FURIOUS Strictly Come Dancing fans have claimed Helen Skelton was underscored on Saturday night.
The Countryfile star, who is dancing with Gorka Marquez, wowed those watching at home as she performed an energetic paso doble to Tamacun by Rodrigo y Gabriela.
Strictly Come Dancing’s Helen Skelton danced a paso doble on Saturday night
Following a dramatic Spanish-themed performance, Craig Revel Horwood said: “I did enjoy it, I thought it was just a little bit too polite.
“I thought you could have gone more with the power and the passion of it… But I think you did a fantastic, fantastic job.”
Head judge Shirley Ballas added: “I feel it lacks a little bit of self-belief, I think you’re a lot better than you realise.”
The 39-year-old TV presenter secured a score of 29 points for the performance.
Those watching at home were not impressed with her scoring and took to Twitter to question it.
One tweeted: “Helen Skelton woefully undermarked. Other than that, the best quality week 5 I’ve ever seen.”
“All my votes going to @gorkamarquez1 @HelenSkelton undermarked again ! #strictly,” a second said.
And a third penned: “Feel like Helen is undermarked every week! Scoring has been awful this week as usual. #Strictly”
“Helen and Gorka were undermarked tonight!! That was great! You are fab”
Helen and Gorka delivered an elegant American Smooth for their first dance of the series.
Their routine to You Send Me by Aretha Franklin secured them a score of 26, putting them top of the leaderboard.
Anton Du Beke told Skelton to “own the dance” more as he said she was “great”.
Shirley praised Skelton’s timing during the routine, saying she “sat in the pocket of music”.
