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Strictly judge Craig Revel-Horwood slammed by viewers for "ridiculous" scores

Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel-Horwood has been blasted by viewers over his savage scoring on Saturday night.

The notoriously hard to please expert is known for being rather tight when it comes to giving 10s, but this weekend it was the low scores he dished out that sparked fury amongst fans of the show.

And on top of that, Craig slammed Strictly contestant Karim Zeruoal live on air for lacking emotion not just in his performance this week, but through the whole off the competition.

This came after he awarded Saffron Barker and AJ Pritchard just 5 for their Samba and the straw that broke the camel's back was the 4 he handed to Alex Scott & Neil Jones for their Argentine Tango, which saw them get stuck together after a microphone malfunction.

And viewers were VERY angry with Craig who seemed in a foul mood, while his fellow judge to open the show.

Bruno singing on Strictly

One viewer tweeted "genuinely shouted “F*** OFF” when Craig gave Alex and Neil that 4, and that was the point when I realised I’m too emotionally invested in this show," and another ranted "IS CRAIG LIKE ACTUALLY SERIOUS TODAY?????? WHAT WILL KELVIN AND KARIM HAVE TO DO TO GET THAT 10 OUT OF THE DEVIL" and third fumed "How can Craig give Alex Scott a score of 4?! He’s not a full ticket tonight."

Rather surprisingly, after being so harsh, Craig had praise for Chris Ramsey telling the South Shields comedian he loved his Paso Doble.

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