Dev Griffin, 34, and pro dance partner Dianne Buswell, 30, have opened up about a certain dance move that they had to scrap after an accident in training left the former “scarred for life” and the Strictly Come Dancing 2019 dancer reportedly in hospital.
The dancing duo chatted with Zoe Ball on spin-off It Takes Two last night about the specific lift they decided not to do.
“Really tricky lifts from the two of you,” Zoe said about their movie week performance: “One so tricky you actually had to take it out, tell us more about what that might have been.”
“We had a really good week, we got to the Thursday and it was such a shame because that was the last time we were going to run it,” Dev said: “We thought lets just enjoy it. Lets do it one more time!
I was getting so stressed out about it! It’s such an awful feeling
Dev Griffin
“We had this lift where Dianne was on my shoulders and we had an accident and we thought, lets take it out.”
The radio DJ revealed he felt “awful” and “stressed out” after the fall.
“I was getting so stressed out about it! It’s such an awful feeling.
“Dianne’s a pro,” he continued, looking at Dianne: “It’s happened to you loads of times but for me I was like, ‘Ah I don’t wanna do it’!”
Zoe agreed that it was the right thing to do: “Pro dancers are used to things like that but for Dev that is a responsibility to worry about your safety. Good idea to take to take it out.”
The Australian professional was reportedly taken to hospital following an “accident” which occurred as Dev lifted her over his shoulders during a routine.
Despite speculation they would not appear on Saturday’s show, the pair triumphed, impressing the judges and scoring 36.
“Save it [the lift]!” Zoe laughed: “Do it in a couple of weeks!”
“He’s scarred him for life!” Dianne joked.
Dev and Dianne will be performing the Cha Cha to Dancing With a Stranger by Sam Smith featuring Normani in the fourth week of the competition tomorrow.
RuPaul’s Drag Race judge Michelle Visage also appeared on the BBC Two show to discuss her fourth week Salsa dance to Quimbara by Johnny Pacheco and Celia Cruz.
The US TV star, 51, said training with her partner Giovanni Pernice, 29, had been “brutal” this week.
“Brutal – really, really difficult. It’s amazing and liberating and beautiful, and when it’s clicked in it’s great,” she explained.
“It’s legendary. It is Celia Cruz, who is the queen, la reina, of salsa and this is the song,” she said proudly: “Every Latino and Latina will know this song.
“But there is so much technicality in this dance. It doesn’t look like it but there really is. And it’s really, really fast. It makes the quickstep look like a walk in the park.”
Giovanni said working on Michelle’s hip action had been their priority in training this week.
On Saturday the pair scored three nines from judges Shirley Ballas, Bruno Tonioli and Motsi Mabuse, with infamous critic Craig Revel Horwood awarding them an eight.
Speaking on the routine, Giovanni said: “She was very, very good. I was very impressed. But as I said before, it could have been better.”
Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One on Saturday at 6:40pm.
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