15 October 2023 , 21:28
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Strictly Come Dancing viewers had a few complaints about the series after discovering a brand new 'curse'.
On Saturday night, Ellie Leach and her professional dance partner Vito Coppola kicked off the competition by being the first of the group to perform. After receiving her weakest score yet, she fought back tears as she told her partner that she felt like she "let him down."
It comes after Movie Week, which saw recent judge favourites Nigel Harman and partner Katya Jones also receive low scores when they performed the first dance of that episode. Viewers believe there is a new curse taking over the show as many of the stars dancing first receive low scores.
Taking to social media and forums, fans commented on Ellie being "undermarked" and criticised the judges for unfair scoring. "Ellie was undermarked. Easily worth an 8. That is all," one person said on Reddit. Another agreed and added: "The judges don’t seem to consider how hard the routine actually is I think Ellie had quite a hard routine and still did remarkably well- she deserved more."
Ellie and Vito went first this week (PA)"Some contestants are overmarked when they have a really easy routine- for example, Nikita and Gorka last week were rubbish but because the choreography was easier she still got an ok score- couples choice tends to score higher because it tends to be easier (fleur and vito I thought we’re overmarked for theirs I think)," another said.
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One fan called it a curse and said: "It's the curse of going first. If she had performed mid-show I'm certain she would have got straight 8s." Another viewer agreed with the existence of a 'curse' and said: "Agreed! The judges tend to mark the first dance harsher in comparison to the others though. Since she won’t be going first in the coming weeks, she’ll be marked more appropriately (hopefully)."
Strictly Come Dancing recently revealed the third star to leave the hit BBC One dance competition after a tough dance-off. During Sunday's results show, Jody Cundy became the third contestant to leave as he faced Eddie Kadi in the dreaded dance-off.
The two stars had to perform their routines again as Jody, 45, and pro partner Jowita Przystal performed their Salsa to Samba de Janeiro by Bellini while Eddie, 40, and his pro partner Karen Hauer performed their American Smooth to iconic hit Sex Bomb by Tom Jones.
After both couples had danced a second time, the judges delivered their verdicts as Craig Revel Horwood chose to save Eddie and Karen