Shirley Ballas shocks fans with plunging dress for Strictly final after splitting from her fiance
STRICTLY Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has chosen a plunging cleavage as she joins her fellow judges for this year’s final.
Head judge Shirley has joined Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton du Beke as they gather to judge this year’s four finalists on Strictly Come Dancing.
Shirley, 64, chose a gold fitted dress with a plunge neckline exposing her cleavage for tonight.
She left her dark hair in loose waves as she took her seat on the judging panel, alongside the others.
Taking to Twitter, viewers were shocked to see the star wear such a daring choice.
One viewer wrote: “Shirley looks a picture tonight. If a little over-exposed.”
Another added: “Blimey Shirley.”
The wardrobe choice comes as the former dancer also revealed this week that she’s split from her fiancé Danny Taylor, after six years together.
Speaking on the Great Company podcast, she revealed she’s now single.
She said: “Currently, I’ve just split with my boyfriend.”
She then claimed that her romantic relationships have been a “disaster, all the way along the line”.
She added that she is now focusing her attention on her family as she explained: “What I am truly grateful for is that I still have my mother, and that she lives with me, and I get these precious moments with her,” she said.
“Because my mother is the only thing that’s been a staple in my life. No friend, no marriage, no nothing.”
Shirley and Danny met in 2018 during a pantomime together, getting engaged three years later.
Shirley has been married twice before, first to Sammy Stopford and then to Corky Ballas who she shares her son Mark with.
Continuing on the podcast, she added: “All I keep saying at the end of the day is I’m blessed to have had my son, and without the journey I took, I wouldn’t have him, and then I wouldn’t have my grandson.
“So, it’s fate, if you want to, it’s the directions that you choose.”
All your Strictly Come Dancing winners
Strictly first kicked off back in 2004, and over the years has crowned 21 winners.
Here is a full list of who has been lucky enough to win the famous Glitterball Trophy:
- 2004 – Natasha Kaplinsky
- 2004 – Jill Halfpenny
- 2005 – Darren Gough
- 2006 – Mark Ramprakash
- 2007 – Alesha Dixon
- 2008 – Tom Chambers
- 2009 – Chris Hollins
- 2010 – Kara Tointon
- 2011 – Harry Judd
- 2012 – Louis Smith
- 2013 – Abbey Clancy
- 2014 – Caroline Flack
- 2015 – Jay McGuiness
- 2016 – Ore Oduba
- 2017 – Joe McFadden
- 2018 – Stacey Dooley
- 2019 – Kelvin Fletcher
- 2020 – Bill Bailey
- 2021 – Rose Ayling-Ellis
- 2022 – Hamza Yassin
- 2023 – Ellie Leach