Strictly's Fleur East says 'oh wow' as Craig Revel Horwood delivers new blow to stars ahead of live show

Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood didn't hold back as he gave his thoughts on each celebrity so far in the competition on Friday's episode of It Takes Two.

Craig, 59, was asked by host Fleur East about and his pro partner Jowita Przystal, who were sadly bottom of the leaderboard over the weekend, to which he said: "Oh I love Pete! He's low scoring but he's adorable!"

Fleur then asked: "Do you think you can see him go all the way?" to which Craig bluntly replied: "No!" However, he quickly added: "Well, that I have to say, is up to him. I think he's really really good and again another person who is committed!"

Craig continued: "I would love him to be a better dancer and in time, if he stays in, I think in another couple of weeks if he can get to Blackpool, for instance, I think that might give him more confidence and a very good reason to fly through the competition. He's great but he's up against a lot of good people!"

Next up was and her pro partner Aljaz Skorjanec, who received an incredible 39 points from the judges over the weekend for their emotional couple's choice routine to P!nk's What About Us. However, Craig was the only judge not to award a ten as he gave a nine for the routine.

Fleur asked: "Quickly, we need to know Craig because we've run out of time, we need to know Tasha and Aljaz, what does she need to do to get a perfect score from you?"

To which Craig bluntly replied: "Be better, she just needs to be better!" with host Fleur left stunned as she replied: "Be better? Oh wow!"

Craig was quick to explain: "No she's fantastic it's just each time I'm looking for, I mean I'm not looking for 'perfection' perfection, I'm looking for something where I put my pen down and I stop judging and I'm involved in that entire dance from beginning, middle and end. I mean it is tough" with Fleur joking: "Alright, Craig, you just want too much!"

Elsewhere during the chat, Craig defended his low scores for Chris McCausland. Over the weekend, Chris, 47, and Dianne Buswell, 35, performed a Tango set to KISS' Rock and Roll All Nite. However, despite the impressive performance, the duo found themselves nearly at the bottom of the leaderboard with 29 points.

Host Fleur asked: "On average, you score Chris six points, now for someone who is the favourite for the final. Why the low scores Craig?" to which Craig replied: "Do I?" before explaining: "He still needs to work on a lot of things! I think people at home are falling in love with him, which is absolutely fine, but technically his frame is not great.

"I mean it has improved, don't get me wrong, but he needs to work on that, he needs to work on his shoulders they keep raising, he needs to still work on his posture. There's still a lot of work to do!"

Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday night at 6:35pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.