BBC Strictly Come Dancing star names 'weakest' in competition and warns another to 'watch out'

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Ola Jordan hasn't held back as she was asked to give her thoughts on the latest weekend in the ballrom - including naming who she things is the weakest in the competition.

The latest live show on Saturday night (November 2) saw the 10 remaining couples fighting for their place in the BBC One dance contest. And there was a first as it was the first-ever 'Icons Week' which was introduced by the BBC to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary.

The new themed week saw the remaining 10 celebrities and their professional dance partners take to the dance floor to perform a routine accompanied by a track from a well-known singer or band - with the likes of Whitney Houston, Madonna, George Michael and Bruno Mars all chosen.

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It was a near-perfect night for JB Gill and stand-in professional partner Lauren Oakley as they scored the joint-highest score of the night as JB's usual partner, Amy Dowden, watched from the studio sidelines.It was a near-perfect night for JB Gill and stand-in professional partner Lauren Oakley as they scored the joint-highest score of the night as JB's usual partner, Amy Dowden, watched from the studio sidelines.

The Welsh professional dancer missed the last results programme of October after being taken to Barnet Hospital from the BBC One show’s production centre, Elstree Studios, as a "precaution" after she began "feeling unwell" following their Halloween special performance.

Lauren, who does not have a partner for this year’s series of the BBC dancing show, stood in for her, performing a Bruno Mars medley with JB during the latest live show, for a score of 39 out of a possible 40, his highest score of the series and first 10s. It has since been confirmed Lauren will continue in the competition with JB after Amy was forced to withdraw with a foot injury.

Elsewhere on Saturday night, Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec following their own moving couple's choice routine to P!nk's What About Us. Closely following was Miranda actor Sarah Hadland and her professional partner Vito Coppola as they scored 37 for their cha cha to Madonna’s Just Like A Prayer.

But Ola, who was a pro dancer on Strictly from 2006 to 2015, has urged Wynne Evans to 'watch out' as she thinks he might be going soon. The Welsh opera singer is currently partnered up with pro Katya Jones as the duo delighted the judges with a Rhumba routine to This Is My Life by Shirely Bassey.

Speaking about the pair's dance, Ola told Mecca Bingo: "It was okay. I just think it was very dramatic, a bit over the top. They concentrated too much on the drama of the whole dance. Katya was just going crazy around him instead of on the actual technique of rumba and the fluidity of the dance. It was just overshadowed by the singing and the drama."

She added: "The dance was just alright, I wasn’t too fussed about it. I think he's got to watch out if I'm honest because I think he's going to be one of the weaker ones now, I think."

OIa also spoke about Pete Wicks, who went wrong in his routine with Jowita Pryzstal which saw him dressed as Freddie Mercury while performing a salsa to Queen's Another One Bites The Dust'. Asked if he on borrowed time and if the judges would save him if he found himself in the bottom two because of his popularity, Ola said: "I can see Pete tries so hard and I felt sorry for him because he messed up badly at the beginning of his routine, but his lifts were amazing.

"He is on borrowed time, but people love Pete and he is getting the votes. He's got an audience who are obviously voting for him and keeping him out of the bottom two. As soon as he goes into the bottom two, he will be gone because he's the weakest dancer.” He was by far the worst one in a competition on Saturday."