Craig Revel Horwood, a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, has acknowledged that one custom puzzles him every year, because it doesn’t seem quite essential.
Bobby Brazier, Ellie Leach, and Layton Williams will take the dancefloor one more time for the final with their partners Dianne Buswell, Vito Coppola, and Nikita Kuzmin in just a few hours.
And, while the judges’ remarks have meant everything over the last three months, Craig has acknowledged his bewilderment over their involvement in tomorrow night’s event, which will determine who wins the glitterball trophy.
‘It could be any one of them,’ Craig, 58, said on Friday’s Good Morning Britain.
‘Bobby is fantastic because he has come up the ranks from nothing,’ he added, talking about the EastEnders actor’s improvement.
‘It’s great to see him come through up against Ellie who I think is spectacular, although I haven’t given her a 10 yet,’ Craig continued, having recalled how impressed he was by Layton’s Charleston, to which he awarded him with a rare standing ovation.
However, Craig admits that awarding Ellie a 10 in the final will be meaningless.
He went on: ‘My scores tomorrow don’t count actually, because it’s completely up to the general public.’
‘I don’t even know why we actually have to score! It’s just for guidance only, to give people an idea.’
Despite that, he’s ‘hopeful’ Ellie could score a 10 tomorrow, if her performance is ‘worth it’.
The Coronation Street actress, 22, recently told the press that the experience has been ‘a dream’ and that she already thinks she has won.
She said: ‘To have had this experience, I already feel like I’ve won, and with [Vito], as a teacher and partner, I genuinely do feel like I’ve won.
‘Obviously it would be nice to win, but coming into Strictly I just wanted to have fun and enjoy every single moment, and that’s exactly what we’ve done.
‘So if we win, amazing, if we don’t win, still amazing, I’ve had the most incredible experience.’
Layton echoed those comments, telling us: ‘No matter what happens I feel like I want to leave with my head held high and feel super proud, we’ve managed to do so much.
‘It’s kind of exceeded all of my expectations, so I’m really proud no matter what happens.’
The Strictly Come Dancing final airs on Saturday at 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1.
Source My Celebrity Life.