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Furious ‘Strictly’ Viewers Claim They Couldn’t Vote For Dev Griffin And Dianne Buswell

Furious ‘Strictly’ Viewers Claim They Couldn’t Vote For Dev Griffin And Dianne Buswell

'Strictly Come Dancing' viewers have threatened to boycott the show after Dianne Buswell and Dev Griffin's shock elimination.

Joanna Freedman

Joanna Freedman

Strictly Come Dancing saw the shock elimination of Dev Griffin last night, after a previously solid set of performances.

The BBC Radio 1 DJ and Dianne Buswell were booted off the show after their Cha Cha to 'Dancing With a Stranger' by Sam Smith failed to impress the judges more than Viscountess Emma Weymouth and Aljaz Skorjanec, who jived to 'Kids in America' by Kim Wilde.

While the judges unanimously agreed it was Dev's time to go, Dianne was visibly distraught about the decision, sobbing onto Dev's chest as it was announced.

And many of his fans claimed he shouldn't have been in the dance-off at all, fuming that their votes for him hadn't gone through, and alleging there were jams on the phone-line.

Dev Griffin and Dianne Buswell were eliminated when fighting against Viscountess Emma Weymouth and Aljaz Skorjanec
BBC

A string of viewers claimed that when they rang in to vote for Dev their calls didn't connect.

One wrote: "What a bleeding fix!! Some off us couldn't vote for Diane and Dev last night because the phone line was down!!...Sort it out strictly or you've lost a viewer for good!"

While another added: "I rarely use this word but I am truly, truly GUTTED that Dev is out of #Strictly. The beeb seriously need to sort their phone lines out. Unforgivable. #StrictlyResults".

A third complained: "@bbcstrictly wrong result.Was unable to vote for @dev_101 last night as phone lines were faulty.#Strictly".






While a fourth joined many in vowing to boycott the show unless the BBC addressed the issue.

"Justice for Dianne and Dev. Boycott sh*tly next week," they wrote.

Strictly also has an online voting system, which appeared to be working fine, where fans of the show could vote for free.

On Saturday night, the BBC warned viewers that they were experiencing a high volume of calls, and advised them to try the other method.

Tyla has contacted the BBC for comment.

Dev Griffin and Dianne Buswell were distraught to be kicked off Strictly Come Dancing
BBC

The elimination wasn't just a shock to the nation but also to Dev too.

Speaking to Tess Daly after the controversial decision, he said: "I'm not going to lie I'm absolutely gutted. But learning how to dance, hanging out with Dianne and the other pros and celebs... I've absolutely loved it".

While Dianne later took to Twitter, where she wrote: "I'm sure you could all see how much this meant to us I'm truly gutted as @dev_101 really had so much potential and I wanted to teach him so much more.

"I won't lie I'm devastated but thank you all so much for your support and dev thank you so much I'm so proud of you xx".

Featured Image Credit: BBC

Topics: TV News, TV Entertainment, Strictly Come Dancing

Joanna is a journalist at Tyla with a particular interest in highlighting women's issues and telling inspiring first person stories. She's also their resident foodie, and loves covering exciting new beauty launches, too. Contact her at [email protected].

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