Fans of Lewis Capaldi were gutted that his Strictly Come Dancing debut was drowned out by the studio audience.
Lewis has already had a pretty impressive year – he released his debut album and topped the UK Singles chart for seven weeks – and performing at the Strictly Come Dancing results show should have been another proud achievement, although some claim the studio audience ruined this special moment.
Fans of the Scottish crooner were outraged as the star took to the stage to perform his signature hit Someone You Loved, but was drowned out for most of the performance thanks to the audience cheering the live dancers.
Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manara accompanied Capaldi with a sensual routine, but fans weren’t happy that the audience’s enthusiasm for the dancing drowned out the singer’s vocals.
What was wrong with the crowd when @LewisCapaldi was singing whooping every 2 mins have manners #Strictly it was just a dance jeez 🙄🙄
— Roiseanna (@Roiseanna1) September 29, 2019
I love Strictly and Lewis Capaldi – the cheering of the audience totally ruined tonight’s performance. I know they’re being told to do it but it was such a beautiful performance from dancers and Lewis and needed the silence to take it all in. #Strictly @bbcstrictly
— Laura 🦋 (@LaraNi87) September 29, 2019
@gregjames The funniest thing for me was seeing @LewisCapaldi looking so confused at the end as he’d missed the whoop worthy dance as he had his eyes closed 🤣 Full credit to him for not being put off with all those cheers – not the usual reaction to that song! #strictly
— Kelly P (@kellyloup) September 30, 2019
‘I love Strictly and Lewis Capaldi,’ one fan wrote. ‘The cheering of the audience totally ruined tonight’s performance.’
‘Full credit to [Capaldi] for not being put off with all those cheers,’ another wrote. ‘Not the usual reaction to that song!’
Although in typical fashion, the Hold Me While You Wait hitmaker had another problem during his performance:
I was sweating just watching them dance https://t.co/ihp1XeX8fc
— Chewis Capaldi (@LewisCapaldi) September 29, 2019
Singing aside, the first elimination of Strictly 2019 saw James Cracknell become the first celeb to be booted off, after facing David James in the dance-off.
Cracknell is already denying claims that he had a ‘backstage rant’ after his elimination.
Strictly Come Dancing continues next Saturday on BBC One.
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