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Strictly viewers declare show as ‘rigged’ as 2025 winner is crowned: ‘You’ve gotta be joking’

During tonight’s (December 20) Strictly final, Karen Carney was crowned this year’s winner. And sadly, not everyone is happy.

On Saturday night, West End performer Amber Davies, social media personality George Clarke and former Lioness Karen Carney performed in the final. The judges gave their scores as usual. However, it did not impact the public vote.

As Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman presented the hit BBC show for the very last time, they announced at the end of the episode that Karen and her dance partner Carlos Gu were this year’s winners of the 23rd series.

The pair were overwhelmed by the result and shared a huge, passionate hug. Carlos thanked Karen for “being so incredible this whole journey” and for “changing his life”.

Following a huge series, Amber, George and Karen competed in this year’s final (Credit: BBC)

Strictly fans react to Carlos and Karen winning

With tough competition, fans immediately reacted to Karen and Carlos’ victory.

“Ah, well deserved to Karen and Carlos. She’s amazing, to be fair,” one user wrote on X.

“And the crowd goes wild! Karen and Carlos, the right result,” another person shared.

“Can’t complain about that result! Absolutely fabulous,” a third remarked.

“Goes to show how popular football is in this country. Well done, Kaz and Carlos,” a fourth said.

“The right winners,” a fifth expressed.

Karen and Carlos were announced as this year’s winner of the 23rd Strictly series (Credit: BBC)

‘Absolutely gutted for George’

Meanwhile, many were hoping for George and his dance partner Alexis Warr to win.

“You’ve gotta be joking,” one declared.

“GEORGE WAS ROBBED,” another insisted.

“Absolutely rigged,” a third remarked.

“You best believe I’m gonna be that person to say rigged……I’m sorry but HOW has George not won with all the crazy support he had from fans, YouTubers, families, etc. I find it very hard to believe,” a fourth said.

“Absolutely gutted for George, he deserved it so much,” a fifth added.

“Every poll had George as the clear winner. The most rigged show,” another insisted.

Next Thursday (December 25), the hit BBC show will return for its Christmas special. Tess and Claudia will host the pre-recorded episode.

Read more: Strictly star Amber Davies shares ‘loud and clear message’ as she hits back at unfair backlash

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December 20, 2025
Strictly fans accuse Craig Revel Horwood of underscoring Karen Carney following “incredible” performance

Strictly fans and judges were full of praise after Karen Carney performed an “incredible” paso doble with Carlos Gu on tonight’s show (Saturday, November 22).

However, when Karen missed out on a perfect score of 40, viewers took to social media to complain.

Karen and Carlos gave an amazing performance (Credit: BBC)

Strictly star Karen Carney performs ‘insane’ Paso Doble

Tonight’s edition of Strictly saw Karen, 38, and her pro dance partner, Carlos Gu, 32, perform a paso doble to O Fortuna.

After the star’s amazing performance, the judges couldn’t have been more complimentary. Well, almost….

“That was superb!” Tess Daly gushed as the couple joined her by the judges’ table.

“Darling, that’s how you score a goal, that’s for sure,” Craig Revel Horwood told the star. “Insane!”

However, as expected, there was some criticism from the judge. “I would have liked a little bit of…”

But Craig couldn’t continue, as literally everyone in the Blackpool tower, including his fellow judges and other celebs and their pros, booed loudly, drowning him out!

Everyone was outraged Craig even dared give criticism! (Credit: BBC)

Strictly star Karen Carney praised by judges

Craig eventually managed to squeeze out his criticism in between the booes, before going on to praise Karen and Carlos’ performance again, branding it “passionate”, before telling Karen that she is “absolutely incredible”.

“I do not have a paddle that, in any way, can express how good that dance was!” Motsi Mabuse gushed.

Carlos received some praise from Shirley Ballas too, who told him his choreography was “of the highest competitive quality”.

“I’ve never seen a paso doble like that,” she then added.

Anton was full of praise too. “When you come to Blackpool, bring your best. This was an absolute tour de force. I thought it was extraordinary.”

Craig was slammed (Credit: BBC)

Fans slam Craig

When it came to the scoring, Craig gave Karen and Carlos a nine; however, Motsi, Shirley, and Anton gave her 10’s!

Fans were thrilled at the duo’s high score; however, they were furious that Craig hadn’t given the star a 10.

“Craig should have given Karen a 10,” one fan fumed.

“Craig Revel Horwood giving Karen Carney and Carlos Gu only a 9 for that performance is absolute insanity, honestly,” another fan then tweeted.

“With a dance like that, Karen & Carlos deserve those 10s!!!! Just Craig spoiling the perfect 40 possibility,” a third then gushed.

Additionally, another then said: “Craig scoring Karen a 9 is an abomination!!”

“Yk what, maybe Karen Carney could win this,” a fifth viewer tweeted.

“Karen’s dance was the absolute highlight oh my lord I love her so much,” another added.

Read more: Strictly star La Voix forced to pull out of series with injury as BBC confirm no elimination in tomorrow’s results show

Strictly continues tomorrow (Sunday, November 23) at 7.15pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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November 22, 2025
Concerns for “gutted” Strictly star Karen Carney as Claudia Winkleman rushes in to support

Strictly Come Dancing fans have rallied around Karen Carney after she revealed she was “gutted” by her Rumba routine on the show.

The glitzy BBC One show returned to screens on Saturday (October 25) for its Icons Week. As for football star Karen Carney, she transformed into Celine Dion for her performance.

