Yahoo News Strictly fans furious over results show format change
Viewers of Strictly Come Dancing might have been happy that Seann Walsh was voted off the show last night (October 28) after weeks of drama over that drunken kiss with Katya Jones, but they also noticed something else was amiss on Sunday.
Every results show features a performance from a special guest, and so far this series we've seen everyone from Backstreet Boys to George Ezra.
Last night it was Rita Ora's turn to take to the stage to perform her new single, 'Let You Love Me', but Strictly fans noticed that Rita's performance also provided a change to the usual format.
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A haunting performance @RitaOra 🙌🦇 #Strictly pic.twitter.com/YprkmlltQP
- BBC Strictly ✨ (@bbcstrictly) October 28, 2018
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Rather than use the show's professional dancers, as practically every other guest performer does, Rita used her own dancers.
And viewers noticed, and people complained:
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Didn't recognise any of those dancers during Rita Ora's turn last night. Did she bring her her own? Bloody nerve of the woman! @bbcstrictly #strictly
- Sue Roberts (@Dyffryn44) October 29, 2018
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#Strictly shame Rita couldn't make way for performance from professional dancers.
- Maude (@2BMaude) October 28, 2018
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Why didn’t Rita use the professional dancers #strictly
- Louise foreman (@pink_sunset_x) October 28, 2018
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Why no professional dancers when Rita Ora sung????? #Strictly
- Kelly Innes (@Morgantigger) October 28, 2018
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Eww Rita Ora brought her own dancers to a dance show?! How rude! #Strictly #strictly2018
- Skeletim 💀 (@TimblesRH) October 28, 2018
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Did Rita Ora really bring her own dancers to #Strictly??? Liberty! I'm so disgusted.
- Emily Reynolds (@laracroft838) October 29, 2018
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Disappointed that Rita brought her own dancers for a boring and uninspired routine (if you could even call it that)... the professionals dancing to the celebrity performances are usually a real highlight of the Results show.#Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #SCD https://t.co/5bkkCrxCgI
- Sarah (@daytripper_blog) October 29, 2018
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Really annoyed that Rita Ora used her own dancers on Strictly tonight. I look forward to seeing the pros dancing to the big stars' singing every week, and they always do, even the really big names. What makes Rita so precious? Grrr. #strictly
- Karen Wheatley (@Caulkhead_K) October 28, 2018
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Nice of Rita Ora to bring her own dancers on Strictly Come Dancing 😳🙄😶 #strictly
- el 🍁 (@eyupella) October 28, 2018
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I swear Rita Ora did the same thing last year and brought her own dancers on #Strictly instead of having the strictly pros do a routine.....hated it then and hate it now lmao
- skellieton (@zonkospatronus) October 28, 2018
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People still thought it was a great performance though:
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Yes yes... I know she brought her own dancers, BUT that was a brilliant performance from @RitaOra. Always delivers. #Strictly
- Elliot Gonzalez (@elliot_gonzalez) October 28, 2018
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Phenomenal performance by @RitaOra 😍🔥🔥🔥#SCD #Strictly @bbcstrictly
- Mark Wix SCD (@MarkWix2) October 28, 2018
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Loved that @RitaOra performance on @bbcstrictly! Beautiful concept & choreography, I was transfixed!👏🏻 #fangirling #Strictly
- onceuponawelshgirl (@onceuponawelsh1) October 28, 2018
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Aw that was a lovely performance @RitaOra and you looked stunning. 😍 #LetYouLoveMe @bbcstrictly #scd #strictly
- Katie Wearing (@DinkyKt) October 28, 2018
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Elsewhere on this weekend's Strictly, Stacey Dooley thrilled fans when she dressed up as Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor and danced to the Doctor Who theme.
Pussycat Dolls Kimberly Wyatt and Nicole Scherzinger were also in the audience to support Ashley Roberts, although the latter had to deny that she was incredibly frosty to host Tess Daly.
Despite the complaints and the drama though, Strictly is still smashing it in the ratings every week.
Strictly Come Dancing continues this Saturday (November 3) on BBC One, with the results show airing on the Sunday.
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