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Charlotte Tutton

Strictly fans accuse judges of over-marking stars as scores are 'too high'

Strictly Come Dancing fans were unimpressed with the scores during the first live show on Saturday night.

Some celebrities were marked "too high" for week one, fans said, as they were marked for their first ever Strictly performance.

The full line-up took to the dance floor for the first live show on Saturday night, as hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman hosted proceedings.

Joining them were judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke.

But as it came to the scores for each first routine, not all viewers agreed with some of the marks.

Several celebrities earned 7s and 6s from different judges for their first routine, even when some of them had been called out over "mistakes".

Strictly Come Dancing fans were unimpressed with the scores during the first live show on Saturday night (BBC)

As the marks came in, Kaye Adams, James Bye, Kym Marsh and Jayde Adams were amongst those awarded high marks, while all of the stars also got 4s and 5s too.

Viewers confessed they believed anything above a mark of five was too high for this far in the competition.

Taking to Twitter, viewers questioned the judges' decisions, and accused them of over-marking the contestants.

One viewer said: "Very high scores being handed out tonight," as a second said: "Talk about over-marked! That was worth 4 at most."

As the marks came in, Kaye Adams, James Bye, Kym Marsh and Jayde Adams were amongst those awarded high marks (BBC)

A third added: "Anyone else think these scores are a little too high for week one? If you’re giving out 7s now there’s not much room as the weeks go by surely??"

Another tweeted: "7s and 6s?! I get the standard is high this year but it's week bloody 1."

It comes as all of the couples were confirmed on Friday night, with each celebrity paired up with a professional dancer.

On Saturday morning, viewers learned what each pairing would be performing in regards to dance style and song choice.

As the couples list was announced on Friday, it was confirmed by the show that for the first time ever, two same-sex couples would be taking part.

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were quick to suggest the judges were not giving the 2022 stars the right marks (BBC)

Comedian Jayde Adams and professional dancer Karen Hauer were confirmed to be performing together during the launch show, they were very excited.

Jayde said: "Karen IS Strictly”, as Karen replied: "I’m absolutely excited, I have so many ideas, too many ideas, this is going to be a golden moment for me.”

Radio 2 host Richie Anderson was paired up with male professional dancer Giovanni Pernice, and it's safe to say the news went down well.

He said: "Could you get anyone better than Mr Giovanni? I feel like I’m the envy of the British public right now!"

Following the launch show, viewers predicted who was going to win the series after getting a glimpse of each celebrity’s dance moves.

According to bookmakers, Countryfile and former Blue Peter host Helen Skelton is the favourite to take home the Glitterball trophy this year.

But fans don't think this will be the case, and instead believed a singer and former I'm A Celebrity star was instead set to be crowned the winner in December

Taking to Twitter, fans suggested Fleur East was set for victory with her dance partner Vito Coppola.

Strictly Come Dancing returns live at 6:30pm on Saturday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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