Presenter Angela Scanlon<\/a> and musical theatre star Layton Williams<\/a> both have dance experience \u2013 the former trained with O\u2019Shea Irish Dance Company, while the latter has appeared in stage shows Everybody\u2019s Talking About Jamie and Billy Elliot.<\/p>\n But Ballas has pointed out that this is not the same as already being a skilled dancer, especially when it comes to ballroom dancing.<\/p> \u201cI think it\u2019s very unfair at this point to single out anybody because most children had a little bit of training,\u201d the head judge said to The Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIf somebody goes to stage school for singing and acting, there\u2019s always normally a little bit of dance included. It might not be their forte. It\u2019s nothing like learning ballroom dancing. It\u2019s a total discipline all of its own.\u201d<\/p>\n She also went so far as to say that even people who were already professional dancers in other disciplines might not necessarily be comfortable transitioning to ballroom dancing.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cYou really have to learn to dance with a partner,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s four arms, four legs, two heads, two quarters\u2026 you\u2019ve got to be intertwined and working together.\u201d<\/p>\n Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Autumn.\u00a0<\/strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<\/strong>Entertainment<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong>Streaming Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> <\/body><\/html>\n The head judge responded after some contestants were singled out for having previous dance training. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":36237,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/shirley-ballas-defends-strictly-come-dancing-line-up-following-criticism.jpg",735,490,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/shirley-ballas-defends-strictly-come-dancing-line-up-following-criticism-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/shirley-ballas-defends-strictly-come-dancing-line-up-following-criticism-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/shirley-ballas-defends-strictly-come-dancing-line-up-following-criticism.jpg",735,490,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/shirley-ballas-defends-strictly-come-dancing-line-up-following-criticism.jpg",735,490,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/shirley-ballas-defends-strictly-come-dancing-line-up-following-criticism.jpg",735,490,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/shirley-ballas-defends-strictly-come-dancing-line-up-following-criticism.jpg",735,490,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The head judge responded after some contestants were singled out for having previous dance training.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/36236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Layton](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/layton-williams-strrictly-796c910.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"layton-williams-strrictly\\"\/")
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