However, it seemed that Karen was left disheartened by the judges’ feedback – with host Claudia Winkleman even stepping in to comfort her.

The pair performed a Rumba (Credit: BBC)

Karen Carney ‘gutted’ after dance on Strictly

On Strictly’s live show, Karen and pro partner Carlos Gu performed a Rumba to Celine Dion’s Think Twice. Afterward, the dancing experts on the panel had mixed feedback for Karen.

Shirley Ballas pointed out that “it went a bit wobbly” in the middle, but praised Karen as she “executed” some of the hardest rumba walks in the dance. Anton also noted that Karen got “tense” meanwhile Craig said her balance was “off” and the dance “lacked fluidity”.

Sorry, I’m a bit gutted

After receiving their feedback, Karen and Carlos headed up to speak to Claudia Winkleman. However, Karen was clearly upset by the judges’ comments.

“Don’t make that face,” Claudia said, before telling Karen that the pros upstairs called Karen’s legs “perfect” when she danced.

“Thank you, as they mentioned down there, there’s about eight different walks,” Karen said. She then added: “Sorry, I’m a bit gutted.”

Karen was supported by Claudia (Credit: BBC)

Claudia steps in on Strictly

But her fellow Strictly stars didn’t agree and all said: “Noooo.” Karen continued: “It does happen but he saved it so, well done you [Carlos].”

Carlos was then asked how proud he is of Karen, considering how different the dance is to what they have done previously.

He said: “Saying proud is an understatement, I mean, how hard she’s been working and on her own. I tried to call her a bit independent this week because there is a moment for you to show your slo-mo skills, you are in control of everything.”

However, Claudia then interrupted Carlos after noticing how disheartened Karen looked. “Oh no baby, I don’t want you to be upset!”

Karen reassured her though and replied: “Oh no, I’m good, I’m alright.” The judges then gave their scores of Karen and Carlos’ dance, awarding them a total of 28 points. Surprised, Karen said: “Thank you.”

Karen revealed she was ‘gutted’ (Credit: BBC)

‘I just wanna give Karen a hug’

Meanwhile, fans watching at home soon shared their concerns for Karen following her reaction. One person said: “Aww Karen the dance was so pretty don’t let that knock your confidence.”

Someone else added: “I just wanna give Karen a hug bless her.” A third chimed in: “Somebody hug Karen Carney right now.”

Echoing their thoughts, another fan declared: “Karen looks a bit disappointed with that but she shouldn’t despite the slip up it was really beautiful!!”

Read more: Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman address exit on Strictly live show as fans left emotional

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October 25, 2025
Motsi Mabuse divides Strictly Come Dancing fans with Karen Carney feedback

Motsi Mabuse has come under fire for her “ridiculous” feedback to Strictly Come Dancing star Karen Carney.

The glitzy BBC One show returned to screens on Saturday night (October 4) for its second live show. Taking to the dance floor, were famous faces like Amber Davies, Alex Kingston and Thomas Skinner.

Footballer Karen Carney performed too with partner Carlos Gu. However, when it came to judge Motsi’s feedback on Karen’s dance, fans were not at all impressed…

Karen struggles with a health issue (Credit: BBC)

Strictly Karen Carney on ‘really hard’ health issue

On Strictly on Saturday night (October 4) Karen and Carlos performed a tango to the Dua Lipa song Training Season.

However, during the VT, and before their dance, Karen opened up about suffering from a spinal health issue.

“I have this thing called Scheuermann’s. I’ve had it since I was a kid. It’s a curve in my spine. It’s really, really hard for me to open my back up,” Karen shared.

She added: “There’s certain elements that I just won’t be able to do as well.”

Nonetheless, that didn’t stop Karen from giving it 100% as she and Carlos took to the dance floor to perform their routine.

Once they were done, Karen and Carlos received their feedback – but it was judge Motsi’s comment that didn’t go down well with people watching at home.

The pair performed a tango (Credit: BBC)

What did Motsi say about Karen?

Motsi said: “First of all thank you for sharing with us about your curved spine.”It is going to be something that we have to challenge to see how far we can stretch and open because it is a ballroom dance and a specific posture that we need.”

She then noted that she could “feel the nerves” from Karen, but added that she performed some “great spins”.

Motsi also shared: “Think about breathing, loosening up, connecting to your partner and really understanding the fundamentals, and then we will get there.”

After receiving the feedback, Karen and Carol were given their scores. Craig Revel Horwood gave them 4, Motsi gave 5, Shirley Ballas gave 5 and Anton Du Beke gave 6, giving them a total of 20 points.

Motsi was slammed by viewers (Credit: BBC)

Viewers slam Motsi for Karen feedback

However, Strictly viewers took an issue with Motsi’s feedback and rushed over to X to call her out.

One person fumed: “Quite disgusted that Karen opened up about having a condition that causes a curved spine and Motsi’s reaction was to say they should “challenge” it instead of accommodating it.”

Another added: “So Karen says she has a curved spine and Motsi says she needs to stretch it out. What is the woman on? Criticising someone for something they cannot do anything about is beyond ridiculous.”

A third chimed in: “Did Motsi just suggest that Karen has to ‘work’ on her spine curvature.”

Someone else mused: “Motsi being a bit harsh and too personal with mentioning the curved spine and how it may affect her scoring.. It’s a medical condition. Hope she treats all other competitors with that same view point!”

A fifth wrote: “Thank u craig for adding some positives atleast, god forbid someone has something they CANNOT change. you can’t fix a curved spine overnight.”

Read more: Why Strictly star Karen Carney remains very tight-lipped about her love life

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October 4, 2025