 He delivered more cutting feedback for her foxtrot on Saturday evening and this time he stayed quiet as Ellie covered her ears. Craig, dressed as a fabulous Morticia Addams, said the performance had lost 'flow' before brutally concluding: 'It wasn't my favourite, I've got to be honest. It was slightly boring, I've got to admit.' As the live audience erupted in boos as the comments, host Tess Daly told Ellie to close her ears, which Elie then did as she plugged her fingers and said: 'I'm not listening. I'm not listening.' Judi isn't sure Nikita now believes their stay will be a long one. But the pro dancer this week held his tongue after Craig's comments ( PA) She told the Mirror: "Has Nikita lost his fight when it comes to winning? "Last week he was arguing with Craig's comments and refusing to back down but this week he appeared to do the body language equivalent of registering submission, as though sure they'd be performing in the dance-off. "When they were told they were saved it){kind=link}
Ellie Simmonds was left covering her ears as Craig Revel Horwood delivered his cutting feedback to her foxtrot on Saturday evening – but was Nikita Kuzmin’s reaction more telling?
Strictly Come Dancing star Ellie Simmonds’ professional partner Nikita Kuzmin appears to have lost belief that they can go all the way, body language expert Judi James fears.
The ‘sobering’ moment when it took an age for the pro dancer and the former Paralympian swimmer to register they were safe on Saturday spoke volumes, Judi believes.
The behavioural specialist says there’s a real friendship blossoming between the pair – but reckons the relief was there for all to see this weekend.
But she questioned Nikita’s fight to go all the way after he decided to bite his lip.