Janette Manrara sent a defiant message to Strictly Come Dancing fans on Wednesday as she shrugged off calls for her to be replaced. 

Viewers slammed the It Takes Two presenter as they called for Fleur East to be the full-time host, rather than the duo alternating. 

But uploading an update to her Instagram Story, Janette shared a message from the studio as she returned to the programme.

She said: ‘Hi team. Guess where I am. It Takes Two, baby. I can’t believe we only have … what two weeks left?

‘Two weeks left of It Takes Two. That flew by, didn’t it? What a series. What a series.’

The champion of Strictly Come Dancing 2024 will lift the glitterball trophy on Saturday December 14, bring the series to an end.   

Janette Manrara sent a defiant message to Strictly Come Dancing fans on Wednesday as she shrugged off calls for her to be replaced

Viewers slammed the It Takes Two presenter as they called for Fleur East to be the full-time host, rather than the duo alternating

Earlier this week, fans slammed the spin off show’s presenter Janette and even cruelly demanded for her to be axed. 

They were left fuming after watching Monday’s episode of It Takes Two which saw Fleur interview Jamie Borthwick and his professional partner Michelle Tsiakkis.

The pair were invited on to the show after being eliminated in the dreaded dance-off on Sunday night.

The discussion between the trio covered Jamie’s time on the show and his previous performances and after just missing out on the quarter finals, Jamie and Michelle became emotional. 

And it was seeing the teary display on the episode which sparked fans fury. 

Many took to social media to praise Fleur’s interviewing skills and demanded that she become the BBC spin off show’s full time presenter, and therefore axing her co-host Janette.

During the show, Fleur played Jamie and Michelle a reel of their best bits from their time in the compeтιтion and it brought a tear to everyone’s eye.

As the clip finished, Michelle, who had been fighting back her tears, let them loose before hugging Jamie. 

Uploading an update to her Instagram Story, Janette shared a message from the studio as she returned to the programme

Earlier this week, fans were left fuming after watching Monday’s episode of It Takes Two which saw Fleur (pictured) interview Jamie Borthwick and his professional partner Michelle Tsiakkis

After watching the presenter’s emotional interview with Jamie and Michelle they demanded that she take over full time as the show’s presenter

Fleur currently co-hosts the show with Janette Manrara but fans took to social media to share their preference for Fleur

Fleur then said: ‘Jamie, as an actor you really know how to put on a show…’ but she was interrupted by the soap star, who asked her if she was also crying.   

‘Yeah, it’s got me emotional watching it back,’ Fleur responded. 

And fans were in awe of Fleur and demanded that she present every week. 

One fan wrote: ‘ Oh f off, can’t we have Fleur all week please?!’.

While another said: ‘Fleur is an easier watch than janette marara, get rid of janette and have fleur as the presenter #ItTakesTwo.’

A third person voiced their preference for Fleur over he co-star, commenting: ‘Say it again Fleur is much better on this than Janette #ItTakesTwo.’ 

The fan reaction comes after viewers were left furious that Jamie had been eliminated from the show. 

The EastEnders star was eliminated following a dance off against Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe.

During the show Fleur played Jamie and Michelle a reel of their best bits from their time in the compeтιтion and it brought a tear to everyone’s eye

Following the emotional interview, fans were in awe of Fleur and demanded that she present every week

But fans were shocked that the two dancers found themselves in the bottom two and many fans suggested it should in fact have been Pete Wicks instead.

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The results of Sunday’s show saw fans criticise the judges’ decisions to ‘constantly down-mark’ the actor.

On Saturday, the soap star sent fans into overdrive after performing a Foxtrot with pro partner Michelle Tsiakkas to Ben E King’s classic Stand By Me.

Despite many viewers raving over the soap star’s dance, Jamie was once again harshly critiqued by the judges – prompting some to accuse the panel of ‘favouritism’.

Although Jamie was gracious in his defeat, telling Tess Daly: ‘Strictly is magic. That is all I can say. Strictly is magic. Not just everyone who you see in front of the camera, these four here [the judges], but everyone who works on this show’.  

Fans of the show were left seething at the decision to send Jamie home and complained they were ‘absolutely gutted’ that the actor was booted off the show before the quarter finals.

Fans were left furious after Jamie and Michelle became the ninth couple to leave the compeтιтion during Sunday night’s results show

Although Jamie was gracious in his defeat, fans of the show were left seething at the decision and demanded to know how Pete Wicks had escaped the dance off again despite coming bottom of the leaderboard

Viewers took to X to vent their irritation with many calling for Pete Wicks to have been eliminated instead.

They wrote: ‘How, HOW the actual heck did Pete escape the dance off??!?!? Montelle and Jamie did not deserve to be there, this isn’t fair

While another said: ‘Absolutley gutted Jamie went home. Shouldn’t have been in the bottom 2, let alone go!! 

‘He had my vote every week. I loved his dancing and his partnership with Michelle. I wanted him in the final Bloody joke #strictly.’