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Strictly Come Dancing may be over for another year but the controversy continues with reports of problems with the voting lines and backstage tears from the unlucky finalists.
Holby City actor Tom Chambers triumphed in Saturday's final despite making mistakes in his final dances - meanwhile, Lisa Snowdon finished in third place in the public vote despite getting two perfect sets of scores from the judges.
Lisa's father told the Telegraph that the presenter was 'fuming' that Tom had made it through to the final after the BBC suspended the phone vote during the semi-final.
He said: "To be honest Lisa was fuming because she felt that she and Rachel should have been in the final outright.
"Something went wrong and it needs to be sorted for next year because some of the voting was bordering on farcical. The whole show was just one big popularity contest."
The paper also claims that many fans were unable to vote for both Rachel and Lisa because the phone lines were constantly busy.
Rachel Stevens has admitted that she was a 'blubbering wreck' after hearing the result and had to quickly leave the studios.
Do you think this year's final was a farce? Did the right person win? Let us know what you think...
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i dont understnd why people are presuming that if there had been a dance off in the semi final tom would have been the one to leave. tom could've done a performance muchly improved in the dance off (its been seen in many dance offs) and whos to say rachael or lisa dancing against him woul'dve danced better and not got kicked out. all 3 deserved to be in the final, tom won fair and square he is a fantastic dancer his show dance was amazing. lisa and rachael were brilliant dancers too if either of them had won it would have also been deserved, the competition was tough tom won simple as that
Posted by: laura.needham83 on Sat Dec 27 03:50PM | Report abuseRACHEL AND VINCENT WERE FAR SUPERIOR TO TOM CHAMBERS WHO SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND I COULDNT GET THROUGH TO MAKE MY VOTE FOR RACHEL
Posted by: jillbeck1 on Fri Jan 02 04:30PM | Report abuseRACHEL AND VINCENT WERE FAR SUPERIOR TO TOM CHAMBERS WHO SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND I COULDNT GET THROUGH TO MAKE MY VOTE FOR RACHEL
Posted by: jillbeck1 on Fri Jan 02 04:30PM | Report abuseRACHEL AND VINCENT WERE FAR SUPERIOR TO TOM CHAMBERS WHO SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND I COULDNT GET THROUGH TO MAKE MY VOTE FOR RACHEL
Posted by: jillbeck1 on Fri Jan 02 04:30PM | Report abuseRACHEL AND VINCENT WERE FAR SUPERIOR TO TOM CHAMBERS WHO SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND I COULDNT GET THROUGH TO MAKE MY VOTE FOR RACHEL
Posted by: jillbeck1 on Fri Jan 02 04:30PM | Report abuseRACHEL AND VINCENT WERE FAR SUPERIOR TO TOM CHAMBERS WHO SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND I COULDNT GET THROUGH TO MAKE MY VOTE FOR RACHEL
Posted by: jillbeck1 on Fri Jan 02 04:30PM | Report abuseRACHEL AND VINCENT WERE FAR SUPERIOR TO TOM CHAMBERS WHO SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND I COULDNT GET THROUGH TO MAKE MY VOTE FOR RACHEL
Posted by: jillbeck1 on Fri Jan 02 04:30PM | Report abuseRACHEL AND VINCENT WERE FAR SUPERIOR TO TOM CHAMBERS WHO SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND I COULDNT GET THROUGH TO MAKE MY VOTE FOR RACHEL
Posted by: jillbeck1 on Fri Jan 02 04:31PM | Report abusethey are just bad loosers..... tom was the best
Posted by: yvonnelubbe on Sat Jan 03 09:00PM | Report abuseTom wasn't good at the main set dances but that freestyle was amazing! I didn't accutally think he would win thouogh but what does it matter anyway. At least the X factor had the right winner this year unlike last year.
Posted by: sarahgharley on Sat Jan 03 09:11PM | Report abuse