Strictly Come Dancing fans ask 'what's the point' as Annabel Croft branded 'a literal princess'

Strictly Come Dancing fans were left asking 'what was the point?' after former tennis pro Annabel Croft took the the dancefloor in the second live show of the new series.

The 57-year-old TV presenter floored viewers with her 'grace' and 'beauty' as she performed a quickstep with her professional dance partner Johannes Radebe. Wearing an elegant yellow dress with a flowing mid-length skirt, an open back and thin golden straps, Annabel left fans in awe as she danced to the song 'Walking on Sunshine'.

Fans branded the contestant, who wore her brunette locks in a high pony tail, a 'literal princess' as she took to the floor. However, fans were left confused as the music started and the dance began.

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The dance started with a smiley Johannes emerging from a colourful ball pit at the back of the stage. The couple then swung themselves around the dancefloor before falling backwards into the pit together at the end of the number.

But Strictly fans were not impressed with the gimmick and took to Twitter to ask whether the inclusion of the ball pit was really necessary.

Sharing their thoughts on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, one viewer asked: "Why the ball pool??", adding: "Annabel is a literal princess she doesn’t need anything else please."

Another said: "No idea what purpose the ball pool served, she needs to work on her face - lots of counting and concentration faces - but not bad from Annabel for Week 2." A third added: "That pointless ball pool was just for crew fun-times really."

A fourth said: "They just found a ball pit in storage and thought yeah that will do, that