BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s Brendan Cole reveals one name who 'deserves more credit'

Former Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational dancer Brendan Cole says 1 of the champion performers connected the amusement isn’t being recognised for their hard enactment and talent

Professional dancer Brendan Cole reveals helium was "upset" by Shirley Ballas’ "harsh" comments to 1 of the astir talented dancers connected the amusement and things request to change. A erstwhile pro from Strictly Come Dancing has aired his feelings connected wherefore helium believes 1 of the stars connected the BBC amusement is being treated unfairly. Brendan Cole, 48, who appeared successful the franchise from 2004 to 2017, claims there’s 1 dancer who is 1 of the champion and isn’t getting the designation they deserve.

He accuses caput justice Shirley Ballas of being excessively "harsh" and says her comments aft their show "upset" him. It comes aft JB Gill and his nonrecreational spouse Lauren Oakley wowed judges and viewers with their Samba to Mas Que Nada by Sergio Mendes. Lauren, who wasn’t paired with a personage this year, stepped successful to regenerate the JLS star’s erstwhile spouse Amy Dowden aft she was forced to discontinue the bid pursuing a post-performance exigency infirmary dash. She later revealed she had suffered a ft injury and wouldn’t beryllium returning.

After JB and Lauren’s dance, the judges were speedy to heap praise connected the pair. "I americium stunned! Stunned!" Anton Du Beke raved. "Last week you did your Couple's Choice and I said bring this going forward... Man alive, did you bring it!" The usually hard-faced Craig Revel Horwood was adjacent won implicit and said: "JB - that means to maine Jolly Brilliant!"

But it was Shirley’s comments that Brendan took umbrage with. Although she noted JB’s dedication, she besides said his prowess connected the creation level was acknowledgment to idiosyncratic else: "That show says to maine I'm successful it to triumph it and I'm not going anywhere, that's what that show said. But I bash privation to accidental 1 thing, each these weeks, each these fundamentals - your feet, your limb actions, your assemblage - that you've learned from Amy, she acceptable you up for this benignant of performance." Shirley simply said of JB’s caller partner: "Lauren you creation fantastic unneurotic arsenic a squad but you couldn't person done it without each those weeks of work. So a immense congratulations to each of you."

Brendan spoke to Sky Vegas and revealed wherefore helium was annoyed with her comments: "One of the things that upset maine connected Saturday was the information that Shirley seemed to springiness each the recognition to Amy, which is truly harsh," helium said. "Lauren has had to measurement successful precocious past minute, and she created and taught him a truly bully Samba. The choreography was great, the method facet was great, which I don’t deliberation we’ve seen from JB up until present different than the week earlier with the commercialized style. Lauren's getting that retired of him, and she should beryllium getting afloat recognition for that."

He went connected to assertion that the past portion of the Strictly travel is the toughest, truthful helium hopes Lauren volition get the designation she deserves: "Hopefully, arsenic the amusement goes on, she'll commencement getting the credit, due to the fact that she's the 1 that's present doing the hard yards. The past six oregon 7 weeks of Strictly are the hard bits. The archetypal fewer weeks are similar the honeymoon play of Strictly. She's 1 of the champion pros connected the show, truthful evidently she's going to get large worldly retired of him, due to the fact that he's precise capable," helium said.

Fans of the amusement agreed with Brendan’s presumption connected Amy and were speedy to assertion the show’s bosses failed by not giving her a personage contestant to coach. One said: "Lauren should ne'er beryllium benched ever again. She's bringing retired the champion successful JB." Another agreed: "I emotion Lauren. Should person had a spouse from the start. I don't deliberation she's been progressive successful a creation I haven't loved," arsenic a 3rd wrote: "Lauren came to amusement them producers they made a large mistake benching her this year."

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