Strictly results show backlash as pro dancers perform series' most risqué routine yet
Viewers complained the Cell Block Tango was 'watered down'
Strictly Come Dancing faced backlash last night – as Lewis Cope was eliminated in the results show, and the pro dancers performed the series’ most risqué routine yet.
Lewis and partner Katya Jones exited the competition ahead of next weekend’s semi-final, after a dance-off with Amber Davies.
However, before that, the pro dancers performed a raunchy routine from the musical Chicago. And viewers were quick to flood the hashtag with complaints…
Strictly results show backlash
Last night’s Strictly results show proved to be a shocker. Lewis was eliminated, Amber landed in the bottom two and the pros performed the Cell Block Tango from Chicago.
Clad in stockings and suspenders, the female Strictly pros took on the roles of the musical’s six murderesses, with the male dancers their fallen husbands.
However, the lyrics to the song were pretty watered down, and actually contained no reference to murder. Of course, in the original version of the song, the women explain why they’re in jail and how they killed their significant others.
As a result, many Strictly viewers took to the hashtag to complain. And we can’t say the Beeb didn’t have it coming…
‘Spineless’
“Prefer the original murdery version,” said one. “Honestly why pick a song you can’t do the original of?” asked another.
“How spineless are @bbcstrictly to dumb down the lyrics?” asked a third.
“Right, I love that they all recorded their own parts,” said one, after the female pros voiced the merry murderesses, “but I cannot take any of this seriously because of those ridiculous lyric changes!! I was already underwhelmed knowing they were doing Chicago but that made it farcical. I couldn’t even concentrate on the dancing.”
“Strictly taking the murder references out of the Cell Block Tango is enough to make me want to stop paying my licence fee. Don’t mess with perfection!” another urged.
“The lyrics making the six merry murderesses sound like the six merry babysitters telling bedtime story,” another added.
“The song is about women who murdered. Either do it properly or do a different song,” another concluded.
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