Strict feud ensues as Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood engage in shouting match | Television and radio

Strictly Come Dancing’s head judge Shirley Ballas shouted at Craig Revel Horwood, prompting Motsi Mabuse to step away during their tense clash.

The celebrities took center stage during Icons Week, but the judges were divided over the performance of one couple. Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe took to the dance floor with a waltz to a classic Whitney Houston song, impressing viewers at home.

However, their performance led to a tense moment, with Ballas rising from her seat and standing over Horwood as she disagreed with his critical comments.

The 59-year-old choreographer and jury member said: “I would have liked to see it a little softer, a little lighter overall.

“It bothered me that your frame was constantly going in and out…” Ballas, however, did not let the comments slide. She stood up from her seat and asked, “What are you doing?”

Shortly afterwards, Mabuse unexpectedly stood up from her seat and shouted: “Stop, stop stop…I’m going home!” before Ballas took her place.

Ballas turned to her fellow judge and shouted, “Wait, wait, wait. Honey, he had that beautiful body, he lowered his arms and she looked at him willingly, ready to go with gentle movements.

“With nice footwork, getting better and better. WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT?” before Horwood clapped back: ‘A choice darling, a choice.

“Because I didn’t know if they were inside or outside all the time.”

Ballas finished and returned to her seat, leaving Horwood for one final jab. “Says cousin IT. Sorry, the Cher wig didn’t quite work out for you.’

Mabuse added a bit of humor to the situation, noting: “There is a lesson to be learned here. When mommy and daddy fight, get out of the room, kids.”

Elsewhere in the show, JLS singer J.B. Gill and replacement professional partner Lauren Oakley jointly scored the highest in the series this year Come strictly danceas Amy Dowden watched from the studio.

The Welsh professional dancer, who is normally Gill’s partner, missed last Sunday’s results program after being taken from hospital to Barnet Hospital. BBC One show’s production centre, Elstree Studios, as a “precautionary measure” after she “began to feel unwell”. Although she is now said to be “doing much better”.

Oakley, 33, who has no partner for this year’s series BBC dance show, came in for her and performed a Bruno Mars medley with Gill on Saturday’s show, for a score of 39. They achieved the same score as Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec.