Emmerdale actor Lawrence Robb has been criticised for his “flat-footed” and “out-of-time” performance with partner Jowita Przystal on Strictly Come Dancing.
Robb and Przystal scored just 19 for their jive to a mash-up of Fatboy Slim’s The Rockafeller Skank and The Knack’s My Sharona, which judge Craig Revel Horwood said “wasn’t for me”, on Saturday’s edition of the BBC dancing show.
Revel Horwood said: “It wasn’t for me, flat-footed and out-of-time, feet turned in, no retraction or slip, not your best.”
But fellow judge Shirley Ballas added: “You’ve got potential, you absolutely can be a star, but you can’t be making too many mistakes, but some good things in there, so be proud.”
Delta Goodrem was welcomed back to the ballroom after missing last week’s show (Ray Burmiston/BBC)
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Robb, who admitted he made mistakes during the performance, looked emotional afterwards and was given a hug by presenter Johannes Radebe and the rest of the cast in the auditorium after he discovered his score.
At the start of the show, presenters Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe welcomed Australian singer Delta Goodrem back to the show, after she missed last week’s episode with an injury.
Radebe said: “I have to say a very warm welcome back to Delta and Kai, we’re so happy to have you back in the ballroom, my darling.”
Elsewhere, actress Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu scored 25 for their foxtrot to Olivia Dean’s Man I Need.
Winstone and Gu scored 25 for their performance (Ray Burmiston/BBC)
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Praising the dance, judge Anton Du Beke said that her head positioning was “as good as I’ve seen on the show”, but fellow judge Motsi Mabuse said she appeared “nervous”, while Shirley Ballas said she spotted “two or three mistakes”.
TV dog trainer Graeme Hall and his professional partner Lauren Oakley scored 31 for their tango, which they performed dressed as spies to Hernando’s Hideaway from the musical The Pajama Game, with Ballas comparing Hall to a well-trained dog.
Big Brother presenter Will Best and his partner Dianne Buswell also scored 31 for their cha cha to Daddy by Della Reese, with Ballas saying she was “so entertained” by the pair, and Mabuse adding that Best was “the one to watch”.