Fleur East has vowed to 'work harder' on Strictly Come Dancing, after she landed in the bottom two at the weekend. And the singer's vow comes as fans remain angry with Shirley Ballas for saying she would have chosen to save Richie Anderson, rather than Fleur.
The minute her name appeared on the Strictly line-up for this year, bookies had former X Factor finalist Fleur as the red hot favourite to triumph in the BBC ballroom, with many viewers also predicting big things for her and professional partner Vito Coppola. However, after being taken by TV host Helen Skelton in the odds, hours before the first live show last month, bookies think Fleur's chances of winning are 'fading,' with her scores not being as high as many were initially expecting.
While Fleur and Vito have been nowhere near the bottom of the leaderboard, they have been in the shadow of higher scorers like Tyler West and Dianne Buswell, Molly Rainsford and Carlos Gu and Will Mellor and Nancy Xu. While Strictly rivals like Helen and former Hear'Say star Kym Marsh got their highest scores yet for Movie Week, Fleur ended up in the dreaded dance-off, alongside RIchie Anderson.
