Strictly Come Dancing fans think Craig Revel Horwood has lost something important

Strictly Come Dancing Craig Revel Horwood
(Image credit: BBC)

Strictly Come Dancing fans are concerned judge Craig Revel Horwood has lost something important.

His 10 paddle!

It's not been seen yet this series and this week was no different.

Craig scores Fleur and Vito a 9 for their samba

Craig's 10 paddle is missing in action!  (Image credit: BBC)

Though Fleur East and her partner Vito Coppola won top scores from the other three judges - Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke - Craig's 10 paddle stayed firmly stashed underneath his desk.

And the fans were fuming!

They took to social media demanding to know where Craig's 10 paddle has gone!

Fleur and Vito dance a samba

Fleur's samba was a big hit (Image credit: BBC)

Poor Fleur was feeling nervous after being in the dance off last week for the second time in a row.

So this week, the stakes were high for Fleur and Vito.

They were dancing a samba to the classic song Hot, Hot, Hot originally by The Merrymen.

And fortunately, this week the judges loved their routine!

Anton was speechless at the quality of the samba.

And even legendary curmudgeon Craig Revel Horwood was thrilled. He said that if the samba didn't get Fleur and Vito to Blackpool then he didn't know what would.

So far, so good.

Fleur East and her partner Vito Coppolo dance a samba

The viewers enjoyed Fleur's dance this week (Image credit: BBC)

But when it came to the scores, Craig's good humour only went so far.

Though the other three judges all awarded Fleur 10s for her steamy samba, Craig only gave her 9.

And the viewers at home weren't impressed!

The judges score Fleur's samba

Fleur and Vito won 39 points for their samba (Image credit: BBC)

They took to social media wondering whether Craig had mislaid his 10 paddle, and complaining that Fleur had been undermarked.

And one frustrated fan even wondered what lengths Fleur would have to go to in order to win a 10 from Craig

Will we see Craig's 10 paddle when Strictly hits Blackpool next week? Let's hope so! 

Kerry Barrett
Freelance writer

Kerry is a writer, author and editor with a lifelong love of the soaps, a passion for TV drama of all kinds, and an obsessive devotion to Strictly Come Dancing. 

She was features editor of All About Soap magazine for more than a decade, covering every bit of excitement from all the UK soaps and the Aussies and still writes about all the juiciest gossip from the Street, the Square and the Dales whenever she can.

Kerry’s also an author of historical fiction, and her two jobs collided when she got the chance to write two novels based on Emmerdale, and the Sugden, Tate and Dingle families, during WW2.