STRICTLY Come Dancing’s judges have come under fire for “playing favourites” with this year’s cast.
Movie Week came to the Elstree dancefloor this weekend, with the remaining celebs paying homage to their favourite movies.
Toyah Wilcox was eventually sent home after failing to impress as Ursula from the Little Mermaid and falling to the bottom of the leaderboard.
However, as some noted improvements and others began to slip – in Pete Wicks’ case, quite literally on the dancefloor – fans of the show have criticised the judges for favouritism of Wynne Evans.
The GoCompare opera singer put his best foot forward with a cha cha, giving his take on Mrs Doubtfire alongside pro dancer Katya Jones.
They earned a 30 out of a total 40 points available, putting them high on the leaderboard.
However, fans believed the star was given too high a score, especially when Craig criticised his “wooden and stiff” hip action.
Katya and Wynne also played up an error they made, claiming it was “choreographed” before joking to Claudia Winkleman part of the fun of the character was “blaming any mistakes” on them.
Taking out their frustrations on X, one viewer wrote: “Wynne is too cocky and thinks he’s better than he is….way overmarked as usual.”
“Massive overmarking of Wynne’s cha cha? Constantly overmarked. #Strictly,” said a second.
“Jb undermarked while Wynne is overmarked.. #Strictly,” noted a third.
While a fourth just said: “Wynne overmarked again. #Strictly”
This is the second week Wynne has faced this level of criticism from viewers.
During week two’s routine, Wynne danced a salsa to Help Yourself by Tom Jones in honour of his Welsh heritage.
The fun comedy routine saw him turned into an all-singing, all-dancing chef, with Wynne later ripping off his kitchen whites to reveal a glittery shirt.
The pair ended with an impressive 26/40 score as a result, with Wynne being cheered on by pal, Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page.
But fans were left debating whether or not they actually deserved such high marks in comparison to Montell and Johannes, who wowed with a foxtrot to Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? by Dinah Washington.
LOUISE Redknapp has cast her spell on social media by posing in a lace slip and black stockings for a steaming hot photoshoot.
The 49-year-old put on a smoke show for her 800k followers, as she struck a sultry pose with in her black and white lace camisole with a smart Burberry blazer draped over her shoulders.
In the photo her blonde hair falls loosely above her shoulders and the singer’s lips are pouted in a nude shade of pink, in keeping with her subtle make-up.
Writing in the caption the singer said: “Shoes, lace and a whole lot of grace, hope you had a great weekend.”
A slew of her followers rushed to compliment her glamorous look. One said: “Just plain wow.”
Another said: “Absolutely gorgeous.”
Another person commented: “Somebody get the fire extinguisher.”
Meanwhile another person said: “One of the hottest pics I’ve ever seen.”
No doubt the pop singer’s boyfriend Drew Michael appreciated the photos as the pair, having got together in October 2023, are still in the throws of the honeymoon stage of their relationship.
Louise’s romance with Drew is the Eternal singer’s first public relationship since her 2017 divorce from League Of Their Own presenter and former footballer Jamie Redknapp.
The pair split after 19 years of marriage, during which time they had two sons – Charlie, 19, and Beau, 15.
Jamie later went on to marry model Frida Andersson in 2021.
Louise and Drew went public with their romance back in October 2023, attending a red carpet event together.
Since then, they’ve appeared inseparable, often enjoying music events and festivals such as Glastonbury and nights out at the theatre in London together.
YORKSHIRE Vet star Matt Jackson-Smith has revealed he was held at gunpoint in a terrifying robbery.
The 35-year-old Channel 5 star recounted the horrific ordeal, which happened when he was a teenager.
When he was just 18 Matt began his professional working life at a Blockbuster store.
During a shift, Matt was faced with two masked men who burst through the door of the video rental shop.
Desperate to gain access to the tills, Matt had a gun pointed in his face by the robbers.
He recalled: “It was quite surreal. Two men burst through the door – one in a Green Goblin mask, another in a balaclava – and they put a gun in my face.”
Matt continued to The Mirror: “Everything seemed to slow down.
“The guy with the gun shoved my female co-workers into the backroom and locked them in. The other one was with me, trying to open the tills.”
Eventually the masked men fled the store when a much bigger customer walked in, interrupting the robery.
“That really shook me up,” said Matt. “I remember shaking afterwards when the police came.
“It wasn’t until I left that I remembered there was a panic button I could have pressed that Blockbuster had told me about when I joined.”
The Yorkshire Vet first burst onto screens in 2015 and quickly became a fan-favourite.
To date the show has racked up an impressive 19 series.
A WILLIE MULLINS horse owned by his wife Jackie has been smashed in from 50-1 to 5-1 favourite – as the greatest trainer around aims to plunder another big British race.
Mullins became champion jumps trainer in Ireland and Britain last season, the Grand National among his enormous list of wins.
And it looks like he is throwing his hat into the ring in the Flat trainers’ championship too with an eyecatching entry for Saturday’s Cesarewitch handicap at Newmarket.
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The 2m2f Flat race has been won by some big-name jumps horses over the years including defending champ The Shunter, with their stamina over the marathon trip all but assured.
And Mullins is using some of that logic by confirming Sea Of Sands for the race worth £90,000 to the winner.
Sea Of Sands was available at 50-1 with some bookies a few days ago.
But he has been completely obliterated into as short as 5-1 after the final scratching stage before declarations on Thursday.
Sea Of Sands is a Group 3 winner over 1m2f on the Flat having previously raced in France for trainer Jean-Pierre Carvalho.
But he officially switched to Mullins – and the ownership of his wife Jackie – in August this year, a month before he brushed off a two-year absence to land a Listowel maiden hurdle.
It looks like Newmarket could be the next port of call for this six-year-old gelding, who’s been given a rating of 97.
And champion jockey William Buick has, at things stand, been booked in the saddle.
The duo struck at York in August with Melbourne Cup-bound Vauban, who won the Group 2 Lonsdale Cup from the rapidly improving Al Nayyir.
Willie’s nephew Emmet Mullins has Paddy Power’s 6-1 second favourite Jacovec Cavern, who’s the same price as Gavin Cromwell’s hugely promising filly Sixandahalf.
Cesarewitch odds via Paddy Power
5-1 Sea Of Sands
6-1 Jacovec Cavern, Sixandahalf
12-1 Premiere Ligne, Queenstown, The Shunter, Warmonger
14-1 Dawn Rising, Manxman, Ndaawi, Run For Oscar
16-1 Alphonse Le Grande, Spirit Mixer
20-1 Divine Comedy, Samui
25-1 Anna Bunina, Magellan Strait, Reverend Hubert, Trooper Bisdee
33-1 bar
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