Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Strictly Come Dancing fans are commenting about Craig Revel Horwood ’s quirky scoring of the celebrity dancers during the first live episode of the new series. The judge, who has been with Strictly since the show launched in 2004 and is known for his often sharp opinions, started off the night by awarding DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles just three points, despite many viewers thinking the 62 year old TV star was better than they had expected . However, it was the starkly different scores that Craig gave eighties pop star Toyah Wilcox and Love Island star Tasha Ghouri that surprised most fans.
While Tasha , who danced to Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso with partner Aljaz Skorjanec scored an eight from Craig, he was very harsh with Toyah and her partner Neil Jones, who danced to Madonna’s Ray of Light and scored just two. One fan wrote: “Craig is being awful marking these Strictly newbies so low.” Another commented, “Actually laughed at Craig Revel Horwood’s score for Toyah, we’re starting panto season early here darlings!” Sign up to OK!'s TV newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free A third commented: “Judging a bit harsh for Nick Knowles and Toyah.
" People also questioned Craig’s unusual high scores for week one, with one commenter say.