Strictly Come Dancing 2017: You'll never guess who Craig Revel Horwood has rated the WORST

Horwood rated the stars in an acerbic "half-term report" for the Radio Times that pulled no punches and gave The Saturdays member a grade C.

He wrote: "She just doesn't have natural ability and that's hard to overcome. I think she could, but it'll take double the work of everybody else."

King and partner AJ Pritchard were in the dance off against Aston Merrygold and Janette Manrara the week before last, with the former JLS star controversially sent packing.

But the pair narrowly avoided the same fate last week, making it through to week nine of the dancing show.

She just doesn't have natural ability and that's hard to overcome

Only Ruth Langsford was given a lower score by Horwood at C-, but she left the BBC show on Sunday night with partner Anton Du Beke.

Not everyone was disappointed with the TV presenter's exit though - husband Eamonn Holmes tweeted: "I am feeling a lot of love for her out there but I am also looking forward to having my

wife and our life back."

Horwood gave singer Alexandra Burke his highest score of the report, with an A, saying: "She can really dance!"

But the judge also wrote: "She needs to polish her footwork. She'll only get a 10 from me when that's perfect."

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Show favourite Debbie McGee was given an A-, with Horwood saying he would be "disappointed" if she did not make it to the final.

At the end of week eight Burke topped the leaderboard with 38 points, tied with Davood Ghadami.

McGee, who had previously scored a perfect 40 with partner Giovanni Pernice for her tango, slipped down the leaderboard with 35 points.

The former assistant of magician Paul Daniels said on Twitter she was having an "amazing experience", and could not believe she was going to Blackpool.

All of Craigs grades and confessions will be in this weeks Radio Times magazine [RADIO TIMES]

“You see me coming in every day and (say) ‘How are you getting on?’ and I said ‘I cried all day yesterday’.

Langsford admitted she knew she was at risk of leaving the show at the weekend, saying: “The foxtrot and me didn’t get on very well.

"I told you ‘I’m finding the foxtrot really hard’ and then I messed up in the dance-off and made a big mistake, I laughed.”

The full Strictly Come Dancing feature can be read in this week's Radio Times magazine.

All the remaining contestants will head to the seaside resort for a special show from Blackpool Tower, to be aired on Saturday November 18.

Ruth Langsford admitted yesterday there were times when she cried all day while competing on Strictly.

The Loose Women star and her professional partner Anton Du Beke got the boot from the competition on Sunday night after losing out in the dance-off to Paralympian Jonnie Peacock and his

partner Oti Mabuse.

She said she felt like her fellow panellists on the chat show had been through the experience with her, telling the ITV programme: “You’ve all lived it with me."

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