Courtney Act landed the runner-up spot in Australia’s Dancing With The Stars (Picture: Ten)

Courtney Act has come runner-up in Dancing With The Stars Australia 2019, losing out to Samuel Johnson – and fans are miffed.

During her time on the show the RuPaul’s Drag Race star, who’s real name is Shane Jenek, broke down gender norms by performing the first ever same-sex routine and even recreated all five Spice Girls for another routine.

However that wasn’t enough, as Sam walked away with the Mirror Ball trophy and a whopping $50,000 for charity Love Your Sister, which he began with his late sister, Connie, five years ago.

‘I just want to say Courtney is the better dancer,’ the actor said, later adding: ‘I am trying to kick cancer in the face, help me!’




Courtney and her partner Josh Keefe scored the highest mark of the grand finale with their freestyle dance to Janelle Monae’s Make Me Feel getting an impressive 30 points.

Actor Samuel Johnson won the series (Picture: Ten)

They also secured 29 for their quickstep to I Won’t Dance by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers, while Sam and his partner Jorga Freeman were awarded 29 for both of their performances.

Viewers are completely outraged by the overall results on Twitter though, writing: ‘Does being the best dancer week after week mean NOTHING to you?’ and ‘Courtney deserves better.’

Viewers weren’t best pleased with the results (Picture: Twitter)

Meanwhile others scorned: ‘Courtney was robbed plain and simple. Robbed.’

Courtney had planned to give her winnings to LGBTQ+ suicide prevention charity Black Rainbow, with them announcing the news in a statement.

‘Visible support on a public scale from an icon like Courtney is an important step towards ensuring our mob feel safe enough to be themselves,’ they said.

It’s not all doom and gloom though as Courtney will perform her show Under The Covers at London’s Underbelly Festival, Southbank next month, bringing her glitz and glamour to the country once again.

Dancing With The Stars airs on Network 10 in Australia.

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