Strictly Come Dancing decide Craig Revel-Horwood has opened up a couple of function that he had behind the scenes, which followers might not have been conscious of
Forward of the Strictly Come Dancing launch present on Saturday, Craig Revel Horwood, the present’s longest-serving decide, has revealed a secret function that flips the dynamic between the decide and contestants.
When the judges had been requested if they’d one stand-out second from final yr’s collection, Craig mentioned his choose was when he acquired to educate Chris McCausland within the ultimate. As seen within the episode, every of the judges coached one of many {couples} for his or her first dance, and Craig was paired with Chris and his accomplice, Dianne Buswell. However the decide has now revealed that whereas a lot of the collection is spent with the contestants getting ideas from judges, this second permits the judges to be taught from the contestants, too.
“My standout second was once I coached Chris McCausland forward of the ultimate,” Craig mentioned. “I then found how troublesome it was for him all through the collection. He taught me issues I didn’t know after spending time with him.”
The dance in query was Chris and Dianne’s Couple’s Option to Prompt Karma by John Lennon. The dance included a bit the place all of the lights within the studio had been turned off in order that viewers may get a glimpse of what it’s prefer to be blind like Chris. Craig wasn’t the one decide to speak about Chris of their reply. The truth is, all the opposite judges additionally highlighted Chris’ involvement with the present as a standout second.
Head decide Shirley Ballas mentioned his waltz to You will By no means Stroll Alone was “merely phenomenal”. “Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell’s Waltz to You’ll By no means Stroll Alone will ceaselessly be etched in my coronary heart. I usually take myself again to that second, seeing Chris waltz. That partnership was one thing else, and Dianne’s instructing all through the collection was merely phenomenal.”
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Motsi Mabuse additionally selected the identical waltz. “It gave us goosebumps. It was simply unbelievable,” she mentioned. “The emotion, the connection, the best way the story got here throughout – that’s what Strictly is all about. It was a kind of performances that stays with you lengthy after the music stops.”
Anton Du Beke, who was first a professional dancer and took over as a decide following the departure of Bruno Tonioli, put it extra merely: “For me it was something that Chris did. He was simply incredible, in each single dance.”
Craig was additionally requested the way it felt to be coming again to the present for an additional collection, given he is been there along with his decide’s paddles for the reason that begin. “That is my twenty first yr on the present and it’s been completely wonderful,” he mentioned. “Yearly nonetheless manages to shock me.
“Folks usually ask if I ever get bored, and I say no! Annually brings a very new solid, and that’s the fantastic thing about Strictly. With a brand new solid comes a complete new energ,y and this yr particularly, I believe we’ve acquired some unbelievable celebrities.”
This yr’s contestants embrace all kinds of celebrities, together with Ellie Goldstein, the primary Strictly contestant to have Down Syndrome, and La Voix, the primary drag queen to compete on a full collection of the present. The solid additionally contains Emmerdale’s Lewis Cope, who stepped in on the final minute after Recreation of Thrones’ Kristian Nairn pulled out of the present.
Strictly Come Dancing begins once more on BBC 1 on 20 September.
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