Former Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Joanne Clifton defended Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell on It Takes Two, after they faced criticism from some judges.
She told host Fleur East that Bobby's leading during their Argentine Tango was well done, despite judge Craig Revel Horwood suggesting otherwise. Joanne also disagreed with Craig's scoring, saying Bobby deserved more.
Over the weekend, the duo's performance divided the judges, while Shirley Ballas praised them, Craig and Anton Du Beke were not as impressed. On It Takes Two, Joanne defended Bobby's leading during the dance, saying that she agreed with Shirley's comments and backed the duo ahead of their next performance.
She said: "I agree with I think Shirley that Dianne was on her balance, she was in her lifts, you didn't see any awkwardness at all. So he was actually doing his job really, really well.
"If anything.. in the bits when they are walking around the floor I felt it could look a bit rehearsed, like what Anton was saying because his weight was just on himself, where if he kept that weight towards Dianne it would have given the impression he was leading. But I thought it was an incredible dance and definitely worth loads more than a six…"
Fleur then joked: "Okay, controversial…" as Joanne made it clear she did not agree with Craig's score.
On the night, Craig had told Bobby: "I thought it was too aggressive and there wasn't enough air or breathing in it. I didn't feel like you were leading, you were placing everything."
"This dance is about cause and effect, you create what the girl does or whoever your partner is, you create that. I felt like it was simply choreographed rather than being danced together."
The crowd booed Craig for his comments, while Anton also said it looked too rehearsed and "needed to be a little bit messy". Shirley disagreed with her co-judges, and was quick to praise the pair.
She told them: "Well I don't agree with any of them Bobby, how about that? I thought you had attitude, I thought you had great striking action when it came to the feet."
"First of all as a leading skill, this young lady could not have done what she is doing unless you are where you need to be." Dianne agreed with him and nodded, before replying: "That's right."
Shirley continued, as the audience clapped: "You can't go up, you can't go down, you can't flick your legs, you can't do anything unless the man has got a good leading still, trust me."
Dianne agreed, saying: "I could not do what I did out there without this amazing man behind it."
"He led me every step of the way. I felt so comfortable. Thank you Bobby for allowing me to do that." Then came the scores, with Craig giving him six points and the others each giving him eight.
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