BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans spot 'perfect' moment in audience that 'captured nation's thoughts'

Eagle-eyed fans of Strictly Come Dancing spotted a 'perfect' moment in the audience during Saturday's Blackpool special.

The BBC dance competition returned to the iconic Blackpool Tower Ballroom this evening as eight couples took to the dancefloor in a bid to impress the judges and viewers at home.

EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick performed a condiment-themed jive to The Ketchup Song by Las Ketchup with his professional dance partner Michelle Tsiakkas. The actor was lowered onto the stage on a giant ketchup bottle before jumping into his routine, surrounded by back-up dancers dressed up as mustard and tomato sauce bottles.

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The high-energy performance received a mix bag of comments from the judges, and viewers at home were disappointed with the scoring, labelling it harsh.

Motsi Mabuse was first up with her comments. She told Jamie he gave the dance "absolutely everything" but said: "Your standing leg, just a little bit, a tiny little bit, it didn't give you that vibration you need so you can absorb the music."

Head judge Shirley Ballas said she agreed with Motsi and told Jamie that despite it being an "entertaining and exciting performance" he suffered a "couple of hiccups" during the routine. "You could have possibly overtried just a tad for me today," she told the actor.

Anton praised Jamie's performance, which he said he could tell he loved, and advised him to "find the love in each dance", while Craig pointed out a few flaws with Jamie's dancing before rounding off his comments with: "I loved loved loved watching you and I loved how jubilant you were throughout the whole dance."

During the scoring, Jamie and