Strictly Come Dancing professional, Brendan Cole, has slammed the judges on the show for favouring the male celebrities over the females.

Speaking to The Sun Brendan revealed that he thought Austin Healy had been too generously marked when he received perfect 10′s for his recent salsa.

He said: “I felt it was very highly marked.”

Brendan added that he and Lisa Snowdon, also did a “nice” salsa but didn’t come close to Austin’s results.

He said: “I thought our scores were spot on. But what I’m talking about is a ten for a dance that I don’t consider to be a very good salsa. For a quarter-final I expect more.”

The 32-year-old added: “Austin, please don’t knock me out for saying that!”