Ellie Simmonds calls for change to Strictly’s Sunday format

Strictly: Ellie Simmonds reveals 'scary' moment with name mixup

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Appearing on Wednesday’s Strictly – It Takes Two, Ellie Simmonds called for the series to “change” Sunday night’s results show. As one of two Ellies on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing, she and Nikita explained how they almost celebrate at the wrong time when Ellie Taylor’s name is called, and the Paralympian came up with a solution which she asked the BBC show to implement.

As they chatted with It Takes Two host Janette Manrara, they delved into the topic of the dreaded dance-off, which the couple has managed to avoid so far.

Last week, the pair scraped though as they were one of the last to be put announced as safe.

Ellie stated the fear they both felt as they waited for their names to be called.

“There’s always that scary moment isn’t there?” she detailed.

“And especially us [last week] – last but one was so hard.

“And also, we hear Ellie getting called and we always think it’s us, don’t we?”

Clearly stressed out at the memory, Nikita agreed. He weighed in: “I love Ellie [Taylor] and Johannas [Radebe], but these guys every time!

“[They] scare us so much! Because they always go, ‘Ellie and… Johannes!'”

“We literally want to celebrate, don’t we?” Ellie confessed.

She went on to make a special request, asking: “Can they change it?

“Can they put it so it’s Nikita then Ellie and Johannes then Ellie?”

“That’s a good idea!” professional dancer Nikita replied enthusiastically.

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“Yeah, just swap it around, please! Do it just for us, yeah?” Ellie laughed.

Moving on, Janette then addressed an awkward moment for the couple from last week’s show.

“Now, we’ve got to talk about it, because it was quite the controversial subject in the judging,” Janette probed.

“Oh, I know what’s coming,” Nikita commented as Janette continued: “The lift!

“Which Craig [Revel Horwood] said was…” Janette paused as a voice-over of Craig saying “illegal” was played over the studio as Ellie laughed.

“Do you think the judges were right?” the former professional Strictly dancer probed.

“Well, I love the fact that it was illegal,” Nikita responded. “But to be honest, I always try to create the choreography around Ellie.

“And my goal for this week was to create a lot of drama,” he commented.

Strictly Come Dancing – It Two continues weekdays at 6:30pm on BBC Two.

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