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Will Twigger

Strictly's Alex Scott's body language reveals she 'dominates' partner Neil Jones

Strictly Come Dancing's live shows kicked off with a bang last night, featuring some unexpected gems, absolute disasters and bold fashion choices.

Taking to the floor first were former professional England footballer Alex Scott and her partner Neil Jones , who's riding high after getting a celebrity partner for the first time.

The pair performed a quickstep which divided judges and fans alike, with head honcho Shirley Ballas exclaiming: "What a way to open the show with some snap, crackle and pop."

Bruno Tonioli told Alex she had great potential, while Motsi Mabuse and Craig Revel-Horwood had their reservations.

A body language, who watched the performance, has had her say on the duo and unboxed what she thinks about their dancing dynamic.

Alex and Neil performed a quickstep (BBC/Guy Levy)
They only scored 21 points (DIGITAL/EROTEME.CO.UK)

Judi James told Express.co.uk : "Neil looked as though he could potentially be way too nice of a partner for the very dominant Alex, who looks confident, focused and determined to put everything into winning.

"Hopefully Neil has reserves of more 'Strictly' behaviour in his coaching as Alex's potential as a winner was still so obvious, but when the nerves affected her she seemed unable to fall back onto Neil's strength and direction."

Judi added: "Footballers might play in a team but there's no-one to catch them when they fail on pitch so Alex might need to get used to having Neil there to help and support her mid-dance."

She continued to claim that Neil's success could stem from watching ex-wife Katya.

Judi reckons Alex is determined to win the contest (DIGITAL/EROTEME.CO.UK)

She's partnered with Mike Bushell on the show, and managed to score higher than Alex and Neil.

Neil and Katya were the focus of a few media storms over the past year.

First, Katya was snapped snogging dance partner and funnyman Seann Walsh.

While the pair didn't separate then, they did announce they were calling quits on their marriage earlier this year. They denied last year's scandal had anything to do with it.

Judi said: "Of course, the dream ticket would be for these two [Alex and Neil] to get their hands round the glitterball after the distress of last year but Neil might need to borrow some of his ex Katya's 'roll up your sleeves and get stuck in' grit with Alex as this week their scores were disappointing."

They scored 21 in total - other scores included Saffron Barker and AJ Pritchard with 27, Dev Griffin and Dianne Buswell with 30, and Karim Zeroual and Amy Dowden with 31.

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