BBC Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas’ swipe at former stars as she reveals pet peeve

Reigning Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas, 64, has voiced her pet peeve with contestants.

The Queen of Latin opened up about how some celebrity hopefuls have let her down on the show, while talking to JLS star JB Gill, 38, on Saturday’s show. The musician and his partner Lauren Oakley recently performed Requiem for a tower, which is their musical composition.

The judges were all blown away by his dancing skills, and scored him an almost-perfect 39. When I can actually see improvement and you have saved it for the final, “I love to see it,” JB said. You brought everything to that”, Shirley said of the impressive performance.

She then made the remarks, “My criticism of Paso Dobles has always been that they have the celebrity star in their lap while the professional does the work.” Shirley made it clear that JB and Lauren weren’t guilty of the offence, telling the pro dancer, “You, young lady, had him starting out from the very beginning. You had him rotating, turning, he was in shadow. You carried the risk with the cape, which you flawlessly carried out, and you did everything that a Paso Doble lover would. You went up a gear. Well done”.

Former X Factor contestant JB earned a full 40 points for his second dance, a salsa set to the upbeat track Red Alert by Basement Jaxx, in addition to beating Shirley with his pasa doble. The judge playfully mocking Paul Hollywood on the Great British Bake Off stage while JB performed so well that Craig gave him a handshake.

Some fans at home believe that Shirley may be unfairly judging other people despite the fact that Shirley made her high standards clear when she shared her dig with JB. Viewers took to Twitter on Saturday to voice their disapproval of her compliments toward The Only Way is Essex star Pete Wicks, who they claimed she was being over generous with. “You are Mr Strictly Come Dancing. This show is all about you. Everybody at home, all the parents, will be sitting there and thinking, ‘ if Pete can do it, I can do it ‘ and you will inspire people to go to the dance studio.

You entered without any prior experience. You did a great job on your neckline and footwork, in my opinion, but in week one you did it brilliantly. You didn’t make any mistakes, you did a grand job. You must approach Mr. Strictly Come Dancing with your head high because you are. According to Shirley, who gave him the highest score of all the judges, nine out of 10, giving him a total of 32 out of 40, he was told on Saturday.

On Twitter, one fan raged:” Shirley calling Pete ‘ Mr Strictly Come Dancing ‘ when he shouldn’t even be in the semi finals in the first place… “with a second agreeing:” Shirley acting like Pete is God’s gift to dancing and giving him a bloody 9. “A third said:” Shirley giving that a 9?? I’ve defended her throughout the entire series, but is JB and Sarah the same? Please… “

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Source: Mirror