Strictly Come Dancing fans angry after Katie Piper was ‘under-marked’ in row over scores

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans were left fuming last night as they believed Katie Piper was “under-marked” by the judges.

The campaigner and television presenter waltzed with Gorka Marquez to Adele's When We Were Young, but failed to wow the judges, landing just 17 points and came second bottom of the leader board.

Bruno Tonioli gave her the highest score out of the judges – a five – while Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell and Shirley Ballas all gave her a four.

Those watching at home thought she should have scored higher and took to Twitter to discuss it.

One person wrote: “Very harsh score for Katie especially from Darcey & Bruno. #Strictly.”

A second commented: “Strictly  #KatiePiper and #GorkaMarquez  were totally undermarked @bbcstrictly.”

While a third added: “Overall well done @bbcstrictly great 1st show but what we're the #strictly judges watching?  @KatiePiper_  & @StaceyDooley seriously under scored. Well done @CraigRevHorwood for susannah's 1 though.”

Katie received mixed comments from the judges after she appeared to let the nerves get the better of her.

Bruno told her: "You did it my darling, you did all the steps, you got to the end and it looked good.

"Now relax and don't overthink it. Don't worry about it too much, let him guide you because you can dance."

Shirley added: "You show some lovely promise. You look stunning, you just have to come out like its a practice session. You show great promise."

And Darcey told her: "I know this is a big thing for you and it's so hard to hide nerves.

"Just to get hold of those nerves and control that. Listen to that music and it will help you to relax. You're through to next week so enjoy it."

Craig added: "Your balance was a little bit questionable. Your arms had nice placement out of hold.

"And then you went horribly wrong half way through but you managed to get back into it."

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