Motsi Mabuse made it abundantly obvious who she blamed for the Strictly Come Dancing result this weekend as fans were left fuming that Richie Anderson and Fleur East ended up in the bottom two.
Movie Week is a theme fans of the BBC show look forward to every year and the 2022 edition definitely didn't disappoint with some amazing performances, one of which, from Tyler West and pro partner Dianne Buswell, prompted the first 10s of the new series. Motsi was the first judge to award a perfect score, with Shirley Ballas then following suit. However, while she was all smiles on Saturday's live show, Motsi didn't look impressed at all when the results came in.
Who ends up in the Dance Off is based on a combination of judges' scores and Strictly viewer votes and no-one expected it to be Richie and Giovanni and Fleur and Vito in trouble this week, with Motsi and her colleagues in as much shock at how things turned out as fans at home.
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After both couples reprised their Movie Week numbers, the judges, apart from Shirley, opted to keep Fleur and Vito in and, as she revealed which way she was voting, Motsi aimed a dig at the public, saying: "I think it's heart-wrenching because I think both of you do NOT deserve to be here, but this is how the public voted."
Reacting to her words, one viewer tweeted Motsi to say: "I suppose in reality the public vote isn't really about the dancing it must make your job hard .I do feel for all the judges in the results show especially when good dancers are in it early in the show," with another posting: "Oh general public wtaf are you doing? Fleur was superb. Richie gave more than Matt Goss, and Motsi was bang on."
However, other viewers felt Motsi was too quick to shift the blame, with a third writing: "Motsi can’t just blame the public vote she needs to think of the points she gives too."
