STRICTLY Come Dancing viewers reckon they've spotted a "feud" between one celebrity and the judging panel.
Eagle-eyed BBC One show fans claim head judge Shirley Ballas and the entirety of the dance experts are "picking on" the competitor.
It comes after EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick, 30, and partner Michelle Tsiakkas, 29, made a statement on Blackpool's Tower Ballroom dancefloor with their bright Jive.
Jay Brown actor Jamie arrived on stage riding on a huge bottle of tomato sauce for their lively routine to The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) by Las Ketchup.
The duo sat neatly in the middle of the leaderboard with a score of 33 points yet now fans are suggesting the soap star is getting "different treatment" from the judging panel.
Yet feedback was mixed from the judges, with Shirley claiming he had "overtried a bit" yet praising the "absolute entertainment" of the routine.
After Anton Du Beke agreed, Motsi Mabuse also flgged his atttude and said: "Jamie, I've never seen anybody wanting to dance so much as you coming down on that thing.
"You were like, 'Get me off!'
"And then I could feel that energy that you held back, you put it into your dancing."
"Seems a bit sinister to me."
One continued: "Fans are noticing this because it looks as shady as hell tbh. If they don’t want speculation then maybe they ought to look over a few things."
Another took to a different thread to argue: "For anyone doubting that Jamie is getting different treatment from the judges…
"They just praised and commented on EVERY SINGLE OTHER CONTESTANT at the start of the results show EXCEPT for him.
"Wow. He literally had to comment on himself.
"Are they really struggling that much to be civil? What the hell is going on here?
"I smell shenanigans here and not one person can convince me otherwise."
Another added: "I was thinking exactly the same thing."
Yet others simply dismissed it as pure speculation.
One show fan clapped back: "I think what’s happened is Jamie was over marked and overhyped for the first few weeks by the judges, with stuff like glitterball contender comment in critique in week 3.
"People were being gaslit into thinking Jamie was better than Sarah Montell etc I.E topping leaderboard or second on leaderboard when he wasn’t the best those weeks, so when he now gets marked correctly people naturally think he’s being undermarked."
Another suggested: "Jamie was over marked and overhyped for the first few weeks by the judges.
"I think what you’ve noticed is that they actually started judging him the same way as some of the others are judged."
