{"id":6617,"date":"2021-11-02T14:10:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1488413"},"modified":"2021-11-02T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:23:08","slug":"strictly-judge-motsi-mabuse-debunks-fix-claims-and-crazy-conspiracies","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictly-judge-motsi-mabuse-debunks-fix-claims-and-crazy-conspiracies\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse debunks \u201cfix\u201d claims and \u201ccrazy conspiracies\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 02 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/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>Motsi Mabuse has hit back against accusations that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/strictly-come-dancing-2021-start-date-news\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> is fixed, which came after some viewers misinterpreted a comment she made in the latest results show.<\/p>\n<p>The dance competition held its much-loved Halloween Week over the weekend, which saw the remaining contestants take to the floor with dances inspired by their favourite spooky characters.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, somebody had to be eliminated, with the dance-off coming down to comedian <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/judi-love-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Judi Love<\/a> and Olympic swimmer <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/adam-peaty-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Adam Peaty<\/a>, who had found themselves in the bottom half of the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-leaderboard-2021-whos-top-in-week-1\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Strictly leaderboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both performed their routines for a second time, with Mabuse saying that \u201cthe decision was made for me\u201d after watching the dance-off.<\/p> <p>By that, she meant that she had previously been on the fence about who to save, but after seeing the dances a second time, she had made up her mind \u2013 perhaps alluding to a mistake made by Love in the second dance.<\/p>\n<p>Mabuse\u2019s full comment was: \u201cI have to say that dance-off was really great, it was great to watch both couples dancing on the dance floor. The decision was made for me and so I have to say that the couple that I will be saving is Adam and Katya.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, some viewers took this to mean that the decision had literally been made\u00a0<em>for\u00a0<\/em>her by one of the higher-ups on the show, prompting accusations of a \u201cfix\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mabuse took to Twitter to debunk the claim, laughing it off as a \u201ccrazy conspiracy\u201d, after one fan astutely predicted that there would be backlash to the comment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">????!! What was So obvious to me , because the mistakes where so clear !! In times of some crazy conspiracy theories \u2026\u2026.. lol <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/vVNdVU0E42&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/vVNdVU0E42<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Motsi Mabuse (@MOTSI_MABUSE) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOTSI_MABUSE\/status\/1454904911691489283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 31, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Of course, this is hardly an uncommon event, with accusations of a <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/anton-du-beke-strictly-come-dancing-fix-claims-are-complete-nonsense\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Strictly fix<\/a> rearing their head several times in the past, usually whenever fans are left gutted when a popular member of the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/strictly-come-dancing-2021-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Strictly line-up<\/a> is eliminated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One at 6:45pm on Saturday 6th November. Check out more of our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Craig Published: Tuesday, 02 November 2021 at 12:00 am Motsi Mabuse has hit back against accusations that Strictly Come Dancing is fixed, which came after some viewers misinterpreted a comment she made in the latest results show. 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