James Jordan believes that Strictly Come Dancing star Lewis Cope is healthier than the skilled dancers on the programme.
The previous Emmerdale actor and his dance associate Katya Jones scored excellent marks for his or her Charleston within the BBC present’s Blackpool particular final weekend and ex-Strictly professional James – who competed on the Saturday night time favorite from 2006 to 2013 – thinks that he’s able to performing strikes that “80 per cent” of the sequence’ male dancers are unable to do.
Chatting with The Solar on behalf of Freebets.com, Jordan stated: “He’s a fully-trained dancer. You can’t go on the market and what he is doing except you will have f****** a great deal of dance coaching.
“It could make our occupation appear like it is very easy, and it is not likely simple, therefore why individuals who have had no dance coaching are s*** compared.”
Lewis, 30, was a member of the road dance troupe Ruff Diamond throughout his teenage years and James thinks his expertise was showcased in his distinctive Blackpool efficiency.
The 47-year-old dancer stated: “Truthfully, should you watch that routine again from final week, he was nearly as good, if not higher, than Katya.
“And I can categorically say among the stuff that he did, I’d put my backside greenback on it, 80 per cent of the boy professionals on that present could not, and 100 per cent of them could not do the flips and tips that he was doing, as a result of we’re not skilled in that.
“We have by no means performed that earlier than. If I attempted to do among the stuff he was doing, I might break my backbone.”
James added: “I like it. I really like watching him. I assumed he was wonderful. He is, in my view, performed two of the perfect dances ever seen on Strictly: his couple’s selection and the dance from final week. It was distinctive. However that is solely as a result of he is dance-trained.”
Lewis acknowledged final month that he’s puzzled by claims that he’s “skilled dancer” and assume it’s “a little bit of an insult” to professionals akin to Katya to counsel that his performing background offers him a bonus on the present.
Chatting with OK! journal, Lewis stated: “It is unusual to listen to that I am some sort of ‘skilled dancer’.
“It has been so lengthy since I danced, and I by no means skilled professionally. I did Billy Elliot The Musical after I was 11, however I wasn’t ok to play Billy Elliot, so I performed Michael and simply did some faucet dance.
“After that, I joined a hip-hop dance crew the place I did hip-hop with a gaggle of six lads again in Hartlepool, we did newbie competitions. Then I went on to coach to be an actor and I’ve solely ever acted since.”
He added: “That is the primary time I have been inside a dance studio for 12 years. And now I am working with people who find themselves really professional dancers like Katya, it appears like a little bit of an insult to these guys. They’ve devoted their lives to this and so they’re unbelievable.”
