Strictly Come Dancing fans were left fuming in their droves after the footballer was awarded 10 points for her dance
Katy Hallam and Lucretia Munro
20:36, 08 Nov 2025
Motsi Mabuse was slammed for her scoring of Karen on Strictly Come Dancing(Image: BBC)
Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left absolutely livid after judge Motsi Mabuse handed Karen Carney a perfect ten for her Charleston routine with professional partner Carlos Gu.
Fans believed they spotted numerous mistakes in her performance, yet this wasn’t reflected in the judging panel’s scoring.
One viewer vented on X: “sure not a 10, the lifts were pretty ropey #strictly.”
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Another furious fan declared: “F**** OFF Motsi and Anton! #Strictly.”
A third questioned: “What’s with Motsi and that 10? #Strictly.”
Meanwhile, a fourth viewer expressed disbelief: “10? ! ! ! did we just watch the same performance #strictly.”, reports the Mirror.
A fifth fan weighed in on the social media platform, commenting: “Oh come on Motsi – never a 10, too frenetic #Strictly.
Karen and Carlos did the Charleston(Image: BBC)
“10? ? ? What? ? ? #Strictly,” questioned a sixth viewer.
Another chimed in: “#Strictly shut up motsi. Its not a 10! Its messy with lots of faults #Charleston.”
One more irate fan declared: “Motsi giving Karen a 10 for a dance which wasn’t perfect is wild #Strictly.”
The Birmingham-born ex footnaller has wowed the judges with previous performances on the BBC show.
Last week, she was near top of the leaderboard after performing an Argentine tango to Red Right Hand, the theme tune from Brummie institution Peaky Blinders.
She earned her best score of the series with 38 points and earning two 10s from the judges.
But fans of the show said she was being ‘unfairly treated’ and deserved a perfect 40.
Her first ever dance – a Jive – made history and saw her rocket right to the top of the leaderboard.
The former professional footballer turned pundit secured a seriously impressive score of 31 points out of 40.
She stunned all of the judges as they said they had never seen ‘anything like it’ and that she had performed a move like a ‘top pro’, with fans predicting an early win for Karen.
