Strictly tension as Chris Robshaw's wife hits out at 'experienced' co-stars

Strictly Come Dancing's leaderboard has already got fans talking - just one week in.

Chris Robshaw's wife Camilla Kerslake has addressed the difference in experience between contestants on the show after her hubby first took to the dancefloor.

Chris, 39, and his dance partner Nadiya Bychkova, 36, were the first couple to perform during the first live show, which aired on Saturday. They danced a samba that earned them a score of 14 from the judges, which left them second from the bottom of the leaderboard at the end of the night.

The former rugby union player was supported by his wife Camilla, 37, in the audience. She has since posted about his performance and said that the difference in dance experience between the contestants is "absolutely wild".

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Classical singer Camilla shared photos and videos related to the live show on Instagram yesterday. She wrote: "Proud forever. Up against people with years of experience when you've never even done a 2 step, opening the whole season and starting with one of the hardest dances going.

"They tested you HARD. You and [Nadiya] blew me, and the crowd away. Definitely some lessons for next week but you were absolutely astonishing. I couldn't hold it together at all. We love you [Chris]. Team #SeeQuins. Let's GOOOOOO #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing. Slide 5 of my first time meeting [Vicky Pattison] is something special."

Fans shared supportive messages about Chris' performance in the comments section. Whilst Love Island winner Amber Gill reacted to the post: "Unpopular opinion: I think having people with so much dance experience is unfair." Camilla responded to the reality TV star by writing: "The experience differences are absolutely wild. Definitely [thinking emojis]."

It comes after some contestants attracted attention over their apparent experience. Lewis Cope, 30, has admitted to having some dance experience and Amber Davies, 28, has acknowledged her background in the performing arts. The pair, who were both last minute additions to this year's line-up, aren't thought to have any Latin or Ballroom training.

Asked if she has any experience, Amber said in a VT shown in the episode: "I'm in musical theatre." Her dance partner Nikita Kuzmin, 27, said that was "great," but she added: "However, I have never done Ballroom. Never done Latin."

Similarly, Lewis' dance partner Katya Jones, 36, said: "When Lewis was younger, he did do some hip hop dancing [but it's] not helping the natural swing of the jive." Previously, in the launch show, Lewis said: "I haven't danced now for about 12 years so I'm really excited to get going with that again."

Strictly judge Anton Du Beke, 59, addressed contestants having varied dance experience in an interview with the Mirror ahead of the launch. He told us: "Some people might have done some dancing but it wont have been fox trots and cha-chas. It will be mainly musical theatre or commercial."

He added: "It will help them a bit. There is a small advantage to it really. But I have not seen many of those who have actually won. The deciding vote [is] always yours. You know what becomes difficult, they come out week one and they are really good and they get to week ten and they are sort of a bit the same. They have not improved much."

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