{"id":68163,"date":"2023-10-02T23:02:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=68163"},"modified":"2023-10-02T23:02:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:02:09","slug":"who-cares-if-strictlys-layton-williams-has-dance-experience-hes-a-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/entertainment\/who-cares-if-strictlys-layton-williams-has-dance-experience-hes-a-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Who cares if Strictly's Layton Williams has dance experience? He's a joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alexandra Burke. Proud Mary. Jive. 2017.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll never forget it.<\/p>\n

It remains one of my favourite ever Strictly Come Dancing performances.<\/p>\n

The atmosphere was electric. Alexandra was having the time of her life, losing all inhibitions. She was bouncing off her pro, Gorka Marquez, and the judges scored her a near-perfect 39, reducing her to tears.<\/p>\n

Alexandra didn\u2019t lift the glitterball trophy, of course.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But, she embodied all things Strictly and was a winner in my eyes.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2023 and I see the same happening with Layton Williams.<\/p>\n

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Partnered with Nikita Kuzmin in another ground-breaking same-sex coupling, the Bad Education star has already made it clear that he won\u2019t \u2018butch it up for anyone\u2019, and is determined to do Strictly as 100% himself.<\/p>\n

Alas, as we see every year, the trolls have been in full force, seemingly getting a real kick out of discovering he has past performing experience, just like Alexandra.<\/p>\n

But for me, I couldn\u2019t care less about whether Layton has dance experience, because he embodies everything Strictly is about.<\/p>\n

His first performance was sensational. A Samba to Touch by Little Mix blew the roof off the BBC studios and had my flabbers well and truly gasted from the sofa at home.<\/p>\n

The sequin jumpsuit, the heels, the splits, the body rolls, the sassy facial expressions, the chemistry with Nikita\u2026 as far as week one performances go, this one had it all.<\/p>\n