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Strictly Come Dancing judge blasted rival TV show in script row

In an unearthed clip from BBC Radio 4’s Front Row in 2011, a former Strictly Come Dancing presenter seemed to poke fun at rival show, The X Factor, about their 'scripted rows'

Sir Bruce Forsyth, late presenter of Strictly Come Dancing, once appeared to hit out at television rival the X Factor, claiming the singing show had “scripted rows”. In an unearthed interview from 2011 with BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, Bruce was asked if X Factor was 'struggling' and he replied: “Well, I think it is struggling more in the press, than I think in anything else. But Simon reckons that viewers lost interest in the show due to it losing some of its original identity over the years.

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