STRICTLY Come Dancing viewers have called for a change in the rules so Shirley Ballas and the judges can't influence who makes the final three.
They've suggested the Strictly dance off should be scrapped in the final stages of the BBC competition.
It comes after viewers saw Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell last night battle it out for a spot in the final, after Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and Vito Coppola and Ellie Leach sailed through and won enough of the public vote combined with the judge's scores on Saturday.
Many lashed out after Annabel Croft was axed by head judge Shirley Ballas, who was given the decicing vote following a split decision by Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke.
Explaining how they'd like to see things play out instead, one viewer penned on X, formerly Twitter: "I don't think there should be a dance off in the semi finals.
"It should be lowest public vote goes out then Shirley can't save the one she's been (backing) all series. Total fix."
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A second person shared: "The comments from the judges were universally positive last night with not one word of criticism.
"Then tonight Motsi trumps up something about (Annabel's) shoulders. Boo! If #Strictly want only professional dancers that's what they should have. Fix."
And a third said about Annabel: "She been praised for doing well and then marked low. I don’t think I am going to watch it next week. Blimmin fix."
One more echoed: "#Strictly comments & voting totally different WTF? for Annabelle & Jojo? quite obvious who you want in the final, you should be ashamed what a fix."
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Her post came hours after Shirley Ballas sparked a fresh sexism row during the show's semi-final.
In the early stages of the BBC1 show, Shirley gave the lowest scores out of all four judges to former newsreader Angela Rippon, 79, former Coronation Street star Ellie Leach, 22, and media personality Zara McDermott, 26.
Judges Motsi Mabuse, 42, and Anton Du Beke, 57,voted to save Bobby, while hard-to-please Craig Revel Horwood, 58, had backed Annabel and Johannes.
Craig said of the two performances: “One dance was flashy, one dance was quiet.
“I think both couples have equalised completely. I saw improvement in this one couple.
“Based on this dance, and nothing in the past but this dance alone, the person which I think had the most exquisite technique is Annabel and Johannes.”
But delivering her decision, Shirley said: “I thought both couples were absolutely extraordinary.
"I felt that both couples lifted their performance. I thought there was technical qualities on both sides, improvements galore.
“But again one tiny mistake coming out of a pivot turn — and therefore my decision would be to save Bobby and Dianne.”
Last year, she was criticised for saying she would have saved BBC TV and radio personality Richie Anderson, 36, when the other judges saved singer-songwriter Fleur East, 36.
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However, a Strictly source previously said: “All of the judges are hugely experienced individuals who judge on dance and dance alone.
“Any conspiracy theories circulating via social media suggesting otherwise are simply untrue.”
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