Strictly Come Dancing fans were left feeling emotional after Gorka Márquez sweetly reassured his celebrity partner Helen Skelton on tonight's show. Gorka, 32, and Helen, 39, performed an incredible Paso Doble which saw them win huge praise from judges Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood. After receiving their scores, host Claudia Winkleman began chatting to the pair and Gorka soon asked if she could quickly say something to his partner.
Strictly fans complain moments into live show as Shirley Ballas makes 'awkward' gaffe
01.10.2022 - 23:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Strictly Come Dancing fans were left shaking their heads as Shirley Ballas kicked off the live show with an 'awkward gaffe'.
The BBC ballroom dancing show returned for its second week on Saturday night, as 15 celebrities and their partners compete for the Glitterball trophy. The 20th series of Strictly is being hosted by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, with Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke returning as judges, reports the Mirror.
The couples took to the stage tonight for their second performance in front of the judges, as their fate now lies in the publics hands. However, as the hosts tried to chat to Shirley, the judge left a prolonged awkward pause as if she had zoned out - and the awkward moment wasn't missed by fans.
Immediately noticing the cringe-inducing moment, one fan tweeted: “Yoohoo! Wake up Shirley." A second wrote: “Shirley not sure where she is there," as another said: "Well that wasn’t awkward."
“Shirley’s delayed response is me 24/7,” another fan joked. "Shirley is me when anyone asks me anything in group meetings," a fellow fan chimed. One savage viewer asked: "Has Shirley been at the sherry?"
While there was no public vote last week, the pressure is now on to get their steps right as the phone lines are open after the show for fans to vote for their favourite routines.
The contestants' scores from last week have been carried over to this weekend and will be combined with the viewers' votes, with the lowest scoring couples going head to head in the first dance off of 2022. The first results show of the series starts on Sunday 2 October at 7.15pm, beginning after the Antiques Roadshow.
The two couples with the fewest votes then go head-to-head in the dance-off, delivering
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