STRICTLY Come Dancing fans have called for a show judge to be fired amid claims of “outrageous undermarking”.
The series finale is just 24 hours away and fans fear it might be spoiled by ‘unfair’ scoring.
The panel’s resident Mr Nasty, Craig Revel Horwood, has come under fire over the series for his strict marking, and now some are demanding change.
“Enough of Craig R Horwood,” fumed on viewer on X. “Time for a change, sack him BBC! His Mr nasty routine is so worn out- scoring 9 for Layton & Nikita is just ridiculous. He spoils the positive vibe of the show every week.”
Another raged after Annabel Croft and Johannes Radebe‘s semi-final Salsa: “NO CRITICISM BUT 8s!? SACK THE JUDGES.”
A third complained: “I usually agree with your scoring Craig but Annabel was severely undermarked last night. It has to be a fair contest for everyone. Perhaps it should just be phone vote only but by all means critique the dance? No doubt you won’t agree darling.”
While a fourth said after the semi-final show: “Craig has always underscored Bobby he has a problem with him, Annabel was rubbish and boring.”
Despite the criticism, Craig did dish out two 10s during last weekend’s semi-final, one for Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin’s Paso Doble and another for their Charleston.
His nine for their Rumba was in line with his three co-judges too, while his marks for the other semi-finalists were also consistent with his peers.
The undermarking accusations extended to the live audience at the weekend.
Despite impressing with her performance, the judges found a number of mistakes with Annabel’s Salsa and scored her 32.
The Strictly studio erupted with boos and the pro dancers started chanting “undermarked”.
