BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans blast 'criminal' Chris McCausland move amid 'against us' exit admission

Strictly Come Dancing fans have rushed to brand a move by the judges as 'criminal' as Chris McCausland confessed his fears about the odds being stacked against him and Dianne Buswell.

The comedian is among the favourites to lift the Glitterball this year alongside professional dance partner Dianne Buswel, and last weekend they had viewers in tears with their emotional routine to Liverpool FC anthem You'll Never Walk Alone.

But it was a completely different story this week as Chris and Dianne opened the sixth week of the BBC One dance contest, which just show happened to be the show's annual Halloween special.

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They got the spooky festivites off to a lively start with a hip shaking samba to Stayin’ Alive by The Bee Gees. Dressed in a sparkly suit and frazzled wig, the stand-up grooved along the floor in between gravestones with his partner Dianne to pick up a score of 26.

Judge Motsi Mabuse hailed it as a “fun way to open the show” and said he had “nailed the character” while head judge Shirley Ballas thought he did “incredibly well” but that he “overcooked the bounce” in the dance.

But during his chat with Claudia Winkleman, Chris didn't shy away from the fact that the Samba had been the dance of death for a number of the 2024 series' couples so far, and recognised that going first has also seen some of his fellow competitors end up in the bottom-two.

The 47-year-old said: "We've lost four people so far this series, two of them on Sambas. And we've had four dance offs and three of them have had people who've gone on first so the maths is against us this week."

But Strictly fans were rushing to his defence and claimed his