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'DWTS' Season 31: Judge Len Goodman comes under fire as fans accuse him of favoring Cheryl Ladd

Fans mock 'Len obviously has the fattest crush on Cheryl' after the 'Charlie's Angels' star survives elimination despite scoring the least

LOS ANGELES: Cheryl Ladd shocked the judges last week on 'Dancing With The Stars' and they believed she could take even more choreography than she got, so that's exactly what Louis van Amstel intended to offer them. The gambit, however, appeared to have backfired, as the duo found themselves at the bottom of the barrel.

Cheryl Ladd and her professional partner Louis van Amstel tied for 10th place in the season premiere of 'Dancing with the Stars,' with 21 points out of a potential 40. They returned to dance tonight for Elvis Week to redeem themselves. The duo danced to Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up," and judge Bruno Tonioli told the Charlie's Angels star that he wants to see more devil from her. Cheryl said, "Watch next week!" during a press conference following last week's performances. Well, it turned out too hard for viewers and the judges to watch as she did the Tango to Elvis' 'A Little Less Conversation'.

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Judge Bruno Tonioli commends her for going for the attitude, but she "messed up so many links" and couldn't conceal it. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba admits that they got off on the wrong foot several times, but she always recovered. Judge Len Goodman, on the other hand, acknowledges that that was a proper tango, and she's pleased an old judge. Judge Derek Hough said the entrance was fierce, and he enjoys watching her because she clearly enjoys dancing. She received 5 points from each of the judges except Len, who was generous enough to give her 6 points. This gave her a total of 21 points out of 40, putting her at the bottom of the scoreboard.

Despite having the lowest score of the night, she dodged elimination based on public voting. Unhappy viewers slammed the network, particularly Len, for defending Cheryl after a poor performance. Fans dragged Len for saving Cheryl by saying: "I’m crying because Len obviously has the fattest crush on Cheryl lmaoooo #DWTS." Teresa fans couldn't justify her elimination as they continue to call the voting system 'rigged': "This is absolute BS, there’s no way that Teresa wasn’t getting massive amounts of votes & she should’ve been saved bc that old lady Cheryl sucked . #rigged #DWTS." Another Teresa fan added: "#DWTS is cancelled. They really sided with Cheryl who obviously can’t dance INSTEAD OF MY GIRL TRE." A shocking fan theory came from a viewer who linked Cheryl's association with ABC resulting in her getting saved from elimination: "#DWTS Cheryl Ladd 71, is a Charlie's Angels TV show icon. The show was on ABC network/which was home to DWTS until this season -Cheryl was NEVER going to be 1st or 2nd elimination: Many of us STILL watch Charlie's Angels re-runs."

Angry fans bashing Len and Carrie for their bias wrote: "@carrieanninaba & Len need to be fired from #DWTS ….they obviously are blind and for them to vote Cheryl Ladd to come back when she clearly messed up and had no rhythm pisses me off! Teresa listened to what the judges said last week and did it this week, Cheryl just sucked!" Another fan added: "i’m so sorry but i’m so mad at len for saving cheryl. teresa improved so much this week and cheryl messed up so many times. i’m annoyed #DWTS." One fan claimed Carrie had to save Cheryl after putting her in a risky position: "Cheryl being in the bottom two tonight was totally Carrie Ann’s fault because she wanted her to take big risks and it did not pay off!! She only voted to save her because she felt guilty… #DWTS." Further calling out the judges for saving Cheryl again, a fan tweeted: "Ok @carrieanninaba& #LenGoodman, that was ridiculous. You know @Teresa_Giudice was better than Cheryl and has more potential. You just didn’t want to have to save her twice! Ridiculous! #DWTS."

Tune in to Disney+ to watch ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 31. The show airs every Monday at 8 pm ET.

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