Strictly judge urges Montell Douglas to replicate Ann Widdecombe in the ballroom
"I don't mean dance wise, God forbid."
What did you miss?
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood offered Montell Douglas some advice on Friday, 8 November's edition of spin-off show It Takes Two.
Speaking to host Fleur East, the panel's perpetual pantomime villain was asked how the Olympic sprinter and her professional partner Johannes Radebe can avoid sinking into the dance-off again after last weekend's close scrape with elimination.
Revel Horwood went on to namecheck 2010 contestant Ann Widdecombe, discussing how her ballroom trajectory was a fine blueprint to follow.
What, how and why?
East wanted to know how Douglas and Radebe can keep out of the "danger zone".
"I think do a bit of what Ann Widdecombe did darling," replied Revel Horwood. "I don't mean dance wise, God forbid, I mean work towards getting the audience on side. I think that's what Ann did, she got the audience on side.
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"She really rallied them up because we've seen people go from third on the leaderboard to bottom, you know, and then I think to myself why have the audience put them at the bottom? I want [viewers] to vote for people that can actually dance as well, you know what I mean? It's not just that side of the competition, it's about dancing as well as entertaining."
Widdecombe and partner Anton Du Beke lasted nine weeks in total before being voted off.
When else did Craig say on Strictly: It Takes Two?
Further into the programme, despite being full of praise for Pete Wicks, the Strictly judge claimed the TOWIE star doesn't stand a chance of picking up the Glitterball trophy.
"That, I have to say, is up to him," Revel Horwood told East. "I think he's come up with a lot of fantastic character work that we've seen, and I wasn't expecting that from him. I thought that he would be more inside himself when we first started and actually what he's proved to me is that he can lay a character on like Freddie Mercury for instance, and really pull that stuff off."
Strictly Come Dancing resumes Saturday, 9 November on BBC One.
