Strictly Come Dancing ’s Craig Revel Horwood has said he hopes the ‘standards don’t drop’ on the show this year if professional dancers become fearful to criticise celebrities. The 59-year-old has appeared as a judge on the long-running BBC series since its premiere in 2004. However, in the lead-up to the show’s 20 th anniversary season, it has been clouded in controversy after concerns were raised about the treatment of contestants including Amanda Abbington and Zara McDermott , with allegations were levelled against several professional dancers.
However, Craig has now said he thinks dancers need to be ‘strict’ to bring out the best results . ‘I hope the standards don’t drop this year,’ he said. Join Metro's Strictly community on WhatsApp Want to be the first to get all the latest news and rumours from the Strictly dancefloor? Join our Strictly Come Dancing WhatsApp channel to keep up to date with all the behind-the-scenes gossip about your favourite pros, judges and celebrities.
Simply click on this link , select ‘Join Chat’ and you’re in! Don't forget to turn on notifications so you can see when we've just dropped the latest spoilers. Keep dancing! ‘When I’m teaching casts for shows in rehearsals, I still have to be quite strict. I think you have to be.
‘Can you imagine an Olympian getting gold with his or her trainer not being strict?’ He continued: ‘As far as saying, “Oh, that was really bad, you need to try it again”, I’m not go.