Strictly Come Dancing fans were left complaining about the repeated schedule shake-up of this year’s final weeks due to the coverage of the World Cup on Monday evening.
The results show, which typically airs on a Sunday evening, was pushed back to Monday this week after the live show was similarly bumped from its usual Saturday slot.
The remaining couples took to the BBC One ballroom floor on Sunday night instead, in the hopes of impressing judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Shirley Ballas – as well as the public voting at home.
Yet Strictly fans were left concluding ‘the world’s gone mad' after the schedule shake-up due to the BBC broadcasting of the Qatar tournament football matches.
Taking to Twitter, one viewer wrote: “This should’ve been shown last night tbf. Not on a Monday night, no way.”
A second echoed: “Strictly on a Monday night is just wrong! Why didn’t they just show both last night?! As if we don’t all know it’s all filmed together!”
“First time watching #strictly on a Monday. A bit of a strange start though, no pro dance, different camera angle…” another wrote.
A fellow fan even switched off as they wrote: “Already looked up the Strictly spoiler because watching it at half past 8 on a Monday seems unnatural.”
The Strictly results show on Monday evening saw hitmaker Lewis Capaldi perform his latest single Pointless, alongside a stunning routine from professional dancers Giovanni Pernice and Katya Jones.
Former Blue Peter presenter Helen has seen her odds of winning this year's Strictly Come Dancing slashed, according to William Hill.
Helen was awarded a near-perfect 39 for her couples choice routine during last weekend’s Musicals Week and quarter-final to the song Mein Herr from the iconic musical Cabarete.
Helen was joined at the top of the leaderboard by actor Will Mellor, who started off the series as the firm favourite and placed on top of the leaderboard back in week one.
Despite his early lead on the show, Will failed to reach the top of the scoreboard up until week 10 and has now been the leading star back-to-back.
However, even after failing to achieve top marks this week and being just 2 points above the lowest score, wildlife presenter Hamza Yassin remains the bookie's favourite to lift the glitterball trophy this series as he is priced at 8-13.
The remaining four couples will take to the dancefloor next week for the final time in the hopes of becoming the pair to lift the Glitterball Trophy when Strictly Come Dancing: The Final airs live on December 17.
Strictly returns for the final at 7.15pm on Saturday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
