STRICTLY Come Dancing fans have called out Gorka Marquez for using a “shameless” tactic in order to win votes.
The pro dancer, nicknamed “Gorka The Corker” by fans, pulled out all the stops he could in a bid to secure his and dance partner Helen Skelton’s place in next week’s Musicals special.
Gorka and Helen dropped to the bottom of the scoreboard with their samba
Gorka couldn’t resist whipping his shirt open in a bid to lure in votes.
After performing a sultry and high energy samba to Emma Bunton track Eso Beso, Gorka seized his opportunities to show off his assets and ripped his shirt open on multiple occasions across the evening.
Most notably, he did it when Claudia Winkleman gave out their voting number in a bid to make people call.
The move came after the pair were scolded for their dance routine, falling to lower half of the leaderboard after earning only 29 points.
This was largely down to Craig Revel-Horwood, who only scored them five while the other three judges gave them eight each.
Not that it mattered too much to fans, who joked the shameless move was working for them, no matter how obvious it was.
“His torso gets my vote every week. No idea if Helen is a good dancer or not,” wrote one fan.
Another joked: “Gorka really giving the gals, gays and theys what they want”
“Gorka knows how to get the votes from us Mums,” said a third.
Others weren’t so impressed though, with one saying: “When Gorka is showing off his chest as a distraction you know there’s problems.”
“Gorka shamelessly pulling in the votes,” said another.
Whether his tactic worked or not will be revealed tomorrow night, when the bottom two dancers will have to face the dance-off before the next elimination.
Currently, Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe are on the bottom of the scoreboard, with Helen and Gorka also in danger based solely on judges scores.
The viewers vote will make the difference to whether or not they’re safe.
Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturdays, and results show Sundays on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer.
Gorka and Helen looked worried as the judges scores left them vulnerable to elimination
The couple looked like they were having a blast as they performed their samba
Gorka was shameless as he pleaded with viewers to vote
