Strictly Come Dancing champion Ore Oduba made a striking comment on BBC's It Takes Two, speculating on who might face jeopardy in the upcoming weekend.
In the Friday episode of It Takes Two on BBC, host Fleur East welcomed Blue Peter's Sarah Greene, comedian Suzi Ruffell, and television personality Ore. The guests weighed in with their candid views on the competition and the contestants who are still vying for the trophy.
However, Ore stirred a heated debate when he suggested that Chris and his partner Dianne Buswell might be in trouble during the dance-off and potentially face elimination. Ore defended his viewpoint by saying, "I'm here representing the musical theatre community."
On asserting his claim with the words, "If you come out on telly, on record saying you hate musicals, you're asking for troubs!", he held up Chris and Dianne's photo and added: "No, I think they're an amazing pair. It's just the kind of thing that when you're so behind someone, people kind of think that they don't need to vote."
He then reminded viewers: "So you've got to make sure you vote for people you want to see next week! " His declaration caused a stir among the other panellists, evidenced by their audible reactions of surprise, reports the Mirror.
Ore's remarks also unleashed a flurry of responses from the audience on social media platform X, with one disgruntled viewer exclaiming: "Ore talking absolute nonsense, people won't stop voting for Chris for making a joke comment about not liking musicals ffs."
One viewer highlighted the differing opinions on a panel discussion: "Friday panel has spoken: it is Pete and Jowita 2 - Chris and Dianne 1. The latter because Chris said he hates musicals.."
Meanwhile, other fans resonated with Ore's
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