Vernon Kay, a husband and wife of Claudia Winkleman, discussed his thoughts after the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 series was released.
Vernon Kay has heaped praise on Strictly Come Dancing, following a blunder during last weekend’s opening live show. On Saturday, all 15 celebrity couples stepped onto the dance floor to perform their routines in a bid to remain in the competition.
While the programme got off to a good start, trouble struck just before La Voix’s performance when a behind-the-scenes mishap occurred.
During this moment, presenter Claudia Winkleman was in conversation with EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal when she attempted to pass back to Tess Daly.
Claudia quickly improvised and began chatting awkwardly with the soap star once more when it became clear that her co-presenter wasn’t ready for the cameras as planned.
She received the cue to return to Tess just as it was happening.
Later, it was discovered that Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club’s American Smooth routine didn’t go as planned.
The RuPaul’s Drag Race star started her dance while seated on a pony and was supposed to descend to the floor before going down.
Speaking about the programme during his live mid-morning BBC Radio 2 programme, in conversation with Sara Cox, Vernon, 51, remarked: “We’ve done our fair share of live tele, and live tele is really difficult because anything can go wrong at any time.
“And I’m not just saying this because I feel connected to the show, but the one thing that always amazes me about Strictly Come Dancing is, touch wood, it never goes wrong.”
Sara asked, “Are you talking about La Voix as well on Saturday night?,” while mentioning the incident. The pony from La Voix had a problem; she was supposed to be slowly lowered and descended from the ceiling.
Nobody would have known anything else until someone said, “Oh the pony was supposed to go up,” according to Vernon.
Claudia returned to Tess and was like, “Oh no, hang on a minute, in a minute,” Sara continued, praising the presenters.
Although not all viewers shared the thoughts, Vernon’s spouse Tess’ replacement host, Scott Mills, also had heartfelt words for the audience that evening.
One poster demanded that Tess be replaced as host of the series next year on platform X.
Another reaffirmed that Tess presenting in 2026 needs to be replaced by La Voix. #Strictly is what I said when I said it.
A third person criticized the presenter, saying, “I think Tess Daly gets a really bad rap on #StrictlyComeDancing. She always makes the contestants at ease, in my opinion, and is lovely. She makes a fantastic opponent for judges, especially Craig.
Tess is always so cruel to everyone, a fourth person remarked, “She’s just trying her best.”
Source: Mirror
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