Strictly fury as fan-favourite ‘undermarked’ with judges ‘playing favourites’ with male rivals --[Reported by Umva mag]

ANGRY Strictly fans have accused the judging panel of undermarking a star performer in favour of male dancers. In the wake of the weekend’s live performances, fans were gutted by the marks handed to Miranda sitcom star Sarah Hadland. Sarah Hadland and partner Vito CoppolaEroteme PAFans thought Sarah has brought elegance and grace to the dancefloor[/caption] BBCBut with a score of 27, viewers believe that Sarah is being undermarked[/caption] The 53-year-old, who is partnered with last year’s champion Vito Coppola, has been a bookies favourite for this year’s Glitterball and has previous stage musical experience. But despite live fans giving a rousing ovation for their foxtrot, Sarah and Vito were given a collective score of just 27. And some commentators said the judges were unfairly favouring contestants Wynne Evans – currently embroiled in a ‘groping’ row -and EastEnders Jamie Borthwick who both received 34 points. One said: “I swear each week they judge Sarah so much harder than everyone else.” Another said: “Sarah was undermarked surely.” And another viewer commentated: “Sarah – Should’ve easily been in the top half of the leaderboard! Imo she was stronger than Sam, Pete, Chris, Shayne and Jamie – criminal to have been behind them.” Meanwhile another observer claimed that the men, including Wynne, are being overmarked by comparison. They said: “Anybody else feel like the judges are really baby-ing the male contestants? “I feel like almost all of them – particularly Nick and Wynne – were way over marked? Then you have the likes of Montell and Sarah who were totally undermanned. Punam got way harsher scoring than her male counterparts who also made mistakes.” In the fourth live show, Sarah, who danced to Billie Eilish‘s hit track Birds of a Feather, admitted the song meant a lot to her family and her child. In her VT, a tearful Sarah said: “It would be really lovely to show how I feel in the dance.” Sarah then took to the dancefloor to perform the elegant routine – but it received mixed reviews by head judge Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood. Shirley said: “The spotting on the spins were flawless, you did it twice. Some nice footwork at the beginning but it didn’t glide. “I loved the role reversal when you changed from man to lady. “Foxtrot is a gliding dance, that’s what you need to keep working on when you move into the ballroom dances.” While Craig said Sarah was “trying too hard” and “attacking the dance”, but did praise her for being a “clean dancer”. Indeed viewers concerned that she’d been given the ‘death slot’ which is the second person in the running order to dance, which is thought to be forgettable for the voters. It comes after Toyah Willcox danced in the “death slot” last week and was eliminated in the results show. It has left fans to suspect that the Beeb secretly wanted to get the 80s pop singer out by giving her the spot. Writing online, one fan said: “Toyah has the death slot, seems like they want her to go now that she’s made it to Movie Week.” But it seems that Sarah’s happy feet helped her to escape the dreaded danceoff. Prior to her successful role on the BBC’s Miranda and ITV sitcom, The Job Lot, the mother-of-one starred in West End musicals, Cats and Grease. Strictly Scores Week 4 Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec – 39 Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola – 27 Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu – 30 Dr Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez – 20 JB Gill and Amy Dowden – 30 Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell – 30 Sam Quek and Nakita Kuzmin – 28 Wynne Evans and Katya Jones – 34 Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas – 34 Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe – 33 Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal – 29 Paul Merson and Karen Hauer – 23 Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk – 21 BBCSarah and Vito wait anxiously for their scores[/caption] Judge Shirley picked out parts of Sarah’s dance PAIts not hard to see that Sarah has some natural flair and technique which comes through in the ballroom[/caption] BBCBut the judges are still quibbling over a few points of her technique[/caption]

Oct 14, 2024 - 14:50

Strictly fury as fan-favourite ‘undermarked’ with judges ‘playing favourites’ with male rivals --[Reported by Umva mag]

ANGRY Strictly fans have accused the judging panel of undermarking a star performer in favour of male dancers.

In the wake of the weekend’s live performances, fans were gutted by the marks handed to Miranda sitcom star Sarah Hadland.

Sarah Hadland and partner Vito Coppola

Eroteme

a man and a woman are dancing on a dance floor

Fans thought Sarah has brought elegance and grace to the dancefloor[/caption]

a man and a woman standing next to each other with bbc written on the bottom

But with a score of 27, viewers believe that Sarah is being undermarked[/caption]

The 53-year-old, who is partnered with last year’s champion Vito Coppola, has been a bookies favourite for this year’s Glitterball and has previous stage musical experience.

But despite live fans giving a rousing ovation for their foxtrot, Sarah and Vito were given a collective score of just 27.

And some commentators said the judges were unfairly favouring contestants Wynne Evans – currently embroiled in a ‘groping’ row -and EastEnders Jamie Borthwick who both received 34 points.

One said: “I swear each week they judge Sarah so much harder than everyone else.”

Another said: “Sarah was undermarked surely.”

And another viewer commentated: “Sarah – Should’ve easily been in the top half of the leaderboard! Imo she was stronger than Sam, Pete, Chris, Shayne and Jamie – criminal to have been behind them.”

Meanwhile another observer claimed that the men, including Wynne, are being overmarked by comparison.

They said: “Anybody else feel like the judges are really baby-ing the male contestants?

“I feel like almost all of them – particularly Nick and Wynne – were way over marked? Then you have the likes of Montell and Sarah who were totally undermanned. Punam got way harsher scoring than her male counterparts who also made mistakes.”

In the fourth live show, Sarah, who danced to Billie Eilish‘s hit track Birds of a Feather, admitted the song meant a lot to her family and her child.

In her VT, a tearful Sarah said: “It would be really lovely to show how I feel in the dance.”

Sarah then took to the dancefloor to perform the elegant routine – but it received mixed reviews by head judge Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood.

Shirley said: “The spotting on the spins were flawless, you did it twice. Some nice footwork at the beginning but it didn’t glide.

“I loved the role reversal when you changed from man to lady.

“Foxtrot is a gliding dance, that’s what you need to keep working on when you move into the ballroom dances.”

While Craig said Sarah was “trying too hard” and “attacking the dance”, but did praise her for being a “clean dancer”.

Indeed viewers concerned that she’d been given the ‘death slot’ which is the second person in the running order to dance, which is thought to be forgettable for the voters.

It comes after Toyah Willcox danced in the “death slot” last week and was eliminated in the results show.

It has left fans to suspect that the Beeb secretly wanted to get the 80s pop singer out by giving her the spot.

Writing online, one fan said: “Toyah has the death slot, seems like they want her to go now that she’s made it to Movie Week.”

But it seems that Sarah’s happy feet helped her to escape the dreaded danceoff.

Prior to her successful role on the BBC’s Miranda and ITV sitcom, The Job Lot, the mother-of-one starred in West End musicals, Cats and Grease.

Strictly Scores Week 4

Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec – 39
Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola – 27
Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu – 30
Dr Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez – 20
JB Gill and Amy Dowden – 30
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell – 30
Sam Quek and Nakita Kuzmin – 28
Wynne Evans and Katya Jones – 34
Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas – 34
Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe – 33
Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal – 29
Paul Merson and Karen Hauer – 23
Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk – 21

three people on a stage with bbc written on the bottom right

Sarah and Vito wait anxiously for their scores[/caption]

a woman is wearing a white off the shoulder top and gold earrings — Judge Shirley picked out parts of Sarah’s dance

Its not hard to see that Sarah has some natural flair and technique which comes through in the ballroom[/caption]

BBCBut the judges are still quibbling over a few points of her technique[/caption]

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