BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas hits back at 'embarrassed' claim as she admits weekly show ritual

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Shirley Ballas has hit back at a Strictly Come Dancing viewer after they told her she should be 'embarrassed' by her latest appearance in the ballroom.

Week ten of the BBC One dance contest took place last weekend and saw the seven remaining couples take to the dance floor in a bid to impress with their latest routines and make it through to this weekend's quarter final, which takes place live this Saturday night (November 30).

Following their main routines, the couples were then tasked with returning to the ballroom for the first Dance-A-Thon is six years - this time the challenge being the Samba-Thon. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing Dianne Buswell's defiant message to Chris McCausland 'exposed' after 'sorry' It saw all the couples take to the floor at the same time to deliver their best Samba moves before being eliminated one by one, with the first couple eliminated earing one point and the winning couple earning seven points to add to their weekend total.

Messaging Shirley on X, formerly known as Twitter, one viewers said: "You should be embarrassed to be in involved in that Sambathon!