Len Goodman blasts Strictly Come Dancing fix claims as 'daft'

Len Goodman has branded the Strictly Come Dancing fix claims as “daft”.

The head judge, 71, said if the BBC producers’ were getting involved, he wouldn’t allow them to influence his decision.

Speaking to Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield on This Morning he said: “The trouble is, I don’t know how sincere I come over. But [the producers] have absolutely never… Listen, I’ve judged the World Championships down.

"Do you think if a producer come up to me ‘Oi Len, we really want so and so...’ – well you can imagine what I’d tell them! And it wouldn’t happen. It’s just absolute daft.”

Some viewers branded the show a fix after Sunday night’s results show, which saw Katie Derham and Anton Du Beke sent through to the final over Anita Rani and Gleb Savchenko.

Others claimed dry ice was used to hide Derham's footwork from view.

Speaking about the decision to send Rani home, Goodman said: "My perception [of Anita] was that she’d been terrific, but when you judge the dance off, it is just about that dance. It’s nothing to do with who’s been great so far, or who you think would be great in the final, it is just about that one dance. And as far as I was concerned - and Darcey and Bruno - we thought Katie didn’t go wrong, it was beautifully danced, so there you have it.