BBC Strictly Come Dancing viewers spot 'new Shirley Ballas' after Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola move

Strictly Come Dancing viewers claim to have spotted a 'new' Shirley Ballas on the show after their move towards Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola.

The actress and the Italian professional dancer kicked off the quarter-finals on Saturday night (November 30), which was also Musicals Week in the BBC One dance contest and saw the six remaining couples performing to popular songs from the stage.

Sarah and Vito got the leaderboard underway as theyscored a very impressive 38 out of a possible 40 points for their Charleston to Popular from the musical Wicked, with Vito heard letting out a massive cheer at the end of the performance while Sarah was lifted into the air by their extra dancers.

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Strictly's head udge Shirley Ballas said of the performance: “I am very into details, and at the beginning, every tiny detail, it looks like you’ve spent hours, and hours, and hours.

"For me, the lifts were flawless, if you don’t mind me saying, you beautiful princess, a lady in your 50s, not scared to let Vito throw you all over the place. In every shape or form, I can honestly say I loved it."

Anton Du Beke gushed: "That was abolsutely brilliant. It was so wonderful." Craig Revel Horwood then concluded: "Normally I like a charleston to be a bit messier with wild abandon..." he then added a 'however' before saying: "I think you made a very good choice due to character. The amount of detail in there was phenomenal. Bravo."

Meanwhile, Motsi Mabuse told Sarah: "Yes, yes, yes. What a way to open the quarterfinal." She added: "The lifts... unbelievable. You did not miss a bit. Thank you for seeing the standard today."

But while she appeared happy with