Dianne Buswell has spoken out in the aftermath of her and Tyler West's contentious exit from Strictly Come Dancing, after being left in tears in the immediate aftermath. And her statement came as fans, fuming at the result. demand 'justice' for the couple.
Not for the first time this series, there was a tie on the Strictly l eaderboard as the BBC show returned to Blackpool after a three year hiatus on Saturday night with radio host Tyler and former finalist Dianne getting 35 out of 40 for their 70s inspired salsa, the same score received by both Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu and Will Mellor and Nancy Xiu.
And, unfortunately for both Tyler and Dianne and Molly and Carlos, the now proven 'middle of the leaderboard curse' struck again, condemning both couples to the dance-off, Tyler and Dianne for the second time in as many weeks. This weekend's Strictly result went right to the wire. Molly's place in the contest looked to b a sure thing as both Craig and Motsi opted to keep her, but it was then thrown in the hands of Shirley, after Anton chose Tyler.
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Head judge Shirley used her casting vote to save Molly and Carlos, with Tyler offering a three word apology to Dianne, once their fate was confirmed. Dianne was emotional as she chatted to host Tess Daly and then posted a moving statement on Instagram right after.
Next to a picture of her and Tyler, she wrote: " Between your smile, presence and torch collection...my gosh you lit up the room and dance floor. I am forever grateful for being the lucky girl to be picked to dance with you. Your energy your smile your zest for life was with us from day 1 of rehearsals right up to that EPIC SALSA.
She added: "I am a proud teacher to have trained a size 12 footed hand ball champion to dance and who I now class a DANCER. Thank you so so much for being the best."
One angry fan was quick to jump into the comments thread underneath to write: "Robbed! You shouldn’t have been in the dance off AT ALL! I am so gutted for you both! Really thought we’d see you in the final!" A second told her: "Totally robbed. You deserved to go much further!"
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