Shirley Ballas hits back at fan over Strictly voting backlash: 'Makes great viewing'

A Place In The Sun presenter Scarlette Douglas, 35, has added fuel to the fire of feud rumours swirling around her I'm A Celeb campmates; Mike Tindall, 44, and Matt Hancock, 44.Scarlette revealed the 2022 I’m A Celebrity stars have already created a group chat to stay in touch after the grand finale, and exiting the Australian jungle to return to their normal lives.However, the disgraced MP is noticeably absent from the cast’s WhatsApp group at present, and has not yet been invited to join.Scarlette spilled that Matt’s exclusion from the chat is down to royal family member Mike, who is the group admin.Discussing how she is keeping in contact with her former campmates at the UK premiere of Will Smith’s upcoming film Emancipation on Friday, Scarlette also hinted that Matt may just be "too busy" to join the WhatsApp group at the moment.She said: "I’m not the admin of that WhatsApp group so if Mike (Tindall) wants to invite him he absolutely can, but it’s not me to put the invitation out so we’ll see what happens."He might be busy you never know, he’s doing a lot of stuff, he’s got a lot of press coming up so he might be too busy."Express.co.uk has contacted a representative for Mike for comment.Despite the apparent WhatsApp snub, Scarlette has insisted that she and her I’m A Celeb pals will be reuniting again soon."We’ve all said when we can, because we’re all over the country, we’ll get together and have a meal for Owen because he loves food," the Channel 4 presenter said. Scarlette also teased group plans to go and see their co-stars, comedians Seann Walsh and Babatunde Aleshe, perform on stage when they return to their stand-up tours.“Ultimately we’re all going to try and stay in touch, which is important,” the campmate

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STRICTLY'S Shirley Ballas has dismissed feud rumours and shared her excitement as the hit show returns to its spiritual home of Blackpool. Strictly Come Dancing has returned to the iconic Tower Ballroom for the first time in three years due to the Covid pandemic - and judge Shirley Ballas shared a sweet throwback of her time as young dancer. Captioning the Instagram post she said: “In the excitement of @bbcstrictly returning to Blackpool tonight, I found these photos of me dancing at the Tower Ballroom almost 50 years.

Shirley Ballas, 62, opened up about her close relationship with her son Mark Ballas, 36, in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.The Strictly Come Dancing judge has found it hard to spend time with her son over the past couple of years as he lives out in the US.Speaking at the Pride of Britain Awards last month, Shirley became emotional as she discussed her son Mark. Asked what she was “most proud of” from the past year, the BBC judge answered with a touching tribute to her son. “My proudest achievement this year was that I got to fly to the United States and hold my son in my arms after three years of not seeing him. “That is the proudest moment that I have had this year,” the star admitted with emotion. Shirley’s son Mark, whom she shares with second ex-husband Corky Ballas, is an American dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, musician and actor.Following in his mother’s footsteps, Mark is a professional ballroom dancer on Dancing with the Stars, which is the American equivalent of Strictly Come Dancing.Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Shirley had been restricted from seeing her son Mark for a long time. Strictly’s head judge seemed on the verge of tears last December when Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab announced the government "couldn't make hard, fast guarantees" that there would not be a Christmas lockdown.Shirley shared a picture of herself hugging her son, as well as a long video where she unpacked how she was feeling at the prospect of a Christmas without him, admitting: “Yeah, so a little bit of an emotional day today, you know. “So we’re not sure - is there a lockdown? Isn’t there a lockdown? Will we get to see loved ones? Won’t we get to see loved ones?“Of course you all know I haven't seen my

Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas has bid farewell to one of her co-stars on the show in an emotional tribute. She referred to her "dearest Len" as she wished Len Goodman all the best after he announced his exit from Dancing with the Stars.

Dan Walker reunited with Strictly Come Dancing’s head judge Shirley Ballas on Monday night at the TV Choice Awards.The television presenter took to Instagram to share with his 276K followers a picture of him holding the former dancer's leg as they posed together.Addressing the cheeky pose Shirley had opted for, Dan admitted: “Can’t really explain this one,” alongside several crying with laughter emojis.Shirley, 62, looked amazing in a floor length black off the shoulder dress, which was slashed high at the thigh to reveal a slender, toned, bronzed leg.To finish off the elegant look she paired the gown with a pair of silver open-toed platform shoes.Dan looked equally as resplendent, rocking a navy blue satin tuxedo that boasted a black lapel trim. He finished his dapper look with a black bow tie. Smiling as he looked down at the judge, he captioned the image: “About last night,” and added a series of dancing and laughing face emojis. He wrote: “The show won another gong and it was lovely to catch up with @shirleyballas, @mrantondubeke, @rocketrhys, @katiexmcglynn.

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans are convinced they have worked out who is in danger on Saturday after spotting a "clue". Viewers of the BBC dance competition show have "worked out" a clue as to who will be at risk of leaving the competition on Saturday. Strictly Come Dancing has only just kicked off, but fans already think they know who will be eliminated from the show on Saturday.

