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STRICLTY Come Dancing has become embroiled in a new fix row tonight after Shirley Ballas gave out the first ten of the series.
The head judge, 63, handed the huge score to Eddie Kadi after his impressive Men In Black performance with Karen Hauer, which was their couple’s choice.
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Shirley said: "When you do something well, it needs rewarding. This was slick, it had style, it was edgy, it was entertaining, you found your groove.
"Everything that you love in dance you were able to bring today as a partnership, I absolutely loved it."
Comedian Eddie and Karen were completely gobsmacked by the score.
Eddie, 40, dedicated the dance to his family who migrated from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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He said he had a "whole other level of respect for street dance" after his performance.
Those watching at home were left fuming by the decision and accused Shirley of having a favourite, while also calling for couple’s choice to be axed.
One person wrote: “Couples Choice smacks of fix more than anything else. Judges can just say anything on it!”
A second said: “@bbcstrictly needs to have a word with Shirley. Her inconsistency and blatant favouritism makes a mockery of the show.”
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And a third moaned: “Even I could tell the dance was slightly out of time yet the so called “professional judge” sees a 10… there’s a reason why she gets accused of favouritism EVERY YEAR!”
While another added: “Shirley with that ridiculous 10 showing why couples choice has to go.”
In a move away from traditional ballroom style, in 2018 Strictly introduced dance category called the Couple’s Choice.
This category allows the pairs approaching it to choose from one of three new styles that they reckon will best show off their celebrity’s moves.
Every week one pair will take on this new category.
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