BBC Strictly Come Dancing pro tells star 'you've got to suck it up' as she defends public vote

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A former Strictly Come Dancing pro has defended the public vote after another week of outrage over the latest exit. The 2024 run of the BBC One dance contest reached the quarter-final stage last weekend.

During the latest results show on Sunday night (December 1) Gladiator and former Olympian Montell Douglas became the 10th celebrity to leave hit dance programme after the musicals-themed quarter-final after she and her professional partner Johannes Radebe were defeated in the dance-off.

They ended up in the dreaded bottom-two for the third week in a row, this time going up against former Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and her partner Aljaz Skorjanec. READ MORE: Gemma Atkinson admits latest Gorka Marquez countdown after 'fighting tears' over update Both couples had to reprise their latest performance before the judges unanimously decided to save Tasha and Aljaz, sending Johannes and Montell home just two weeks before Strictly's live 2024 final.

But the latest bottom-two decision angered fans as they believe that there are weaker dancers in the competition. Now, former Strictly pro Ola Jordan has had her say as she was asked about the scoring system, especially concerning the role of the audience vote, which some have called 'embarrassing.' Speaking to Mecca Bingo, Ola was asked if the judges' leaderboard should be the deciding factor rather than audience votes to which she said: "It's a TV show, at the end of the day.