Alex Jones has hit out at those who say that Bruce Forsyth is too old to carry on presenting Strictly Come Dancing, and insisted critics should just “let him be”.

Alex, who is hosting Let's Dance for Comic Relief, took part in the TV dance competition in 2011 and described Brucie as doing a “brilliant job” in an interview with a celebrity website.

Alex Jones talks to TV Times magazine about how dance has taken over her life...

Speculation is mounting that Strictly Come Dancing producers are planning a shake-up of the professional dancers for next year's show - with James and Ola Jordan among those possibly facing the axe.

According to the Star, the pair - who learned this week they had been dropped from the show's forthcoming live tour - could well be dropped amid rumours of backstage rows.

Strictly's finalists have had their dancing shoes on for 12 weeks.

And all of the celebs have squeezed into eye-catching outfits, whether they made an impression for the right, or wrong, reasons. So who scores a ten for style and who trails in their wake?

Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has told Ola and James Jordan to stop "moaning" – admitting that it was his decision to boot them off the show's tour.

TV Biz revealed yesterday that the popular husband and wife — who have been in every annual Strictly tour — are axed from next year's live shows around the country. Now acid-tongued Craig, the live tour's director who has overall control for the show, has waded in and blasted the dancers.

Strictly Come Dancing's Ola and James Jordan are fuming after being told by email that they are not on this year's tour. The professional dancers were snubbed by show producers who wrote to them to say "they would not be needed".

Ola and James have taken part in every annual Strictly tour and had rejected other work offers for early next year. The snub means she will not dance with Robbie Savage, her partner on the show, when it hits the road.

Strictly Come Dancing star Alex Jones said she felt lost yesterday as she started her first week without dance rehearsals for three months.

But the One Show presenter, who was voted off the hit TV series on Sunday, said that being part of the celebrations at this weekend’s final at the famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom will help ease the disappointment.

Alex Jones made it to the Strictly Come Dancing semi-finals – but still insists she can't dance.

And The One Show host says it "wouldn't have been right" if she had made it through to next Saturday's grand final. "I genuinely think everybody else was in a different league to me," Alex says.

One Show presenter Alex Jones has said her time on Strictly Come Dancing had been “brilliant”, as she missed a spot on the show’s final.

Ammanford-born Jones was voted off on Sunday night, in the show’s penultimate weekend, along with Australian actress, model and singer Holly Valance.

Alex Jones and Holly Valance have missed out on a place in next weekend's Strictly Come Dancing final after they were voted out in the semi-final's double elimination.

The One Show presenter, who had partnered James Jordan in the series, was the first to learn that she would not be competing at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom next Saturday night, while Holly Valance and partner Artem Chigvintsev discovered their fate later on in Sunday night's results show.

Alex Jones and Holly Valance had their dreams of lifting Strictly Come Dancing's glitterball trophy dashed tonight as they were voted off in the semi-final results show.

The demise of the two means that Australian actor Jason Donovan, McFly drummer Harry Judd and Waterloo Road star Chelsee Healey are the line-up for the final in Blackpool next week.

She has battled bruised ribs, back pain and went through “absolute agony” to perform the American Smooth.

But for the Welsh queen of tea-time television Alex Jones it will all be worth it if she wins a place in next week’s Strictly Come Dancing Final. Results of the public’s vote from last night’s show are announced tonight.

Strictly star Alex Jones has had a crack at extracting milk from a pantomime cow in one of the least sexy milk maid outfits we’ve seen in a long time (not that we’ve seen that many).

She and dancefloor partner James Jordan are among the Strictly Come Dancing stars who recreate the 12 Days Of Christmas for a photoshoot.
 

Strictly beauty Alex Jones says she fears the harsh verdicts of her boyfriend more than the show's judging panel's.

The Welsh cracker confessed that even after facing the wrath of Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood, Alesha Dixon and Len Goodman she still has her listen to her toughest critic later.

Strictly star Alex Jones bravely danced through the pain barrier last night after suffering a serious injury in rehearsals.

One Show host Alex spent two days on the physiotherapist’s table undergoing painful treatment after she bruised her ribs in an ­attempted lift with partner James Jordan.

After wowing us on Strictly, Alex Jones talks to TV Times magazine about how The One Show and Strictly (BBC One, Saturday) have changed her life...

Alex Jones has revealed she's fortunate not to fancy her Strictly Come Dancing partner James Jordan. The pair - branded Team Jalex by fans - have to share some intimate moments during their steamy routines, but The One Show host says there is absolutely no attraction between them.

The presenter, who is dating an insurance broker called Charlie, told the Daily Telegraph: "We've been quite lucky in that - that clearly isn't there!"

Alex Jones has admitted she finds it hard to be sexy on Strictly Come Dancing.

The One Show presenter, who has been criticised by judge Craig Revel Horwood for being 'sexless, cold and stiff', told Closer magazine that she finds it hard to sex it up, despite receiving tips from Ola Jordan, wife of her dance partner James.

Alex Jones has revealed her cleaning bill has soared since she signed up for Strictly Come Dancing - because of her regular spray tan sessions. The One Show host, who is partnered with dance professional James Jordan, has upped her grooming game for the BBC One contest.

She wrote in the Radio Times: "My weekly cleaning bill has gone up by £7.50 due to the bright-orange fake tan stains on my sheets, my scalp is ridden with lumps of glue thanks to the Kate Bush-inspired hair extensions, and my flat is so strewn with dancewear that it looks as if it's been ransacked by someone with a fetish for legwarmers."