Strictly guest judge promises not to be like Bruno
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Alfonso Ribeiro might be filling in for Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli on this weekend's live show, but he's going to bring his own unique style to the panel.
The originator of the Carlton Dance joined Gethin Jones backstage at It Takes Two on Friday night (October 19) and promised that he probably won't be falling off any chairs during his critiques.
"I'm going to speak from the heart," he vowed. "I'm not going to try to rhyme. There's not going to be a lot of arms flailing… Look, [Bruno] is Italian. I get it. He speaks with his hands! I'm a brother from America so I'm gonna be kinda chill."
If he's not going to be channeling Bruno's energetic presence in the BBC ballroom on Saturday, Gethin wondered what kind of judge Alfonso would be.
"I'm going to be a happy judge," the Dancing with the Stars winner promised. "I know that sometimes there are some judges that want to knock everybody down… There's no specific names we're talking about! I would talk about the judges on the US version. I want to lift them up.
"I've been on the other side, right? I know what it's like to give your heart or give everything you've got for a week, and then have someone come and just beat you down afterwards.
"I want to lift them up! Even if the dance doesn't go well and the scores will represent definitely what I see on the dancefloor, but I'm going to try to be a positive twist on it and lift them up, and get them excited about going into the next week."
Gethin naturally followed up by quizzing Alfonso on if he's planning on dishing out the first tens of the series thus far?
"I would say, I can't give a one-word answer," he admitted. "I would love to be able to give a ten, but I think the dances have to actually deserve it. So, we'll see."
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday (October 20) at 6.45pm on BBC One, with the results show following on Sunday (October 21) at 7.45pm.
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