Fans stunned as Seann Walsh and Katya Jones survive Strictly Come Dancing boot after kiss scandal: 'Who voted for them?'

The pair impressed with their Charleston
Natasha Sporn15 October 2018

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left surprised after Seann Walsh and Katya Jones made it through to week five.

The pair, who were pictured kissing on a night out while both in long-term relationships, shocked viewers by soaring through to the next week following their Charleston while Katie Piper left the show following a dance-off with Charles Venn .

But many fans immediately slammed the show - and fellow viewers - for keeping the pair in the competition, with many telling their voters to "take a long think".

Others accused the show of “fixing” the result by “overmarking” their routine, for which they scored 28 giving them 10 points on the final leaderboard.

One wrote: “Really? #Seann and #Katya through to next week’s #Strictly FIXED! FIXED! FIXED!”

While another blasted: “Seann and Katya literally cannot believe they're still in the competition, watch again next week on "Strictly come Cheat on your partner" #strictly

“Seann and Katya's dance was terrible. Surprised they are through! #strictly,” said somebody else.

A different user commented: “Honestly anyone voting for Seann and Katya - how would you feel if it was your daughter or sister who had been humiliated nationally by her love rat boyfriend? It’s a joke. #strictly.”

“Why would you waste your money voting for Seann and Katya? #Strictly,” wrote somebody else while another suggested voters should “give their head a wobble”.

The couples are allocated points for their position on the leaderboard - the top number being the amount of couples in the competition, i.e. 13 points were given to Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton this week - and the same happens for the public votes.

Since the voting figures aren’t released, we don’t know who finished where in the public vote - all we know is that Walsh and Jones finished somewhere above third from bottom to top of the pile.

Walsh and Jones had been the favourites to go out of the competition this week after their drunken kiss hit the headlines. Some had even called for them to leave the show of them own volition.

Pair: Katya Jones and Seann Walsh
Instagram / Katya Jones

Walsh was then dumped by then-girlfriend of five years Rebecca Humphries, who confirmed via a Twitter statement that the two had parted ways and that she had taken the cat .

The actress also claimed Walsh had called her “psycho” for suspecting something was going on between the pair.

Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday October 20 at 6.45pm on BBC One.

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