Strictly Come Dancing's Kristina Rihanoff calls for an end to fix rows with a ban on judges scoring

The 41-year-old dancer says show bosses should stop the result being influenced by anyone other than the viewers.

It's after they were accused of fixing the dance-off outcome by axed contestant Vick Hope when she was up against love rat Seann Walsh.

In an exclusive interview with The Sun Online, Kristina said: "If it was up to me, I don't think judges should give any points in the final.

"In the X Factor final it's only the judges' opinion, but Strictly always have scoring.

"The scoring should be taken away from the semi-finals and final. It should purely be public vote."

Kristina – who is starring in her first ever pantomime as Tinker Bell at St Helens Theatre Royal until January 13 – spent eight years as a professional dancer on Strictly.

During that time she narrowly missed out on winning the glitterball trophy with her partners Simon Webbe and Jason Donovan.

Kristina added: "I've been there, I've missed out on winning the show before perhaps because there were people who were more trained.

"That's the nature of the beast. There's always allegations that the show is fixed one way or the other.

"But at the end of the day, the BBC is for the public, it's for the viewers. From that point we shouldn't be influenced by the judges' opinion.

"I'm not taking anything away from them, they're there for a reason and they have their expertise, but once the final semi-finals start they shouldn't score.

"It should only be on public vote. Then no one can say something is unfair because it will only be public vote that counts."

Kristina bowed out of Strictly Come Dancing in 2015.

She fell in love with her celebrity dance partner Ben Cohen after they were partnered up and now share a daughter called Milena.

Now the mum-of-one is working hard over Christmas as she puts her heart and soul into transforming into Tinker Bell for her first acting role.

"I wanted to reinvent myself after Strictly," she explained.

"For eight years my life was all about that, day in day out.

"When I left and had a family, you understand that you want to push yourself to do new things.

"It'll always be there but I want to do more theatre work. My dream is to be Roxie Hart in Chicago."

Kirstina added: "I still really love performing for people, but it was scary to have to learn 75 pages of script.

"On Strictly you don't talk, you just dance.

"All my reviews I have been really good, really positive so I can breathe now."

• See Kristina as Tinker Bell at St Helens Theatre Royal until January 13.

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