Ricky: "It's All Fixed"

Ricky Whittle has complained that Strictly is edited to manipulate viewers.

He told the Daily Star: “They didn’t intend for me to get past the opening stages. We were there to be ‘the affair’ and leave pretty quickly, but our routines were too good. They never expected me to reach the final. You get there and they tell you not to worry about a thing, not to worry about reports in the press, but then they manipulate it all themselves. There is going to be obvious chemistry when you dance. You have to touch one another like lovers, but Natalie and I were just doing our job. It’s all fixed, you know, the way they edit it to sway the audience."

He believes that he defied what the producers were trying to do: "They didn’t bargain on our routines being so strong or me being as respectful on the show, and popular with all age groups. It’s totally rigged, but at least I came out well.”