FORMER Latin creation queen Ola recovered herself successful a spot of blistery h2o implicit her teaching methods earlier this year
- Published: 15:17, 25 Oct 2024
- Updated: 15:17, 25 Oct 2024
FORMER Strictly creation nonrecreational Ola Jordan has named this year’s worst 2 personage contestants.
The consecutive talking polish creation champion has singled retired Dr Punam Krishnan and Pete Wicks, arsenic being the 2 who should beryllium successful enactment to permission the competition.
Mum-of-one Ola, 42, who is joined to erstwhile Strictly creation nonrecreational James Jordan, 46, said:
“I deliberation Punam and Pete are the weakest links successful the contention – they’re the 2 worst dancers I would say. They some person ballroom numbers, truthful they’ll astir apt beryllium okay."
"I deliberation idiosyncratic bully volition beryllium successful the bottommost 2 this week, perchance Shayne again adjacent though I ever thought Shayne would beryllium good, I don’t deliberation he’s that great.”
But Ola who has teamed up with Mecca Bingo, said that Pete’s ample societal media pursuing could spot him saved him from the creation off, successful opposition to Dr Punam, who is little wide known.
“With Punam and Pete being the weakest dancers, I deliberation Pete has much of a following, truthful helium mightiness perchance beryllium getting much votes. I deliberation Punam mightiness beryllium successful the bottommost 2 with a bully dancer – idiosyncratic similar Shayne."
The ballroom adept besides adds that JLS star, JB Gill is a judges favourite and adjacent if helium ends up successful the creation disconnected again this week, arsenic helium did connected past week’s show, the judges volition prevention him.
She said: “I don’t deliberation JB volition beryllium successful the bottommost 2 arsenic helium was successful the bottommost 2 past week and the judges volition bash everything to prevention him from being determination again.”
The Latin creation nonrecreational starred connected Strictly Come Dancing from 2006 until 2015, alongside her hubby James, lifting the glitterball trophy successful 2009 with her partner, the BBC sports presenter Chris Hollins.
Earlier this twelvemonth it came to airy that Ola had been accused of bullying her partner, Steve Backshall successful 2014.
The TV wildlife presenter reportedly lodged a ailment with the BBC about his nonrecreational partner, branding her ‘rude’ ‘cold’ and ‘tough.’
He besides recovered the rehearsals grueling and claimed that Ola’s impatient mode undermined his confidence.
After the ailment had been lodged, the brace were past assigned a chaperone to travel them astatine each times successful rehearsals.
Speaking astir the aftermath of the experience, Steve described himself arsenic ‘broken.’
"It has perfectly breached me. You are grooming each time agelong connected hard woody floors wearing creation shoes that person nary springiness successful them astatine all, and nary cushioning.
"The interaction travels consecutive each the mode done my assemblage and I'm conscionable falling apart."
But astatine the time, a amusement insider defended Ola arsenic being the eventual competitor.
"Ola is simply a strict taskmaster. She sees existent imaginable successful Steve and thinks helium could spell the region successful the competition.She won the trophy with Chris Hollins and would emotion to triumph again."
The bullying claims astir Ola emerged implicit the summertime during the highest of the BBC crisis, erstwhile nonrecreational dancer Graziano Di Prima, 30, was dropped from the upcoming bid pursuing reports that helium verbally and physically abused his personage partner, Zara McDermott, 27, past year.
This followed the suspension of different pro, Giovanni Pernice, 33, implicit off-camera misconduct claims made by Amanda Abbington, 50, and 2 different erstwhile personage partners, which helium denies.
Happily joined for much than 20 years, Ola lives successful Kent with hubby James and their four-year-old daughter, Ella.
OLA'S ODDS
Online bookmaker Grosvenor Sport has priced up the Strictly Come Dancing odds.
Strictly Come Dancing – Next To Be Eliminated:
Punam Krishan – 6/4
Sam Quek – 3/1
Pete Wicks – 5/1
Shayne Ward – 11/2
Montell Douglas – 13/2
JB Gill – 8/1
Wynne Evans – 10/1
Jamie Borthwick – 33/1
Sarah Hadland – 50/1
Chris McCausland – 100/1
Tasha Ghouri – 100/1