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STRUNG ALONG

Strictly Come Dancing viewers convinced show bosses use a GUITAR to keep Seann Walsh and Katya Jones apart during quickstep

STRICTLY Come Dancing viewers were convinced show bosses used a guitar to keep Seann Walsh and Katya Jones apart during their Quickstep on Saturday night.

The couple danced to Jake Bugg's song Lightning Bolt, with comedian Seann, 32, playing the part of a busker.

 Strictly viewers are convinced show bosses made Seann Walsh and Katya Jones dance with a guitar between them
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Strictly viewers are convinced show bosses made Seann Walsh and Katya Jones dance with a guitar between themCredit: BBC

This required him to strum a guitar which was then incorporated into the first few moments of their dance as they held it between them while moving across the floor.

But some viewers felt it was a clever ploy to keep them from getting too close, after sharing a drunken snog earlier this month.

Following the furore the pictures caused, the couple had last week's routine changed from a sexy Rumba to a Charleston.

And now viewers think producers did their best to stop them being too hands on during this week's routine too.

 Seann played a busker in their Quickstep routine
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Seann played a busker in their Quickstep routineCredit: BBC
 They were eventually able to make body contact
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They were eventually able to make body contactCredit: BBC
 But viewers were amused by the use of the guitar in a lot of the routine
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But viewers were amused by the use of the guitar in a lot of the routineCredit: BBC

Taking to Twitter, one fan of the show wrote: "@bbcstrictly They made them dance with a guitar between them #Strictly #timeisup."

Another added: "Why are seann and katya dancing with a guitar between them and now dancing at different ends of the floor. Soon they'll be dancing in different rooms...on different nights...in different countries."

A third tweeted: "Seann and katya with their chastity guitar to protect the innocent" while a fourth shared: "well that's one way of ensuring seann & katya don't get too close; stick a guitar in between them #strictly."

They weren't the only ones who noticed the addition of the prop, with another viewer writing: "Enjoy that the BBC put a large guitar in-between Seann and Katya to stop them touching."

 The pair scored 24 points for their performance
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The pair scored 24 points for their performanceCredit: BBC

Others agreed that it was potentially a production decision to use the guitar, writing: "The BBC are literally putting a guitar between Seann and Katya to keep them apart now."

One person who will have been glad of such a decision is Katya's husband, Neil Jones.

Viewers were convinced show bosses 'hid' the 35-year-old at the back of the group as Seann and Katya, 29, chatted about their performance with Claudia Winkleman.

It comes after he was seen with a 'face like thunder' last week following their Charleston routine, their first since the drunken snog scandal kicked off.


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