Source: thesun.co.uk
Strictly Come Dancing chiefs were left red-faced after Stephanie Beacham’s routine was revealed to be a copycat of one on the US version.
Dynasty star Stephanie, 60, danced the Quickstep to KT Tunstall’s hit Suddenly I See before getting the boot on Saturday.
But a week ago former Beverly Hills 90210 actress Jennie Garth did the SAME dance to the SAME song on Dancing With The Stars — seen here on UKTV Gold.
Dancing With The Stars is live on Monday and Tuesday nights in the US.
A show source said: “The routines were very similar. You can’t say Stephanie and her partner Vincent Simone nicked the routine from Jennie — they would never have had time.
“But the producers of both shows know each other and must know what the stars are doing.”
Last night a BBC spokeswoman insisted: “All the ballroom and Latin dances have certain repertories of steps.
“So there would of course be similarities in the routines as they both danced the Quickstep.
“But Stephanie and Vincent danced an entirely different routine. It was purely a coincidence it was to the same music.”
The shows share two judges, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli, and some staff have worked on both.