Shirley Ballas
Let's try that again...
Shirley says the Pussycat Dolls star deserves her place in the final as much as anyone else.
And things didn't get any easier when her iPad was replaced with a piece of paper.
"I don’t think joking about somebody else’s body is funny.”
The 'Strictly' judge certainly turned heads on the Pride Of Britain red carpet.
This will do little to silence rumours of a rift between the pair.
'It is categorically untrue to imply that producers tell the judges how to score or who to save.'
Shirley Ballas was less convinced, though.
"I’m not there to judge anybody’s private life."
He says this year's bunch are "full of surprises".