Although Shirley Ballas is best known as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, she surprised viewers by her lack of knowledge when she appeared on BBC’s The Wheel.
Shirley Ballas, the star of Strictly Come Dancing, made a terrible error on television that dissuade viewers. The star made an error in her specialist subject question on Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel when she first appeared on the show.
Everyone was perplexed when a contestant named Gordon was asked a question about dance while he was on the show. What is a “step, shuffle, jump” known as in tap dance, according to host Michael’s question?
A. Buffalo and B. Buffalo were the four choice answers. C. Penguin, D. Gazelle, or Elephant. Gordon had a hard time coming up with a solid response, but he eventually chose option C, which was incorrect.
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When it was revealed that he had made it incorrect, the studio turned red. Everyone on the show questioned Shirley about the appropriate use of the term in tap dance.
However, Shirley chose the incorrect answer, and she also wasn’t sure of it. Although Shirley chose Gazelle, it turned out to be Buffalo.
She responded, “I picked gazelle because I have no idea. All beauty and elegance. Despite serving as Strictly’s head judge for many years, some program critics criticized Shirley for getting the question incorrect despite the program’s fans who agreed that it was extremely difficult.
Some fans took to X to talk about the awkward moment. One said: “How embarrassing that Shirley Ballas doesn’t know what [the answer is].”
As a second thought, “Penguin would be the tap dance question based solely on how the main character in Happy Feet does it.”
However, one person clarified the name of the response, saying that “it’s called a Buffalo because the steps make the sound of the railroad to Buffalo” and that “it’s a Buffalo.”
This comes as Shirley criticized a notorious former professional dancer, who she believes had ambitions for a high-coveted judging position.
Following a rigorous selection process, Shirley, 65, was chosen to succeed Len Goodman, who is retiring.
Before he took Len, New Zealand dancer Brendan Cole “expressed some scepticism” about her abilities in her autobiography, Best Foot Forward.
When [It Takes Two] host Zoe Ball asked him if all the pros were going to be “desperate to impress me,” he pompously replied that since they had all spent a lot of time together, they should be trying to impress me.
He stooped the way to disaster from there, and that was the setting. She speculates that Brendan’s harsh remarks were the result of resentment over not being chosen, and that she also believes Brendan auditioned for Len’s position.
According to Shirley, Anton Du Beke, a fellow professional, had advised Brendan to “go with the flow and accept the BBC’s decision.”
