Montell Douglas admits she didn't sleep after Strictly error
The Gladiators star had a hiccup in the dress run before Saturday's show
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Montell Douglas didn't sleep all night after messing up her latest Strictly routine in rehearsals.
The Gladiators star and her pro partner Johannes Radebe have made it through to the quarter-finals of the BBC show, but it was a close call after they ended up in the dance-off against Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas last weekend.
Radebe has now revealed that the pair had run into problems in their final day of rehearsal and that it gave the star a sleepless night.
Speaking on spin-off It Takes Two, he said Douglas had experienced "dancer's block".
What, how and why?
Douglas and Radebe performed a Quickstep at the weekend, and wowed the judges with their performance. But things had gone wrong before they went on.
"Listen, do I have a story for you!" said Radebe, after It Takes Two host Janette Manrara asked about it.
He went on: "The truth of the matter is, it came to Friday and it came to the dress run and this one particular run across the floor where we did this beautiful leap, she just was out of timing. She just had dancer's block."
Radebe said: "I looked at it and I was like, 'It's fine, you've got it, you have been doing it the whole week, it's fine' but it just, in that moment, it just happened and she was like, 'Oh it's just not good enough.'
"I said, 'Baby you are perfect, don't worry and it will come to you' and it came to her at the right time.
"But she didn't sleep!"
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What else did Montell Douglas say on It Takes Two?
Despite the wobble in the dress run, Douglas and Radebe ended up towards the top of the leaderboard after scoring two perfect 10s.
Former Olympian Douglas said getting the top marks "was everything".
"We did work really hard and we have done a lot of ballroom," she said.
"It was really up to me to make sure that you could see that in the growth in the competition and making sure that we weren't getting those demonstrations and that's what we wanted to showcase, but also enjoy the performance, which we did."
The pair are set to dance a Rumba on Saturday, for Musicals Week.
Strictly: It Takes Two airs on BBC Two at 6.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Strictly Come Dancing airs on BBC One at 7.05pm on Saturday.
