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Strictly Come Dancing fans convinced there’s a secret feud between judge and pro dancer after spotting sign
After week one the judges have already come under fire
STRICTLY Come Dancing fans are convinced there's a secret feud between one of the judges and a particular pro dancer.
Comedian and actor Chris McCausland, 47, took to the BBC One ballroom to compete for the first time last weekend.
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He was given a score of 23 by the judges for his Cha-cha-cha with Dianne Buswell.
Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas gave him a score of six, while Anton Du Beke gave him an even higher number of seven.
However, Craig Revel Horwood only gave him four points, and some Strictly Come Dancing viewers think there might be a specific reason behind it.
Some fans think that he might be engulfed in a secret feud with Dianne, as they think Craig has historically under-marked Dianne's celeb partners.
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On social media forum site Reddit, one fan created a thread that was titled: "Is it just me or Craig does NOT like Dianne?"
They wrote: "He is always giving her and her partners much lower scores than everyone.
"He never gave Bobby a 10 and even with her old partners like Tyler he used to give them lower scores unlike other judges."
Adding: "Even with Chris he did not have anything nice to say about her."
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One fan seemed to agree as they noticed that he has never given the pro-dancer a perfect score.
They noted: "Craig has never given Dianne a ten in the main competition.
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"He's only ever given her a ten in the Christmas special when she did the Couple's Choice with Joe."
However, other Strictly enthusiasts did not agree with the assessment.
They claimed that either her previous partners did not deserve the best scores or he has been hard on other worthy competitors.
They claimed that Craig was just being fair within the competition and her partners did not necessarily do work that warranted the highest scores.
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"Bobby never produced a dance that was worthy of a 10," claimed another user.
While a third brought up previous winner Ellie Leach: "Craig didn't give Ellie a 10 till the final even though she deserved one."
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And a fourth added: "It's more so the fact that Dianne's partners have continuously been well received charismatic celebs but not exactly perfect dancers (even Bobby or Joe), so no. He just judges dancing objectively."
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Strictly Come Dancing airs weekly over the weekend on BBC One and is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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