‘They were criminally overmarked,’ fume Strictly fans as they accuse judges of ‘favouritism’ over ‘inconsistent’ scores
STRICTLY fans have slammed the judges scoring as “inconsistent” after Wynee Evans was scored nines on tonight’s show.
The Welsh opera singer, 52, danced the Tango to Abba’s hit track Money, Money, Money with pro Katya Jones.
The GoCompare star took to the dancefloor on Saturday night with a dramatic performance.
The judges praised him for his high energy routine, with Anton Du Beck saying it was “tremendous”.
He said: “All in all, that was one of your best performance.”
Craig Revel Horwood said: “You bum was sticking up – but I loved, loved, loved it. Winner, winner, win.”
Motsi Mabuse agreed and said: “This was your best dance yet, I’ve been waiting for this dance, I knew it was coming.
“What I love is that you guys give us a story…beautifully timed.”
Head judge Shirley Ballas was also full of praise and said: “I got goosebumps, it was passionate and told a tale.
“You got out there and I could see you’re in it to win it.”
Craig and Anton scored Wynne an 8, while Shirley and Motsi gave him a nine, making it his highest score so far.
But some fans have hit out at the judges yet again for “overmarking” another celebrity – with some claiming they have their “favourites”.
One wrote: “So they’re giving 8s and 9s for Wynne, yet Sarah (imo) did WAY better and got criminally undermarked!! this show is so inconsistent.”
A second fumed: “Overmarked again. Four weeks in a row this show has overmarked him.” Ridiculous over praise of the BBC employee…”
A third baffled fans commented: “9 ?..my arse…ffs
“I’m so sorry but i would’ve given Wynne a 6? so overmarked in my opinion, I love the characterisation i just felt needed more sharpness to it,” this annoyed viewer posted.
This person shared: “I can’t take some of the scoring seriously this evening.”
Someone else echoed: “Crazily over marked!! What is going on this week?”
While this viewer asked: “Why are the judges throwing out 9’s like they’re confetti?”
Another added: “9s for Wynne?,” with a confused face emoji.
This is not the first time that fans have hit out at the judges overscoring.
Last week, fans thought Wynne was overmarked during Movie Week.
Toyah Wilcox was eventually sent home after failing to impress as Ursula from the Little Mermaid and falling to the bottom of the leaderboard.
However, as some noted improvements and others began to slip – in Pete Wicks’ case, quite literally on the dancefloor – fans of the show have criticised the judges for favouritism of Wynne Evans.
The GoCompare opera singer put his best foot forward with a cha cha, giving his take on Mrs Doubtfire alongside pro dancer Katya Jones.
They earned a 30 out of a total 40 points available, putting them high on the leaderboard.
However, fans believed the star was given too high a score, especially when Craig criticised his “wooden and stiff” hip action.
Katya and Wynne also played up an error they made, claiming it was “choreographed” before joking to Claudia Winkleman part of the fun of the character was “blaming any mistakes” on them.
Taking out their frustrations on X, one viewer wrote: “Wynne is too cocky and thinks he’s better than he is….way overmarked as usual.”
“Massive overmarking of Wynne’s cha cha? Constantly overmarked. #Strictly,” said a second.