Strictly’s Brendan Cole issues scathing statement about Montell Douglas’ dancing capabilities

BBC amusement Strictly Come Dancing is heating up up of adjacent month's finale and erstwhile pro Brendan Cole didn't clasp backmost erstwhile helium shared his views connected past weekend's performances

Saturday nighttime saw the instrumentality of Strictly Come Dancing’s infamous Blackpool show.

The weekend’s instalment of the deed BBC creation amusement besides marked the end of the road for Wynne Evans and his spouse Katya Jones, who landed successful the creation disconnected against Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe.

But 1 erstwhile Strictly pro has made it wide that contempt making it done to different circular of unrecorded dancing, Montell’s ballroom travel mightiness beryllium coming to an end.

Speaking astir 38-year-old Olympian Montell, Brendan Cole, 48, suggested she’ll find herself successful the bottommost 2 erstwhile again adjacent week and adjacent went arsenic acold arsenic to accidental the judges overmarked the athlete.

He told Sky Vegas: “Montell received truly bully marks connected Saturday [35] – it was wholly overmarked.” He added: “In presumption of the numbers connected the board, they're good with the judges' marks, but they're inactive not making it retired of the dance-off [because the assemblage aren’t voting for them].”

Opera vocalist Wynne and his spouse Katya were the eighth mates to beryllium eliminated from the amusement pursuing their charming Charleston, wherever they scooped 31 points.

Head justice Shirley Ballas hailed the regular a "Katya special", praising the ambitious lifts and moves, which she deemed "highly entertaining". The brace landed successful the dreaded dance-off against Montell and Johannes, with each 4 judges opting to prevention the second couple.

Reflecting connected his Strictly journey, Wynne said: "If I tin travel and bash Strictly and past until week nine, past anybody tin get retired determination and creation and person a superb time. Strictly is specified a superb family, specified a precious family, that I privation everybody present successful this country and astatine location to look aft it for the generations to travel due to the fact that it is simply a wonderful, fantastic thing."

Katya added: "To beryllium honorable with you, the grin hasn’t near my look since the archetypal time of our training, since the time we got partnered up. You (Wynne) person made this acquisition truthful joyous and truthful afloat of laughter for me. I’m definite everybody was jealous due to the fact that you’re the benignant of feline that everybody wants successful their life."

Speaking connected his Radio Wales amusement a time later, the GoCompare icon described his post-Strictly regular arsenic "strange". He said: "It's a unusual day. I've been institutionalised for truthful agelong connected Strictly, rehearsing each time and present I don't person to bash it. My feet are grateful, but my caput isn't."

Many viewers agreed with the judges' verdict, arsenic 1 X idiosyncratic penned: "Right determination but I'm bittersweet to spot Wynne and Katya go. Katya's my fave pro and Wynne seems similar a beauteous man. I privation radical wouldn't accidental ‘thank deity for that’, Wynne deserved his spot successful the contention arsenic overmuch arsenic everyone else. I'll miss him."

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