soccergirl
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I'm sure that's true though I don't think Nigel suffered too much from the ringer label -- it's all gone onto Layton. I think because she has a very normal demeanour and is not 'stage school' people warmed to her, even if she did do dance classes as a child.Obviously Ellie is going to win and she of course deserves it; she's done some great and amazing dances and seems like a nice girl.
However if were really going to call a spade a spade she has been very fortunate to be in a season along side Layton, Nigel and Angela R who took more of the ringer title therefore letting her go more under the radar.
Of course she isn't as much of a ringer as Layton is but you can tell looking at her dancing that this is someone who did grow up doing some sort of training in performing and dancing. Not to say she should be shamed for having experience nor should anyone be but she has been lucky in that sense; if she was in a 2020 Maisie year then she probably would of have been called out in more like she was.
For me, she became my fave when she instinctively said 'oh no, it's a hard one, isnt' it!' when she heard she had the jive, and then came down the steps whipping her ponytail like a diva.