{"id":37396,"date":"2023-09-30T20:17:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T18:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1899294"},"modified":"2023-10-01T16:58:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T14:58:20","slug":"strictly-fans-call-out-judge-for-giving-annabel-croft-undeserved-low-score","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictly-fans-call-out-judge-for-giving-annabel-croft-undeserved-low-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly fans call out judge for giving Annabel Croft \u2018undeserved\u2019 low score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The former tennis player scored 22 for her Quickstep \u2013\u00a0with Craig Revel Harwood marking her particularly harshly. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 18:17 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>A number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/strictly-come-dancing-2023-line-up-contestants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> fans have called out judge Craig Revel Horwood for undermarking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/annabel-croft-strictly-come-dancing-2023-contestant\/\">Annabel Croft<\/a> in tonight\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster and former tennis player was the second celebrity to take to the dancefloor with her professional partner Johannes Radebe this week as the pair performed a Quickstep to Walking on Sunshine by Katrina And The Waves.<\/p>\n<p>And after some mixed comments from the judges, they ended with a score of 22 for their routine \u2013 six marks less than they managed in last week\u2019s first live show.<\/p> <p>They received six points a piece from Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke, but Craig Revel Horwood was significantly more harsh with his score, giving them just four points.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on Croft\u2019s performance, Craig said: \u201cThere were a few moments\u2026 you looked absolutely terrified twice in that dance you lost the base completely and went back to concentration mode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2023-songs-and-dances\/\">Strictly Come Dancing songs and dances revealed for week 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2023-leaderboard\/\">Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>He added that she needed to \u201clearn to control your arms and give them a little more artistry\u201d although he also added that she \u201cflew around that floor\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>His score of four was greeted with some boos from the audience and shock from Johannes \u2013 and it looks like viewers at home agree that they were hard done by.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeel like Annabel and Johannes were undermarked,\u201d one fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter) while another added: \u201cA<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">nnabel<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> was fantastic \u2013 she deserved a higher <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">score<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> than 4 from Craig. And that dress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Annabel was fantastic &#8211; she deserved a higher score than 4 from Craig. And that dress was gorgeous. \ud83d\ude0d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/strictly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#strictly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrictlyComeDancing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StrictlyComeDancing<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Emma (@NoniFlax101) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoniFlax101\/status\/1708176801111908606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">I thought that was a 7 all day long for <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Annabel,\u201d wrote a dedicated Strictly fan account, while one viewer commented that even though she agreed with some of Craig\u2019s criticisms she thought he had \u201cunderscored\u201d the performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, another fan wrote: \u201c4 was a bit harsh, but I thought she looked uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6337563598112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday 30th September at 6:20pm. 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