BBC Strictly Come Dancing's JB Gill reveals his 'advantage' ahead of final

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JB Gill has revealed how he "initially" felt like he was "at a disadvantage" after having to change partners halfway through this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing.

The JLS star had to swiftly build a new partnership with pro Lauren Oakley after his original partner Amy Dowden had to make a shock exit from the show following an injury, and admitted it was a "difficult adjustment" to make.

Speaking ahead of Saturday night's (December 14) grand final at a press conference, JB said: "Initially I felt like it was a disadvantage, to be honest, because, you know, I was very used to dancing and working with Amy. READ MORE: ITV I'm A Celebrity's Coleen Rooney 'overwhelmed' as she addresses jungle stint for first time amid reunion plans "By definition, working with anybody else would have been different, Lauren or any other pro, so coming in and having to then work with Lauren, and to her style of teaching, the way she works, it's completely different. "I feel like my background has enabled me to deal with it better, but certainly the first couple of weeks, I think I was lucky in the sense that I had a Couple's Choice, and then we went into Samba.

Then by the time we actually did a ballroom dance together, the Quickstep, we'd kind of been working with each other for about three weeks. "So, you know, that was a difficult adjustment to make, and I don't think people understand quite how difficult it is to do partner work with somebody, then work with someone completely different.