BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Helen Skelton's chances 'hindered by judges'

The crowning of this year's Strictly Come Dancing champion has gone down well among all viewers. BBC Star Helen Skelton did not quite do enough to walk away with the Glitterball trophy along with partner Gorka Marquez.

But fans of the show were left in agreement after the couple's first performance - the judges should have picked a different dance. Helen and Gorka were second favourites on Saturday night, December 17, behind frontrunners Hamza and Jowita.

One of Helen and Gorka's highlights on the show was their Quickstep to Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse's Valerie, which scored them a near-perfect 39 out of 40, The Chronicle reports. When it was announced the judges would choose a dance for each couple to open the final with, it seemed likely that it would be the Quickstep.

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Helen Skelton dancing with Gorka (PA)

However, while it did come up in conversation as Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel-Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke weighed up their options, it ended up being snubbed in favour of their Jive. While the routine to Janelle Monae's Tightrope was a real crowd pleaser, and went onto score, 39, plenty of fans wiling Helen to win, criticised the judges' decision, with one taking to Twitter to post: "Gutted to not see Helen and Gorka’s quickstep in the final again."

Echoing the same sentiments, another tweeted: "It's a shame that the best quickstep ever (Helen and Gorka) didn't get a perfect score. I would have preferred it in the final instead of the couples choice, which was good, but not as memorable as the quickstep."

And, expressing the same opinion, a third reacted: "I would have loved to see Helen and Gorka’s Blackpool quickstep again."

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