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Scriptly come cringing! Judges grumble at 'overproduced' and 'woke' pre-written lines that rein in even Craig's acid tongue

This year, in a drive to attract younger viewers, the BBC is scripting some of judges' comments for the first time, but the move has not gone down well with the show's four judges.

All eyes were on Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola in Saturday's show as they danced the American Smooth to Proud by Heather Small Another considered overly woke was Ms Mabuse's line to former athlete Montell Douglas: 'We've been to India, we've been to Africa, now we're in the Caribbean, everyone feels seen.' Opening the show, Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec impressed both audience and judges with an energetic quickstep to Mariah Carey's Fantasy.

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