Strictly Come Dancing's judges have started the series with plenty of sass so far – with Craig Revel Horwood's usual cutting comments and divided opinions between the bunch.
Helen Skelton and Gokra Marquez's performance on Saturday evening sparked 'warfare' between judges Shirley, Craig, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke as they were in a 'body language battlefield' after their Cha Cha Cha dance.
And it appears the divide has potentially widened on Sunday evening as judges casted their votes to save one celebrity and professional pairing from elimination.
Kaye Adams and Kai Widdrington ended up in the bottom two alongside Matt Goss and Nadiya Bychkova – with the two couples taking part in the dance off in a last ditch attempt to save themselves from becoming the first stars to leave the show.
After the celebrities and professionals performed the judges shared their verdicts as Craig, 57, Anton, 56, and 41-year-old Motsi all opting to save Matt and Nadiya.
Despite the voting already indicating Kaye and Kai were set to go home, as Anton gave the deciding vote, head judge Shirley decided to go against the grain and throw her support behind Kaye, 59, and Kai, 27.
When asked by host Tess Daly if she agreed with the result, she said: "I didn't. I think due to a little bit better quality I would have saved Kaye and Kai."
Body language expert Judi James has said Shirley's vote has taken the battle between the judges to a 'strange' turn.
Judi exclusively told the Mirror : "The battle between the judges that has been raging for two weeks now took a strange turn tonight when Shirley disagreed with the other three and claimed she would have saved Kaye in the dance-off rather than Matt.
"By that stage her vote didn’t matter so it was really just a polite query from Tess but Shirley’s body language signals suggested suppressed and slightly bristling indignation, as though she felt all three of her co-judges had been totally wrong to pick Kaye."
Shirley could have avoided any apparent clash with the judges as her opinion wasn't called for in the vote. But, Judi suggested Shirley was 'assertive' as she shared her view.
She said: "If it were simply a matter of opinion she might have shrugged or smiled to avoid any apparent clash with the other judges, but she sat formally and firmly, using a very assertive eye-gaze to Tess, with her head tilted slightly and a humourless smile on her face.
"She seemed to turn a ring on her right hand around as she gave her opinion, which is a self-comfort and often self-affirming ritual when someone is in disagreement with others."
As Kaye accepted her fate, she told the audience: "It was the right result and I did make mistakes, and when it comes to that high pressured situation that’s what happen, so I am delighted for Matt and Nadiya."
