Strictly Come Dancing 's Craig Revel Horwood wasted no time in calling out Nick Knowles' footwork as he debuted on Saturday night. The judge scolded the DIY SOS host, telling him to "sort that out" as Craig commented on his technique. Nick and his pro dance partner Luba Mushtuk performed a Jive to We Built This City by Starship.
As the routine came to an end, Anton Du Beke laughed and confessed he was "so nervous" about how that was going to go. He was thrilled to see Nick do okay, with him scoring 18 points for his first dance. Dame Shirley Ballas was also thrilled, while she mentioned he needed to work on his toes.
She told him it was "executed with zero mistakes" and he "stayed on time". She then said: "Moving forward you have got to get your toes slightly turned out. A little bit more on the technical area and I think you are ready to go sir.
" Craig commented it was "uplifting", before sharing his critique leading to boos. He said: "It was very, very stiff. It was flat footed.
I'm just being honest. It was heavy. Yes Shirley you're absolutely right, pigeon-toed.
You need to sort that out." It comes as Nick's co-star Paul Merson suffered a huge blow ahead of the first live show. According to the bookies , Paul is the favourite to be eliminated first.
Bookmakers Ladbrokes have announced that he has odds of 9-4 to go. Montell Douglas, JB Gill, Shayne Ward and Sam Quek are seemingly the safest names in the competition, with £0 being placed on any of them getting eliminated t.