The Greatest Dancer finally finished its audition process this evening (January 26), and with it came hard decisions on the part of the dance captains.
Cheryl, Oti Mabuse and Matthew Morrison had to whittle down the dozens of acts that made it through this far down to just nine – three for each captain.
"What I'm looking for is someone with the potential to step up from the level we've seen," Cheryl declared, with Matthew adding: "I want energy, excitement and fun. That's what dancing is, it's just joy."
"I want something that I'm going to remember and I want to feel something," Oti said.
However, in a montage of the three picking all the acts from cards on a table, there was a lot of heated language.
Hiding one card away without showing the others, Oti declared: "I feel like you shouldn’t see them because I feel like they belong to me, it's not worth the conversation."
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The trio were then forced to make strained deals, Cheryl angrily telling Matthew at one point: "You've given her [Oti] one!"
Still they eventually decided, and after some emotional scenes with the remaining dancers, they announced their choices. Here's who made it through to the finals:
Cheryl
- Dane Bates Collective
- Harry and Eleiyah
- Frobacks
Oti
- KLA
- Ellie Fergusson
- The Globe Girls
Matthew
- Company Jinks
- James & Oliver
- Prospects Fraternity
The judges' choices proved divisive for viewers at home, and some took issue with the fact that none of the disabled acts – including deaf dancer Chris Fonseca – managed to make the final nine:
The Greatest Dancer airs on BBC One.
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