BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Brendan Cole gives one-word verdict on dancer and reveals frontrunner

Former Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational dancer Brendan Cole has fixed a damning one-word critique of a personage dancer who helium thought was a contender to triumph the show

Strictly fable Brendan Cole claims that 1 contestant who has antecedently "done immoderate phenomenal dances" connected Strictly "let themselves down" aft their caller performance.

Brendan Cole predicted 1 personage contestant connected Strictly Come Dancing "should" assistance the Glitterball Trophy successful December based connected their performances truthful far. However helium claims their latest creation wasn’t worthy of a winner, utilizing 1 damning connection to picture it.Discussing Jamie Borthwick ’s Argentine Tango to the Arctic Monkey's Do I Wanna Know? with his nonrecreational spouse Michelle Tsiakkas, erstwhile pro Brendan, 48, who appeared successful the amusement from 2004 to 2017, claimed the creation didn’t really incorporate that overmuch tango and was "average".

"I wouldn't expect her [Michelle] to creation down to effort and marque him [Jamie]]look better," helium told Sky Vegas . "Ultimately, the regular was a spot average. It didn't truly person that overmuch Argentine Tango successful it. Maybe helium couldn't execute what was being asked and truthful they had to simplify it? It simply wasn't a precise bully dance."

Prior to 30-year-old EastEnders histrion Jamie’s astir caller quality successful the ballroom, Brendan, who won the archetypal ever bid of Strictly with newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky successful 2004, had him down arsenic a frontrunner successful the BBC endowment amusement this year. "He's done immoderate phenomenal dances," helium said. "I've truly loved what he's been up to truthful far, but connected Saturday night, it was reasonably average. He's 1 of the frontrunners for me. If it’s not Chris [McCausland] winning. It astir apt should beryllium him, but not connected Saturday night's performance."

The existent judges seemed to hold with Brendan's verdict and Jamie received a people of 30 connected the Leaderboard, which enactment him successful associated bottommost spot alongside histrion Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu. Despite this it was Welsh opera vocalist Wynne Evans and pro Katya Jones who ended up successful the creation off, with Shayne yet being voted retired by caput justice Shirley Ballas. Speaking to Jamie aft the results, big Claudia Winkleman asked Jamie if he’d recovered it "bittersweet" to beryllium voted done to the adjacent circular astatine the Blackpool Ballroom Tower due to the fact that of however adjacent helium is to Wynne.

"Yeah it is simply a bit," helium replied. "You know, it’s specified a beardown contention and it would person been a daze anyone being successful that dance-off tonight." He besides said helium thought that portion of the amusement should beryllium changed. "I privation we could each spell to Blackpool, it’s truthful horrible that someone’s got to go. I deliberation we should conscionable scrap that rule,” helium added. Comedian Chris McCausland past quipped: "It’s a unspeakable amusement isn’t it?" prompting laughter from the different celebrities. Jamie agreed: "It is! It ruins the show!" arsenic Claudia blankly stated: "I’ll archer the boss."

After the amusement Jamie addressed his show connected Instagram with his fans and confessed helium was uncovering his Strictly travel difficult. He posted: "I would beryllium lying if I said I wasn’t healthily disappointed aft past nights performance. I tried my implicit champion and gave this week 100% arsenic I promised my beloved @michelle_tsiak but I conjecture my champion conscionable fell abbreviated which is what the Striclty acquisition is each about. This is hard !!!! But it’s precise important to not get to precocious erstwhile things are large and to not get to debased erstwhile it doesn’t spell the mode we want."

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