Shirley Ballas remained coy about her future on Strictly Come Dancing during an appearance on This Morning.
The 57-year-old, who replaced head judge Len Goodman on the show, said that she is yet to discuss a return to the BBC dancing competition for a second year.
Speaking with former contestant Ruth Langsford, who was booted out in week eight in this year series, and her husband Eamonn Holmes, Shirley said she ‘hoped’ she would remain but ‘as of yet nothing has been decided’.
The ex-professional dancer has come under fire from viewers for her technical criticism and controversial decisions throughout the series, but has always stood firm on her choices.
Asked by the presenters how she feel she had done during her debut year, Shirley said she felt like there was ‘room for improvement’.
Shirley Ballas is yet to confirm whether she will be returning for a second stint on Strictly Come Dancing
The judge who replaced Len Goodman said that with the current series still on her role hadn’t yet been discussed. Pictured, with her fellow judges Bruno Tonioli, Darcey Bussell and Craig Revel Horwood
Shirley admitted that although she has ‘thoroughly enjoyed’ Strictly, she found the experience ‘terrifying’ as a newcomer.
She also revealed her own mother had complained about her habit of using technical terms, and said she’d revised her approach after watching the episodes back.
‘[My mother] will talk about the hair or the dress, and she will say she doesn’t understand the technical [elements] and to give it in layman’s terms.
‘As I eased into the show I was trying to find a way to explain it,’ she said.
However, Shirley said she was confident in the performance she had given and told Ruth and Eamonn: ‘I think I did very good, so I think I would score myself a seven, I believe [in] anything you do there is room for improvement.’
‘We haven’t finished the season yet, I have had the most spectacular time,’ she said.
‘[But] there have been things that I have had to get used to, like Twitter,’ she added, referring to the trolling she’s experienced since joining the panel.
‘I have thoroughly enjoyed it. As of yet nothing has been decided [about the next series].’
Shirley explained to Ruth and Eamonn that she found the initial experience ‘terrifying’ but soon eased into her role as head judge
The ex-professional dancer has been heavily criticised but says that she stands by all of her decisions
The judge, whose son Mark Ballas is a professional dancer on the US version of the show Dancing with the Stars, lives in LA so she can be close to her family, and splits her time between the States and the UK.
If Shirley were to leave it would also be the shortest stint for a judge in the show’s history, with former judges Alesha Dixon, Arlene Phillips and Goodman staying on the panel for three, five and 12 series respectively.
And as the final approaches Shirley, who admitted she was ‘married’ to her dancing role, says there is no certainty over who will win.
‘It is an unpredictable season, I personally wouldn’t like to say,’ she said.
‘Aston for example. He was in the bottom two, he should have never been in the bottom two. He was there you had to judge of the decision of what you see. I stand by that decision 100 percent.’
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