Strictly fans fume judges 'trying to shoehorn' stars into final

The Countryfile star took to the Strictly Come Dancing floor on Sunday to perform a waltz. She and Gorka Marquez were the second to perform after Fleur East and Vito Coppola, and the two

received the same score of 35, but viewers of the BBC competition were quick to argue Helen should have achieved a higher score, with some suggesting the judges were "shoehorning"

certain contestants into the upcoming final. Twitter user @cfs123plays wrote: "Notice how Helen got the same score as Fleur despite Helen being clearly better. "They're

clearly trying to shoehorn Fleur and Molly into the final #Strictly." @mary_pippin1 argued: "Helen was great and dare I say better than Fleur her scores should be higher

#Strictly." "Can't wait to see how they engineer this to get Fleur and Molly into the final, where the public will ensure that Hamza, Helen or Will picks up the trophy

#Strictly," @BornAgainBantam fumed. READ MORE: GB NEWS BACKLASH AS DAN WOOTTON CONTINUES TO BLAST MEGHAN MARKLE Molly has found herself in the bottom two four times despite consistently

high scores from the judges each week. Last week, she was saved a fourth time after she and Morning Live star Kym Marsh ended up in the dreaded dance-off. Kym and Graziano Di Prima ended up

waving goodbye to the competition after Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas opted to keep Molly and Carlos Gu in the show. Former professional-turned-judge Anton Du Beke

had voted to save Kym and Graziano. As a disappointed Molly prepared to face her fourth dance-off, Craig offered some words of encouragement. Host Tess Daly commented: "You said Molly

transformed in her charleston. Is there anything you think she should focus on now "Focus on yourself and that charleston, this is the best dance I've ever seen you do in this

competition," Craig replied. "So you can go out there and be very, very confident that you are going to do a good job." With a reassuring smile, he concluded:

"You're going to be great." Tonight's semi-finals will see remaining couples Molly and Carlos, Fleur East and Voti Coppola, Helen and Gorka Márquez, Hamza and Jowita

Przystał and Will Mellor and Nancy Xu compete for their place in next week's all-important show. STRICTLY COME DANCING CONTINUES ON MONDAY AT 8.15 ON BBC ONE.