Kai Widdrington hid his 'devastation' over Strictly loss to girlfriend Nadiya, expert says

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 Music! Music! Music! by Dorothy Provine in a bid to impress the judges and stay in the competition. Meanwhile Matt and Nadiya performed their Samba to Night Fever by the Bee Gees.

After both couples had danced for a second time, the judges delivered their verdicts, with Craig Revel Horwood choosing to save Matt and Nadiya.Body language expert Judi James claimed that Kai was “devastated” by the elimination despite keeping a stoic frame.

She told The Mirror, firstly speaking about Kaye’s body language: “There was an air of resignation and defeat about Kaye’s body language to the point where her routine fell apart as she seemed to accept the fact that she would be the first to go."Kaye will be badly missed by the other celebs.”Going on to discuss Kai, she said he was confronted with a “wretched” experience in having to compete against his girlfriend.

Judi added: “Kai applied a mask of pure charm and generosity as he told Kaye ‘That’s alright’ as their names were called but his subtler body language gestures suggested he was quietly devastated."Being in the dance-off is bad enough but he was also competing with his real-life partner Nadiya, which looked like a wretched experience for both of them."Judi said: "Kai’s metronomic thumb tap on Kaye’s arm suggested tension building as they waited to be chosen and as he applied a smile of bravado his squeezed eye expression and his bared teeth formed a very fake-looking, overkill smile that failed to convince."She added that Nadiya’s body language became “lifeless” after it was revealed the dance-off would be against her boyfriend. \Express.co.uk has contacted Nadiya and Kai's representatives for comment.Craig said, explaining his reasons for saving Matt and Nadiya: “Well the.