was fab!"

Jamie replied: "They were critical. But they were judges, it's what it's meant to be."

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However, he then made a swipe at Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke.

The actor implied that he was only really concerned with impressing Craig Revel Horwood.

It could have been his top priority, due to Craig's reputation as being the harshest critic on the panel.

"Craig liked it!", he exclaimed. "I'd much rather Craig love it than the other three."

After his previous performance, Anton and Shirley tried to actually demonstrate how he could improve his posture.

But despite the criticism from the others, Craig seemed to lavish praise on the amateur dancer.

Strictly 2024 Week One Scoreboard

Here's how the first week scoreboard looked:

1. JB and Amy = 31
2. Tasha and Aljaz = 30
3. Sarah and Vito = 30 
4. Wynne and Katya = 26
5. Montell and Johannes = 26
6. Shayne and Nancy = 23
7. Jamie and Michelle = 23
8. Chris and Dianne = 23 
9. Sam and Nikita = 21
10. Dr Punam and Gorka = 19
11. Tom and Nadiya = 18
12. Nick and Luba = 18
13. Pete and Jowita = 17
14. Paul and Karen = 17
15. Toyah and Neil = 12

"Well I think you are terrific actually, I love your energy."

He added: "It needs a little bit of fluidity, it was a bit sort of jaggered throughout. But that performance I thought was absolutely wonderful."

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Strictly Come Dancing airs weekly over the weekend on BBC One and is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.