This evening, Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon, as well as Karen Carney and Carlos Gu, both danced a Waltz as they gave their all to claim a place in next week’s final.
Karen danced to One Moment in Time by Whitney Houston for her first dance of the night, while Balvinder performed to At This Moment by Michael Bublé for her second routine.
But viewers have taken to social media to say the judges including Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke “overmarked” Karen compared to Balvinder who “was better”, when they both danced the same style.
Many also said it is “crazy” the EastEnders star is still yet to be awarded a 10.
Someone wrote: “I’m sorry but Bal’s waltz was better than Karen’s imho, yet the scores don’t reflect that again. Still not even a 9 from Craig or 10 from any judge, crazy.”
This fan shared: “Balvinder danced the stronger of the two Waltzes and still got undermarked. She deserves that spot in the Final. She has fought and fought and fought for her place. And that was a stunning representation of that.”
Another posted: “what did karen do to deserve 3 10S when bals waltz was better???#Strictly.”
Meanwhile, this profile put: “Balvinder was under marked for her waltz compared to Karen’s waltz tonight. #Strictly.”
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Strictly’s Karen Carney ‘really proud’ to be first footballer to make semi-final
Former England Lionesses star Karen has said she is “really proud” to be the first footballer to make the semi-final stage of Strictly.
The 38-year-old ex-Chelsea midfielder reached Saturday’s semi-final of the BBC dancing programme after scoring 34 points for her samba to The Rhythm Of Life from the musical Sweet Charity with professional dance partner Carlos last weekend.
She told the Press Association: “Carlos has told me that quite a bit, he’s really proud actually, he’s like, ‘you’re the first footballer to make the semi-final’, so I think he was really excited, it was a big milestone, and yeah, I’m really proud.”
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Carlos added: “We made history, that’s incredible.”
Karen continued: “I might be the first footballer but it’s down to this guy (Gu), to be fair, he’s getting me there and pushing me, and I’m really grateful.”
The TV pundit has become the highest-placing footballer in the show’s history regardless of the result of Saturday’s semi-final, beating this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! contestant and former Lionesses teammate Alex Scott, who reached the quarter-final.
Strictly Come Dancing the results show airs Sunday on BBC One and iPlayer from 7.45pm.
