Shirley Ballas's pro dancer son challenges Strictly to a US vs UK dance-off
Mark Ballas hit back at a tweet claiming Strictly Come Dancing was better than Dancing With The Stars
There's some serious beef going down between Strictly Come Dancing and its US sister show Dancing With the Stars – and it may just spark the dance-off to end all dance-offs.
Shirley Ballas's pro dancer son Mark Ballas has thrown down the glittered gauntlet and is ready to do dance battle.
It all started with an innocent tweet from Strictly choreographer Jason Gilkison:
https://twitter.com/JasonGilkison/status/916841003423846401
Nice, right? Then the famous choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne dropped by to congratulate him:
https://twitter.com/SirMattBourne/status/916879285092265984
It just does not compare on any level?? Ex-DWTS pro dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy was having none of it – and nor was his fellow dancer Mark Ballas, son of Head Judge Shirley.
https://twitter.com/iamValC/status/917117328373964800
https://twitter.com/MarkBallas/status/917118412186251264
Ooooh! Good old Artem and Aljaz arrived in the conversation to calm things down.
https://twitter.com/artemchigvintse/status/917122055228682240
https://twitter.com/AljazSkorjanec/status/917139151446831105
And Matthew Bourne did a mea culpa...
https://twitter.com/SirMattBourne/status/917132562899853312
https://twitter.com/SirMattBourne/status/917141531684950017
But it was too late. The dance-off idea has taken hold...
https://twitter.com/Gleb_Savchenko/status/917128265852243968
https://twitter.com/BrendanCole/status/917125697432416256
https://twitter.com/keviclifton/status/917129509257785346