Janette Manrara has defended Shirley Ballas, insisting she has a “robust job” as head decide on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
Ex-Strictly Come Dancing dancer Janette Manrara defends head decide Shirley Ballas
The ‘Strictly: It Takes Two’ presenter – who labored as a professional dancer on the BBC One star-studded Latin and ballroom competitors between 2013 and 2020 – has voiced her help for the 62-year-old dancer after she was criticised by some for beforehand saying she would have despatched residence singer Fleur East in a dance-off, and for praising a dance transfer by former England footballer Tony Adams, who opted to go away the present on medical grounds final weekend.
Janette, 39, informed the Day by day Mirror newspaper: “She has received a very robust job. I might not need to be the one who decides who goes and who stays and for it to all fall in my fingers as a head decide.
“Everyone seems to be so good on this sequence that I believe the decide’s job may be very robust. I don’t suppose anybody is aware of higher than her the specifics of every dance we do on ‘Strictly’.”
Janette – who’s married to fellow ex ‘Strictly’ professional Aljaz Skorjanec, who left the present in March 2022 – feels dance is “so subjective”, so she insisted it’s arduous for Shirley and the opposite judges, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke.
She stated: “It isn’t that there’s bias. For me, dance is so subjective. There isn’t any proper or incorrect reply.”
The West Finish star – who co-hosts the BBC Two companion present alongside Rylan Clark – acknowledges there isn’t a “a method system” to critique a dance.
Janette stated: “There are issues technically that you could actually level out however by way of – did you just like the idea? Did you just like the track? Did you want wardrobe? Did you just like the choreography?
“That every one turns into extremely, extremely subjective so there isn’t a proper or incorrect or a method system for anybody.”
