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Katie Fitzpatrick

Tony Adams yells at BBC Strictly judge Shirley Ballas - the same night she gets professional dancer's name wrong

Tony Adams didn't hold back after he received a low score from head judge Shirley Ballas on Strictly Come Dancing. The former Arsenal and England footballer made an outburst as his scores came in from the judges.

After Tony and his dance partner Katya Jones danced the cha-cha to the Grandstand theme tune on Saturday night's live show, Shirley had some bolstering words. She told him: "I love you dearly. Keep going because you're what the show is all about."

But as he climbed the stairs to join Claudia Winkleman and receive his score, he looked unimpressed to receive a low score of 4 from Shirley. With a dismissive wave of his arm, he yelled out: "Shirley, go home."

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The pair received a total of 19 out of 40 points. Craig Revel Horwood dished out an even lower score of 3 and Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke both scored him a 6 on the BBC dance contest.

@casey_baughan tweeted: "Tony Adams telling Shirley to go home is the highlight of the night." @EmilyFrancis89 repeated with laughing emojis: "'Shirley go home.'" They added: "Tony Adams is the crush I never knew I’d have but I fancy him like hell and I’m not sorry." @wayne_dooley also laughed: "Tony telling Shirley to 'go home' after she scored him 4."

Tony Adams and Katya Jones (BBC)

Earlier fans also couldn't believe their ears when Shirley got professional dancer Dianne Buswell's name wrong. Shirley called Dianne 'Diana' as she critiqued her performance with celeb partner Kiss FM Tyler West.

@ftphoebebridger shouted: "DID SHIRLEY JUST CALL DIANNE DIANA???" @soph_louise95 said: "Shirley called Dianne 'Dianna', they've only been on the same show for 6 years."

@sam_bell248 tweeted: "When did Dianne change her name to Diana as that is what Shirley called her #Strictly." And @strictlysalfie commented: "Shirley calling Dianne, Diana… how many years have you worked with her bab?"

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