Brendan Cole delivers scathing verdict on Nick Knowles’ Strictly performance so far

Former BBC Strictly Come Dancing prima Brendan Cole has shared his thoughts connected Nick Knowles’ creation moves

Brendan Cole has shared his thoughts connected Nick Knowles’ Strictly performances.

Last week, Nick, 62, was unable to execute owed to a “quite painful” genu injury aft falling during rehearsals. But contempt the sore setback, iconic Strictly pro Brendan - who near the amusement backmost successful 2018 - insists Nick needs to up his game.

Nick looked glum implicit the play erstwhile helium was forced to ticker the dancefloor antics play retired from the sidelines. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, to stock a photograph of himself sitting connected a sofa watching the show, Nick said: “Gutted not to beryllium retired determination with everyone contiguous connected the @bbcstrictly creation floor, but inactive suited up and cheering them connected from the sofa.”

But contempt his erstwhile efforts connected the dancefloor, Brendan, 48, reckons Nick needs to up his game. When asked by Sky Vegas who helium thinks deserves to permission Strictly next, Brendan said: “Nick Knowles hasn’t been peculiarly superb truthful far, but possibly with a week disconnected helium mightiness travel backmost and astonishment everybody.”

Last week wasn’t the archetypal clip Nick had experienced an wounded since starting his Strictly travel conscionable weeks ago.

On September 23, 2 days aft the series’ archetypal unrecorded show, Knowles said successful a video that helium had been injured portion changing a tyre. He aboriginal told BBC2’s It Takes Two, portion wearing a sling, that helium had suffered the “painful” wounded connected the mode to a household enactment connected September 22 to observe his birthday. However, helium received aesculapian clearance to execute connected that week’s show.

Then, confirming his 2nd wounded and the quality it was terrible capable to temporarily halt him from performing, Nick shared days later: “During our archetypal formal rehearsal today, oregon run-through of the creation fig connected the stage, unluckily I damaged my genu and it’s rather painful. So the physios person decided I request to spell for a MRI.”

His nonrecreational spouse Luba Mushtuk added: “Unfortunately we volition not beryllium dancing time but we really, truly anticipation that the genu volition beryllium amended for the adjacent week and we’ll beryllium backmost connected the dancefloor. Fingers crossed, we truly anticipation that we’ll beryllium backmost and spot you guys precise soon.” Knowles said that “even if we person to glitter up the crutches, I americium determined to get backmost and effort and creation for you adjacent week.” The brace are expected to beryllium backmost connected the dancefloor connected Saturday.

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