Strictly Come Dancing's 'one major flaw' with Montell Douglas that could spell early exit
Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole thinks the show is making one huge mistake with Montell Douglas.
Gladiators star Montell has impressed so far with her routines, but she faced a new challenge over the weekend, with fans convinced she could have been heading for an early exit. Whilst they loved her performance, they feared she could have been axed as she had faced a new 'curse' - as she was the first celebrity to perform during Saturday's show.
However, Montell and her professional partner Johannes Radebe made it through to next week, where they will dance a Viennese Waltz. Now Brendan has spoken out to say he feels that Montell is being disadvantaged.
He shared: "There's one major flaw that the show is making with Montell. In Ballroom and Latin dances, especially in these Ballroom dances – where they're very elegant – feet are massively important.
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"The way somebody closes their feet, the way somebody goes through their feet walking from foot to the next foot, the way the heel goes down, the way the toe comes up, the way you rise up onto your toes, the way you lower down – these things matter."
Speaking to Sky Vegas, he added: "Flaws can be highlighted by something as simple as a shoe, then it can be a big problem. A dark brown shoe stands out on the foot – it doesn't blend into the foot.
"All I saw were her feet, because she looks like she's got the wrong colour shoe on, it’s too dark for her skin complexion for me."
Montell previously insisted her fitness background doesn't give her an advantage in the show.
"Flexibility and mobility is where I'm going to need a lot of work, as for so long I drilled the opposite, needing to be stiffer for power.
"My work ethic is stupidly high. I usually train for X amount of hours, and it's short, power stuff, but this is brain power for a long, sustained time, and it's also muscular endurance in an aerobic capacity, which aren't my fortes," she said to Digital Spy.
Johannes added: "I've been sent different kinds of people every single year, and this won't be my first rodeo working with a sports person, but what Montell already has is a plus to me, and that is presence. You have to teach some people how to be present."
Strictly Come Dancing airs weekends on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.