Strictly Come Dancing viewers voiced the same complaint after Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby received a near-perfect score of 39 out of 40 from the judges on Saturday night (November 14).
The Love Island star, 25, and his professional partner were competing for a spot at Blackpool, returning to the ballroom after facing the dance-off last week. The pair performed a Charleston to Blame It on the Boogie by The Jacksons.
Judges praise the couple's return
Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke struggled to find anything wrong with the performance and praised the couple for returning to the dancefloor as they did after ending up in the bottom two last week.
Craig awarded the pair a nine, while the other three judges felt the performance was worthy of a 10, taking their score to near-perfect 39 out of 40.
Fans claim the pair were overmarked
However, many felt the pair were overmarked, with some sharing their frustrations on social media.
"Cach and Maddie have officially mastered the art of doing the same dance every single week! It's like watching the same routine on repeat with a different outfit. Someone press shuffle… or better still, change the record!" one fumed.
"Yet again no technique, just more freestyling from Cach. So fed up with them doing what they want to do and to hell with the technique. He can dance...yes, but it's time he started doing proper ballroom and Latin technique. Way overmarked," echoed a second.
A third added: "If I speak about what I think about Cach and Maddie's score I fear I would be flamed." A fourth raged: "I have honestly never seen so much s**t in my life scoring Cach and Maddie 10’s. There was timing issues throughout - absolutely ridiculous. Did Maddie choreo this routine? Or was it someone else hence the scores?"
Others defend the score
But not everyone felt this way, with many believing Cach and Maddie deserved the score they were awarded.
"I literally jumped up and down for Cach!! 39! 39! 30-effin-9! About bloody time this man got his flowers," one penned on X, as a second agreed: "So proud of cach and maddie they fully deserved the highest score of the series. loved their reactions when they received three tens."
"First stand out moment this series, yes Cach!" added a third, as a fourth echoed: "Oh my days Cach that was stunning. But ffs Craig." A fifth exclaimed: "THAT WAS THE DANCE OF THE SERIES SO FAR.... CACH I'M SO PROUD OF YOU....WHEN IT'S RIGHT AND RIGHT. AND THIS WAS PERFECTION !!!! CACH AND MADDIE PLEASE CONSISTENT LIKE THIS ALWAYS !!!!"
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