EXCLUSIVE: Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole gained the primary sequence of the BBC present in 2004 with newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky, however sadly his trophy did not survive
Brendan Cole admits his Strictly trophy has met a tragic destiny. The previous Strictly professional has been holding it actual together with his sizzling takes on this yr’s sequence. He just lately instructed Every day Star that the judges have develop into softer with their scoring and that they had been extra strict (pardon the pun) when he was a professional.
Brendan gained the primary ever sequence of the present again in 2004, when he was partnered with newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky. However the dancer has admitted the trophy that he took residence ended up fully damaged.
He instructed Sky Vegas and Every day Star: “My Glitterball trophy lived in a storage for a few years. It was shipped from home to accommodate and ultimately it ended up in about 16 items.
“That appears like I didn’t care about it, I did, it was fairly plasticky and so sadly it’s sitting properly in a waste website someplace.”
Brendan, who was on Strictly for 15 years, mentioned the present modified him “dramatically”. Although he is “embarrassed” by a few of his behaviour again within the day, Strictly taught him be a TV star – and he realized from none apart from late host Sir Bruce Forsyth.
“Being on Strictly Come Dancing modified me dramatically from yr one to yr 15,” he mentioned. “I began out hot-headed, eager to show myself, and I realized be on tv on the job – primarily by means of errors. I look again at a few of my behaviour, and I’m embarrassed by the ridiculousness of it.
“However I realized be an entertainer, be good on TV, and I realized from Sir Bruce Forsyth each single day. He was the grasp. I realized from my friends too. I might write chapters on it, however briefly – Strictly formed me.”
Strictly followers know all too nicely simply how huge the Strictly wardrobe is, and Brendan has revealed he beloved the tail swimsuit probably the most. He defined: “As a person, I like the tail swimsuit.
“I like the fantastic thing about the ballroom numbers, and that’s lacking on Strictly nowadays. They most likely have three or 4 tail fits a sequence, and they need to have about 20. These lovely ballroom numbers need to look the half.”
And when you’re questioning which celeb he’d prefer to see on the dancefloor, it appears Brendan has somebody in thoughts. “I don’t have a particular individual, however somebody like Ricky Gervais – he’s by no means going to do it, however that stage of identify.”
Away from Strictly, Brendan has appeared as a choose on Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand’s model of Strictly). In 2022, he reached the ultimate of Dancing on Ice and got here second.
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