Strictly fans spot former show star in the audience and BEG bosses to bring him back – but did you see him?
STRICTLY fans were overjoyed to spot a former show star in the audience during last weekend’s show.
The ex-Strictly Come Dancing pro left the BBC show in 2018 but that didn’t stop him going down to show support for his former colleagues.
Viewers rushed to social media after spotting Brendan Cole in the studio audience – and many insisted he needs to make a comeback.
One wrote: “Good to see Brendan Cole in the audience at Strictly tonight.
“I really miss him from the show. I don’t suppose he could come back on the show?”
And there was even more nostalgia for fans as Sophie Ellis-Bextor – who danced with Brendan in 2013 – was also in the building.
Someone else said: “sophie ellis-bextor and brendan cole in the building on the same night… what a throwback.”
And a third added: “that is Brendan Cole, right? We’re not just hallucinating Ghosts of Strictly’s Past?”
Following the news Brendan would not be returning for the 2019 series, he confessed he’d been axed.
Appearing on Lorraine he said: “They’ve made an editorial decision to not have me back on the show. I’m a little bit in shock. I’m quite emotional, and a bit raw about it.
“It’s done via a process of a phone call and stuff. I have had 15 incredible series on the show. I’m very proud of the whole show. It’s a great team.”
It came after Brendan had a shock on-air spat with head judge Shirley Ballas – which was said to the the “final straw” for bosses.
A source told The Sun at the time: “It was the final nail in his coffin. That was the moment when they decided they’d had enough.
“The judges felt he was putting her down publicly and he thought he knew better than the head judge.”