Strictly Come Dancing: Jamelia suggests BBC show is fixed after claiming Peter Andre's standing ovation was 'faked' by producers

'The honest thing is, he didn’t get that reaction'

Jamelia on Strictly Come Dancing (BBC)

Strictly Come Dancing has been accused of fixing the results once again after ex-contestant Jamelia suggesting producers has already decided she had to go.

Before Saturday’s Blackpool show, Ola Jordan announced she was quitting the long-running BBC flagship show, just days after claiming judges “over-marked and under-marked”.

Speaking on Loose Women, Jamelia claimed she knew she was leaving the competition before the results were announced despite receiving a higher score than Peter Andre.

According to the 34-year-old, the audience’s initial reaction to Andre’s dance was not what the producers wanted, so they re-recorded it with a standing ovation.

“The honest thing is, he didn’t [get that reaction],” she told the panel. “But on the show he did. I love Peter and he has tried so hard and he is a brilliant dancer, maybe the jive just wasn’t for him.

“I do think there has been a huge backlash, a lot of people on Twitter raving about him, saying he should go home. But Pete is not behind the decision-making process and I don’t think he should bear the brunt of any of this.”

According to The Mirror, members of the audience claimed the reception to Andre’s dance was lacklustre, while Jamelia got a spontaneous ovation. One even said there were boos when the final decision was made.

Jamelia had previously commented on the standing ovation after the show, on Monday spin-off It Takes Two.

“We did a great last dance,” she said. "But it wasn’t until they re-recorded Pete’s ‘standing ovation’, that was the moment we knew we were going home.”

A BBC spokesperson said of the situation: "Following Peter's performance in the dance off, for which he received a standing ovation from the audience, continuity shots were taken during a break in filming to reset the dance floor.

"These extra opportunities to capture audience reaction are standard practice in recording TV shows of this nature.”

Strictly returns on Saturday on BBC One.