Strictly viewers have been left confused by Helen Skelton's judge remarks on the latest episode of Strictly Come Dancing. It was movie week on the BBC One show, which saw the celebrities and their pro-dancing partners strutting their stuff to a whole host of famous movie soundtracks.
Viewers saw a samba to Jurassic Park, a Charleston, and Helen and her partner Gorka dancing a waltz to the soundtrack of Grease. Earlier in the show, viewers had criticised one of the judges for being overly harsh to a couple of the dancing partners.
Shirley Ballas was under fire earlier in the show for being "mean" to Ellie and Johannes with some calling her out online for being "blatantly misogynistic."
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However, Helen managed to win very high praise indeed from Shirley, which left some viewers confused. Shirley told Helen and Gorka she was 'in awe' of their waltz, praising her fleckle, something many fans didn't know was a thing.
The judges gave Helen and Gorka a good score of 31, which is the TV presenter's highest yet in the three weeks since the latest series began.
Helen was seen beaming when she heard her comments from the judges, it was positive across the board, with them saying she was really getting into the spirit and how much progress she has made since the start.
Viewers heaped praise on Skelton through social media, with many saying the dance was "lovely" and that she is one of the potential early favourites to get the glitter ball trophy.
@Shane said: "I give Helen and Gorka a 9. Gorgeous, oozing with musicality, incredible footwork. A misplacement of your foot once, and your top line wasn't arched for a moment of the dance, but overall this was a masterclass in Viennese Waltz"
@Gary said: "Helen & Gorka Viennese Waltz was class, when it comes to dancing I’m definitely hopelessly devoted to these two, talk about these two in the final is a given, Grease Lightning"
@Faith said: "Loved that Grease routine. I wanted to be in that dance. Beautiful"
@kippy said: "Helen & Gorka - I've found Helen "okay, not great" so far. Not one of the obvious contenders, but never bad. Has she shown improvement? Dunno, but she was decent previously and decent again? Hmmm. Actually felt that dress was getting in her way."
@Stuart said: "Well done Helen, Lovely dance, improving all the time"
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