A post shared by Shirley Ballas (@shirleyballas)“You are, and in my book will always be, a king. Your constructive criticism in helping celebrities improve along with your humour is irreplaceable.“An authentic dancer, judge and adjudicator from the head to toe.”Shirley continued: “My heart is full of so many memories with you over the years and I will treasure those forever.“I’m sad you are leaving DWTS USA but we gain you back here in UK.“You are a superstar, a one of a kind human with a talent beyond words.

STRICTLY Come Dancing’s Shirley Ballas, 62, has slammed rumours that there’s a feud between her and competitor Fleur East. It comes as fans were left convinced earlier this month that the pair were in a ‘feud’ with one another.

STRICTLY favourite Molly Rainford shook the dance floor last night with a rumba to Whitney Houston’s All the Man that I Need. The ex-Britain’s Got Talent child singing star, 21, wowed the judges as she performed in a thigh-cut dress with partner Carlos Gu, 28.

“My mother has washed it and pressed it and we’ll take it back to him.”Detailing her ordeal, Shirley continued: “I’ve been trained from a very young age that you just get on with it, no matter how you’re feeling, but lately I’ve had a few cracks in that smile.“I’m not always managing and I’m questioning myself,” the TV star added in a recent interview with Mirror.co.uk.Shirley also spoke out on the abuse she had been a target of online during a recent discussion with the Loose Women panellists.During the chat, Shirley got emotional while speaking about some of the comments she has seen.Panellist Kelle Bryan commented that as Shirley loves her job, it must have been a hard week receiving all the backlash last weekend.The judge, who joined the show in 2017, said that she appreciates the audience who have been watching Strictly for 20 years but added as they’re watching on TV they can only see half of what she does.She commented: “I can see everything that’s going on.“I love that they have an opinion. It's just when it goes overboard it starts to become nasty.”Jane addressed the nasty comments, she mentioned that as Shirley's from the dancing industry she must be quite robust.Shirley replied: “It is a tough industry and has been a tough industry all my life.So Saturdays, oh I’m getting emotional already.“Saturdays are always a bit like going to Disneyland, it’s the ultimate job, it's what you really enjoy and I do read everything.

Fleur East, 35, and Vito Coppola, 30, took to the floor to perform a sensational Samba tonight on Strictly Come Dancing.

“Right now we’re in a place where he seems comfortable and I seem comfortable and it isn’t necessary at the moment," she told The Mirror.In the past three weeks, the 62-year-old has been in the spotlight after Strictly viewers took aim at the head judge.This includes being branded “sexist” towards singer Fleur East, “jealous” of TV star Kym Marsh and is now the bookies’ favourite to get sacked by 2023.Despite the trouble, however, she has received support not least from her loving husband.Her colleagues, who include judges Craig Revel Horwood, Anton Du Beke, and Motsi Mabuse, as well as Strictly favourite Bruno Tonioli, have given her their unwavering support.Speaking further about the “trolling” she has received, Shirley said it has been worse this year than any other time in the past.It came as the Strictly judge was accused of sexism, claims she vehemently denied adding, “you couldn’t be further away from sexist than I am”.Fans have hit out at Shirley for reported favouritism towards the show’s male contestants.The series judge has also been accused of having “favourites whether they have ability or not”, with some viewers calling for her to be sacked on Twitter as they claim she has “no credibility as a judge”.Not long after, Shirley was lambasted by critics for giving Fleur East a nine out of 10, when other judges were hesitant to award her highly.@Cumiskey55 penned: “Come off it Shirley.That was not a 9 performance by any means.“You’ve obviously been told to tone it down on Fleur.

Strictly Come Dancing.The professional dancer revealed their routine almost ended in chaos during training, where she cheekily joked her "nose was still intact".The dancing duo joined Janette Manrara, 38, on the Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two, as the two opened up about their show-stopping dance routine ahead of week eight.Dianne and her partner, Tyler, wowed judges with their Viennese Waltz dance to I’ve Been Loving You Too Long’ by Seal on last week's show.They scored 29 out of 40 points as the judges praised the pair for their delivery, but head judge Shirley Ballas said that the pair had "too much incorrect footwork".For their upcoming performance, the duo are doing the Paso Doble, which Janette described as a "completely different dance" to their previous routine.She asked: "How's it going so far?"Tyler replied: "It's amazing, I love it," to which Dianne chimed: "You have loved every second of it".The radio DJ explained during rehearsals he had been "completely in the zone" but admittedly going a bit wild during their training.Janette quizzed: "You have a different name for the Paso Doble. You call it wrestling?"The Strictly duo broke out in laughter as he admitted training has been "intense" and said he felt "strong", before moving his arms around chaotically."I hope you're not throwing Dianne on the floor?" Janette posed.Dianne mused: "We had an incident today, didn't we?"To which Tyler commented: "It wasn't my fault."Ozzy Osbourne says he'll be 'bored s**tless' as he regrets move to UK[LATEST]Donny Osmond's embrace with lookalike sister after family split[PICTURES]Boomtown Rats guitarist Garry Roberts dead aged 72[TRIBUTES]The Australian-born dancer continued: "I thought I broke my nose today.