Matt Goss’s best friend of 30 years has branded his scoring on Strictly Come Dancing as a “disgrace”.
Craig Revel Horwood scored Matt only three on Saturday night compared with Anton Du Beke who gave him seven.
But Rob Ferguson, who has worked with Matt since the 1980s, hit back: “There is no consistency and no correlation between comments versus votes. I’m losing my faith in the legitimacy of BBC ’s Strictly.
Rob, who was invited to be in the audience, added: “I cannot reconcile Craig’s descending score for Matt from week one – 5, 4, 3. There’s no question he has improved.”
He told the Mirror the marking was “inexplicable and nonsensical”, adding: “I can’t help but think there is an agenda.”
But he said Matt had been “extremely dignified, he’s just digging in like the trooper he is”, Bros star Matt, 54, and dance partner Nadiya Bychkova, 33, scored 21 for their Viennese Waltz to Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick.
Head judge Shirley Ballas said: “What we have to get from you is consistency.”
But Anton Du Beke said: “There is a ballroom boy struggling to get out.”
On Sunday night Richie Anderson became the second star to leave the BBC1 show.
He exited the show after a shock dance-off with Fleur East.
Opting to save Fleur, Craig said: "I would like to save the most accomplished technician and that is Fleur and Vito.”
Meanwhile, Motsi described it as a "heartbreaking" and said the two celebrities were the wrong people for the bottom two, while choosing Fleur.
Anton Du Beke also opted to save Fleur, meaning the decision did not reach head judge Shirley Ballas.
He said: "I thought both couples performed well, I thought one couple was a bit more sure footed about their performance and had a slightly better level of artistry about what they were doing, so the couple I would like to save is Fleur and Vito."
