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Maisie Lillywhite

Strictly Come Dancing: BBC responds amid outrage as Fleur East was allowed to restart dance following fall

The BBC has responded after the broadcaster was accused of a 'cover-up' during last weekend's instalment of Strictly Come Dancing. The outrage came after it was revealed that singer Fleur East was allowed to restart her dance-off performance after finding herself in the bottom two for a second time.

Radio presenter Fleur, 35, and her professional partner Vito Coppola were up against EastEnders star James Bye and Amy Dowden in the dance-off following last week's Halloween special of the BBC show. Fleur and Vito performed their salsa to Beyonce's track 'Don't Break My Soul' for a second time, and managed to save their backs with their performance.

After performing their Charleston to 'Bumble Bee' by LaVern Baker once more, James and Amy were sent home by the judges. But the Manchester Evening News reports that, since the recording of the results show on Saturday night (October 29), it has been revealed that filming ground to a halt after Fleur had an 'incident with a prop'.

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