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Bristol Post
Entertainment
George Thorpe

Strictly fans blast Shirley Ballas after judge gets dancer's name wrong

Strictly Come Dancing viewers have called for head judge Shirley Ballas to say sorry after getting a professional dancer's name wrong. During last night's (November 5) show. Shirley gave her views on the performances of all the couples.

When it came round to Kiss FM DJ Tyler West and his professional partner Dianne Buswell, who performed a Viennese Waltz to I've Been Loving You Too Long by Seal, the judging quartet gave them 29 points - the third lowest score of the night. However, it was while Shirley - who gave the couple seven points - spoke to Tyler and Dianne that anger starting being felt.

During the segment, Shirley - who replaced Len Goodman as head judge in 2017 on the BBC show - was heard calling the professional dancer "Diana". This led to many viewers jumping on Twitter to express their anger with the judge.

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