Arlene: 'Craig Kelly was deluded'

Arlene Phillips has claimed that Craig Kelly was over-confident on Strictly Come Dancing.

The axed judge told The Sun that she was pleased to see Kelly and his dance partner Flavia Cacace voted off the programme on Saturday night.

Phillips commented: "It was the right decision. What shocks me is that Craig's really deluded about his dancing. He dances so badly. He thinks if he starts dancing at the beginning of the music and finishes dancing at the end that's what it's about.

"Despite Flavia's excellent teaching, he never realised what is required in a show like this and the improvements one has to make week by week."

The choreographer also suggested that Kelly would have been backed by the public if he had not taken the judges' critiques so seriously.

She said: "If he could have smiled and made fun of it and or showed the world that he loved what he was doing - and even enjoyed the fact that he couldn't dance - he would have been there much longer. He could have gone on, whipping up public support and getting everyone on his side."

Saturday's show saw Kelly and Cacace facing the dance-off with ex-EastEnders star Ricky Groves and Erin Boag.