Strictly fans complain over Halloween show as they 'demand licence fee back'

After decades as one of Scotland's most well-kent faces, Elaine C Smith is no stranger to being recognised by fans.

FURIOUS Strictly Come Dancing fans have accused the judges of overmarking one of the celebs. Former footballer Tony Adams has received some harsh criticism from judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke.

"I am dancing against Fleur East, I went and did my best but she is phenomenal."I’ve had the best time on this show and I have a friend for life [in Amy].

STRICTLY Come Dancing has been moved from its Saturday night slot in a huge schedule shake-up on the BBC. With the FIFA World Cup set to begin in Qatar in a matter of days, Beeb bosses have moved to make sure there are no awkward clashes with big games. It means the Strictly quarter and semi finals will now air on a Friday night instead of Saturday.

Strictly Come Dancing professional Janette Manrara, 38, has revealed she was left "in tears" during a recent episode of the show when Jayde and Tony Adams got emotional about their personal stories.

DAN Walker has insisted Strictly Come Dancing is a "popularity contest" as he named his stand-out star of the series. Former BBC Breakfast host Dan, 45, competed on the show last year - with professional partner Nadiya Bychkova - and narrowly missed out on the semi-final.

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans were stunned to say goodbye to James Bye tonight after he was booted out in Halloween week. The EastEnders star, 38, found himself in the bottom two with popstar Fleur East, 35, on Sunday's results show. James and pro partner Amy Dowden tried to impress with their Charleston to Bumble Bee by LaVern Baker.

STRICTLY Come Dancing viewers have been left convinced that Tony Adams was asked to apologise to Shirley Ballas. Fans flooded Twitter to suggest that show bosses had "stepped in" and asked the former footballer to say sorry to the head judge. Strictly competitor Tony, 56, locked horns with judge Shirley, 62, last week after he slammed her for her "unfair scores".

THE Voice UK’s latest winner has expressed her desire to return to her old profession despite only just winning the singing contest. Anthonia Edwards, 25, was coached by Sir Tom Jones on the ITV singing programme and was crowned champion during Saturday night’s final securing a life-changing record contract.  However despite proving triumphant, Anthonia opened up about the love of her old profession and told the PA news agency she was keen to stick with that line of work despite her new found fame.  Anthonia was a student nurse when she applied for the show and admitted she did not foresee what was to come.  In a candid chat, she said:  “I was a student nurse at the time when I applied and obviously we had just come off the back of Covid and how tense it was and I knew I was about to graduate so I wanted to do something different just before I go into my nursing career.

STRICTLY had a Halloween Week horror show as a feud erupted between the judges. A show source called the atmosphere “tense” after spats involving Craig, Motsi and Shirley. Craig had fired first by branding Motsi a “diva” in an interview.

FANS of Strictly Come Dancing have hit out that they want their "licence fee back" after slamming last night's Halloween episode. Viewers took to social media in their droves to complain about how the spooky tradition had been "ruined" due to the song choices.

STRICTLY Come Dancing has been hit by fresh fix fears after a social media campaign to get Tony Adams into the final was revealed. Despite former footballer Tony, 56, receiving regular negative feedback from the judges he and dance partner Katya Jones are winning when it comes to viewer votes.

Strictly Come Dancing 's Tony Adams apologised to judge Shirley Ballas during Saturday evening’s live show, after he told her to ‘go home’.

STRICTLY star Janette Manrara let slip a rude swear word live on air on It Takes Two. Professional dancer and presenter Janette, 38, was joined by assistant choreographers Arduino Bertoncello and Ash-Leigh Hunter on Thursday's show. At the end of the interview, Janette thanked the duo in Italian for sharing their expert opinion with viewers.

STRICTLY star Ellie Simmonds revealed her secret "anger" towards head judge Shirley Ballas on Saturday night, a body language expert has claimed. Five-time Paralympic gold medallist swimmer Ellie, 27, has broken down boundaries by being the BBC show’s first contestant to compete with dwarfism.

Omri Katz played he character Max Dennison in the 1993 Halloween cult classic Hocus Pocus.And the actor revealed he was high during portions of filming the movie, according to his new interview with Entertainment Weekly. The 46-year-old actor was 16 when he played the role, adding that filming was 'at an age where I started experimenting with cannabis. Let's just say, some of those scenes, I was having a good old time.' Shocking: Omri Katz played he character Max Dennison in the 1993 Halloween cult classic Hocus Pocus.

Lighting the candle — or the pipe? Omri Katz opened up about his experience filming Hocus Pocus at sixteen, and how toking up on the job almost cost him the role.

Strictly's Katya Jones has proudly announced that one of Tony Adams' pet pigs now bears the name Kat, in recognition of her.The British World champion dancer broke the news on Instagram today to 212,000 bewildered followers.Katya, 33, posted video footage of the Arsenal legend's adorable litter of piglets feeding from their bowls, and announced that little Kat seemed to be following in her footsteps in standing out from the crowd."Leader of the pack," she captioned the photo, adding: "Fully buried herself into her food!"She then posted a sweet snap of the piglet napping while lying on her side, adding: "Introducing Kat.She's the best thing ever."In another post, which showed Katya stretching out a hand towards the pet pig to feed it from her palm, she thanked the Adams family for "naming one of the pigs after me - what an honour!"Tony, an ex-Arsenal star, and his family enjoy country living in the Cotswolds, and for them, keeping farmyard animals as pets is all part of that lifestyle.Seemingly a million miles away from his fastpaced showbiz life, where several million Brits tune into Strictly each month to watch Tony perform, his home life is far more relaxed and sedate.The 56-year-old shares his £2 million mansion with wife Poppy and their five children, plus a host of dogs, chickens and now pigs, who call his land their home.Poppy is the great-great-great granddaughter of whisky firm founder William Teacher, but Tony has been teetotal for many years.He has previously been open about battling his alcohol addiction, and even named the title of his autobiography, Sober, in recognition of the recovery he has achieved.Back in 2018, he joked to the Guardian: "When I met [Poppy], when I’d given up drink and self-medication

STRICTLY Come Dancing's Giovanni Pernice & judge Anton Du Beke will star in a new three-part BBC travel series exploring Sicily. Reigning Strictly champion Pernice, 32, will take Anton Du Beke, 56, to explore the Italian island where he is from - after he was booted from Strictly early in a shock exit. Pernice said: "To say this has been a dream project is an understatement.