Strictly Come Dancing fans have been jumping to Craig Revel Horwood's defence as tension appeared to be brewing on the judging panel.
The hit BBC One dance show returned on Saturday night (September 28) with the second week of the 2024 competition. Last weekend, all 15 couples performed for the first time for the judges' comments and scores alone.
However, this weekend marked the true start of the competition as the scores from last week were added to the new scores received after their second performances before the voting lines were opened for viewers to support their favourites ahead of the first exit of the year.
And it was former Love Island star Tasha Ghouri has topped the Strictly leaderboard after receiving the first scores of nine of the series.
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