Strictly fans fume 'show is spoilt' as results show changes spark fury

Fans of Strictly Come Dancing have noticed several changes on Sunday night's results show. The weekend was taken over by the BBC ballroom show as the 15 celebs and their professional dance partners took to the dancefloor on Saturday evening and awaited their fate in the competition on Sunday, as one couple was sent packing.

But one angry fan said that the BBC has "spoilt" the results show by making a number of "changes". Posting to Reddit, they noted: "First going from a recap VT to intro the show into another judge's recap VT, in the space of two minutes? Then the awful new tension bed background music? Why not just remix the old version if they wanted a change? The new music adds no tension and is way too harsh (very X Factor) Then the way results are revealed? Why were Harry, Karen, Stefan and Dianne given no chance to speak or to celebrate? It used to be one couple could not celebrate getting through which was bad enough, but now it's two? And then they don't even get an interview with Claudia? What producer made these terrible changes?"

The infuriated fan continued: "If they wanted a change, then they should have gotten rid of the judge's chat with Claudia. It's way past its prime, and we don't need to hear the judges again. We heard from them in the VT at the start?

"These changes have made the results show feel so much longer, which I did not think was possible, and they really spoilt what should have been a good one with that twit Skinner gone."

Another poster agreed, writing: "Completely agree. Give the two final people an interview with Claudia for sure."

With one more fuming: "The results show is stupidly long, I always record and fast forward to the dance off."

However, another fan offered a potential reason behind the changes, as they replied: "The only reason I can think of as to why they announced the bottom two at the same time is that maybe there were complaints previously about the fact that the first couple in the dance off gets about a half an hour time advantage on the second couple.

"They can practice and tweak moves in that timeframe, whereas the other couple can't. Maybe it was seen as an unfair advantage but the new set up is unfair to the two safe couples who get no interview or celebration."