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Furious Strictly fans slam Shirley Ballas as she ‘overscores’ Pete Wicks AGAIN in live semi-final
It's not the first time that this has happened
FURIOUS Strictly fans have slammed Shirley Ballas after she 'overscored' Pete Wicks AGAIN during tonight's live semi-final.
The former Towie star and partner Jowita Przystał took to the dance stage tonight to show off their rendition of the Foxtrot as part of their first performance.
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Pete was awarded seven by Craigh Revel Horwood, an eight from Motsi Mabuse and Anton De Beke.
Shirley gave the reality star a nine.
The head judge told him: "You are Mr. Strictly Come Dancing. You are what this show is about.
"Everybody at home, all the parents will be sitting there thinking if Pete can do it, I can do it!
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"And you will inspire people to go to the dance studio. You had no experience coming in, I thought you did a very good job on your footwork."
Many took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to point out how generous she's been with her scoring.
One asked: "Is Shirley not embarrassed scoring Pete the same score as Tasha and Sarah? Like she cannot be serious?"
Another added: "No hate to Pete, he gives it his all and doesn't deserve the hate he's getting just for trying to dance. But the judges are massively overscoring him yet again."
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A third wrote: "I'm still absolutely fuming at Shirley giving Pete a 9. Can we vote her off tonight?"
It's not the first time that fans have accused the head judge of overscoring this year.
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Last month she came under fire for her scores towards Pete.
They received 29 after performing the tango to Easy Lover.
The differing scores fuelled fan's feelings that Shirley has been playing favourites with Pete throughout the series.
Venting their frustration on X (formerly Twitter), one wrote: "Shirley agreed with Motsi's critique yet still awarded Pete one mark higher than her."
"Shirley and Anton overmarking , surprise..not," said another, as a third wrote. "Knew Shirley would overmark Pete"
"Shirley loves visual improvement. Anton thinks Pete has improved immensely. Give 8s. Madness," said a third.
Shirley has hit back at the criticism, saying she isn't going anywhere despite a petition for her to be sacked.
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