FANS have ripped Dancing With the Stars after a contestant was marked safe despite ranking poorly after the performances.
Episode three of the ABC show returned on Monday as the celebrities battled it out to remain in the competition.
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But fans were disappointed after Vinny Guadagnino, 34, was marked safe by judges despite pulling low scores for his performance.
FAN BACKLASH
Several took to Reddit to slam the show as “rigged” after a tense elimination saw the Jersey Shore star remain and Charlie’s Angels star Cheryl Ladd sent home.
“Cheryl Ladd was robbed. She deserved more than all 6’s. She danced better than Vinny, Trevor, Joseph or Sam! What’s up with that?” one ranted on Reddit.
“Anyone else see Vinny shake his head when they said he was safe? He seemed disappointed by that,” another claimed.
A third remarked: “Vinny is always in disbelief when he’s safe lmao.”
“VINNY hahaha how???? I’m not mad tho,” a fourth wrote in shock while a fifth agreed: “Its fine now but eventually Vinny will overstay his time and I’ll be pissed he keeps being voted through.”
“VINNY SAFE WTF,” a final put shortly.
Cheryl Ladd and her partner Louis Van Amstel were on the chopping block this week after a gripping bottom-two elimination against GMA’s Sam Champion.
Season 31 of Dancing With the Stars has returned with a vengeance this fall, as drama has already begun to unfold on the ballroom show.
CARRIE’S MISTAKE
Also on Monday’s airing, judge Carrie Ann Inaba nearly suffered an NSFW blunder during a live moment.
The judge caught herself before dropping a word that is not allowed on television.
After Shangela and Gleb gave their James Bond-themed performance, Carrie Ann had very little to critique.
The drag queen and former contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race, got the crowd pumped up with her energetic routine.
Carrie Ann started off saying: “Ok, I’m gonna keep it short, but, daaaaamn girl! That was fierce!”
“That is the living definition of fiiiiieeeeerce!!” she yelled.
“That was f…..ohh I almost swore!” she said bashfully, covering her mouth.
Carrie Ann laughed and continued: “That was, mmhmm, hot!”
The camera quickly cut to Len Berman’s critique of the performance, as the host covered her forehead and laughed off to the side.
SHOCKING SLIP-UP
She’s not the only Dancing judge that experienced a live tv blunder this season.
Bruno Tonioli recently suffered a scary mishap by nearly falling out of his chair.
Cheryl and her partner Louis danced the Rumba to Diamonds Are Forever, receiving praise from the panel including a very excited Bruno.
“You got your sparkle back. More confidence. No mistakes,” he said, as he reached back to grab his chair and nearly fell to the ground.
Luckily he caught himself and he said: “The chair went out.”
Tyra screamed: “Oh my God! Are you taking her mistakes?”
“I was talking about balance and I’m losing it,” he joked.
As Carrie Ann talked, Bruno sat back in his chair very carefully and gestured that he was ok.
DWTS fans were quick to react on Twitter to Bruno’s mishap.
“Bruno just almost pulled a Carrie Ann,” one viewer wrote.
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