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BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans fume as 'stunning' performance 'ruined' by one thing
by Fionnula Hainey · Manchester Evening NewsStrictly Come Dancing fans were left annoyed during Tasha Ghouri's Barbie-inspired dance on Saturday night's live show.
BBC One viewers gushed over the Love Island star's dancing as she performed a rumba with her professional partner Aljaz Skorjanec to the song What Was I Made For, which soundtracked the 2023 film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
The song was originally performed by Billie Eilish, who won the Oscar for Best Original Song for penning the ballad. However, Strictly fans were less than impressed by the version performed by the show's house band which accompanied Tasha and Aljaz's dance.
Taking to X with their complaints, fans slammed the singer for 'ruining' the 'stunning' dance with their cover of the song. "Well we know what the singer wasn’t made for… singing this song," one disgruntled fan wrote.
Another fumed: "That rumba was gorrrrrrgeous but the singers should never, ever be allowed near that song again."
Another added: "I usually don’t like to comment on the band but that singer just butchered one of my favourite songs of all time. Billie didn’t win an Oscar for WWIMF to deserve this treatment."
Another said: "Absolutely incredible dance, ruined."
"Choosing to ignore the singers butchering that song but Tasha’s dancing is so stunning," another said.
The opening to Movie Week saw the Strictly Come Dancing professionals transform into minions from the Despicable Me franchise, with Kai Widdrington, who does not have a partner this year, dressing as Gru, the grouchy former supervillain and protagonist of the film series.
DIY SOS star Nick Knowles and his dance partner Luba Mushtuk are not performing this week after Nick suffered a knee injury during rehearsals.