STRICTLY faces accusations the show is being fixed as contestants reportedly believe the BBC want Tilly Ramsay in the final so they can poach her dad Gordon.
Some celebs are apparently convinced bosses want to get the fiery chef on side and think other pairs are being favoured to win by staff backstage.
One source told MailOnline: “There’s a feeling that there’s some blatant favouritism going on here – that they are pushing Tilly to win, or at least get to the final, because they want to nick her dad.
“Then you have the issue of the all-male couple, which is just the dream of certain people involved with the show for John and Johannes to pick up the glitterball. And as for AJ, she is adored.”
However, AJ Odudu and Kai Widdrington’s Paso Doble landed them at the bottom of the leaderboard last night with just 28 points – and viewers were furious BBC presenter Dan Walker scored higher than AJ.
Tilly and her pro partner Nikita Kuzmin gained 29 points for their quick step.
And the leaderboard was topped by children’s television presenter Rhys Stephenson’s perfect score.
The BBC presenter performed a lively Charleston with flips, lifts and kicks with his professional partner Nancy Xu to The Charleston by Bob Wilson and his Varsity Rhythm Boys.
Meanwhile, McFly singer Tom Fletcher is the viewers’ favourite along with EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis, although she and her partner Giovanni Pernice came in sixth place last night.
Last week Adam Peaty’s angry mum also branded the show a fix.
The Olympic swimmer and his pro partner Katya Jones were voted off the BBC One dancing show after failing to impress viewers with their Jive routine.
Soon after, Adam’s mum Caroline took to Twitter to praise her son, 26, before claiming the show was ‘fixed‘ and she wasn’t ‘buying’ the public vote.
After competing against Tilly Ramsay and Nikita Kuzmin to stay on Strictly, the gold medallist was sent home by the judging panel.
Shortly after the show, Caroline took to Twitter to call the show a FIX – and heap praise on her son and pro partner Katya, 32.
Admitting she was “proud” of the pair, she wrote: “Such an amazing partnership and Katya you have taught my baby boy to dance, thank you.”
“Total fix and I’m not buying the public vote,” she scathingly added.
Adam was asked about her comments by host Charlie Stayt on BBC Breakfast on Friday.
He immediately defended his mum’s tweet, telling him: “I agree with you, mums are always going to support their own.
“She wanted to see me every Saturday night – you know how mums get, bless her.
“I love her to bits, she loves me to bits. I think she just wanted me to do a Paso (doble), that’s all she wanted to see me do… for me, if anyone can lose well it’s me, and everyone in that competition, they are incredible people, and I’m glad I’m out because I don’t deserve to be there.”
He continued: “Some of the dancers are just… my jaw is dropping and I will always get behind everyone on the show and so, you know what, that’s incredible, that’s different for me because normally I’m on my own and go, you know, ‘You’re not beating me today’, but this is different…”
