STRICTLY fans are convinced they’ve spotted a secret feud between two judges after last night’s show.
Some have called head judge Shirley Ballas, 64, out for constantly interrupting fellow judge Craig Revel Horwood, 59.
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BBC viewers branded the habit “annoying” and begged producers to step in.
One fan pointed out: “Shirley is getting irritating, some producer needs to tell her to stop interrupting Craig…the drama should be on the dancefloor not on the judges panel.”
A second echoed: “There’s banter and there’s shouting down. I know the difference even if you don’t.”
“The petty bickering is really annoying,” a third said.
Another fumed: “Can Shirley pls stop interrupting Craig (especially when he’s right) just let the man speak.”
While another begged: “CRAIG AND SHIRLEY CALM DOWN GUYS -HELP?”
During last night’s second live, Shirley was spotted cutting off Craig while he gave the contestants his feedback.
She quickly interjected when Craig told Welsh opera singer that there weren’t many “heel leads” during his routine.
Shirley fired back and said: “That is not true,” to which Craig told her: “You can’t deny it, you’re sugar coating it.”
But Shirley replied: ” I am denying it. That’s not true.”
The pair were taking swipes at each other throughout the show and again clashed over Jamie Borthwick’s dance.
Craig told the EastEnders star: “I felt it lacked connection, I felt it lacked an emotional connection between both of you.
“It felt like you were dancing by numbers. OK, you’re thinking about the dance and every move you are doing but actually didn’t lift from the space at all.
“I felt like you didn’t lift from the space at all. I felt like we lost story and everything about what a rumba is about.”
Craig’s feedback was met by a sea of boos from the audience.
Shirley was quick to jump in and said: “He needs to start somewhere with a good fundamental,” to which Craig replied: “I get that.”
She went on: “It had emotion, I like it when it is really calm.”
The other judges struggled to get a word in, with Motsi Mabuse screaming: “May I speak now?”
Elsewhere in the competition, Love Island‘s Tasha Ghouri added fuel to the ‘fix’ claims as she broke show record.
The reality star wowed the judges with her Viennese waltz on week two of the competition.
The former ITV2 personality has previously come under fire due to claims she had previous “professional training”.
Shirley and Motsi gave Tasha and her partner Aljaž Škorjanec a standing ovation after their routine.
Three of the judges – including Craig Revel Horwood – called her routine the “dance of the night and scored a total of 35.
Claudia Winkleman also revealed that it was the highest ever score of a Viennese waltz in week two in Strictly Come Dancing history.
Viewers couldn’t help but take to X – formerly known as Twitter – as they declared that she had already earned her spot in the final.
“Three 9’s in week 2???? tasha is a force to be reckoned with,” wrote one fan.
A second user posted: “Tasha’s cinched her way to the final. Like give her the 10’s right now.”
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