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...

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 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 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 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 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."

Strictly's Alex Jones is thrilled that the BBC1 show battered The X Factor in the Saturday night ratings war.

Alex said the celebs were overjoyed last weekend when Strictly Come Dancing pulled in a bigger audience than ITV1's X Factor for the first time in four years. The One Show host believes the absence of Simon Cowell has given Strictly a chance to shine.

Bitchy Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood did an about-face and praised Alex Jones last night. The One Show star was stung last week when he blasted her routine as “sexless, cold and stiff.”

But last night he said her paso doble was “a complete anti­thesis of last week” and that he found it “almost erotic”.
 

One Show presenter Matt Baker has defended his co-host Alex Jones after she was blasted as "sexless" by Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood.

His remarks prompted her partner James Jordan to criticise judges, sparking a row with Len Goodman. But Matt — who came second on the BBC1 dancing show last year — said James knew what was best for Alex.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has defended calling Alex Jones's performance on Saturday night as "sexless". The TV presenter did not manage to impress the judges with her rumba.

The One Show host and her professional dance partner James Jordan only managed to achieve 25 points. Jordan rowed with head judge Len Goodman and Revel Horwood for their negative comments.

As Alex Jones swirls around the Strictly studio in readiness for tonight’s foxtrot, there seems to be an extra spring in her quickstep.

Of course, that could simply be down to the extra hours of expert tutorial from her dance partner James Jordan since last week’s nerve-racking opener. But more likely it’s all thanks to a mysterious City worker called Charlie, who Alex has been dating on the quiet for the past four months.

Alex Jones admits she was "paralysed with fear" before her first 'Strictly Come Dancing' performance.

The 'One Show' host made her debut on the BBC One show last weekend and while she and partner James Jordan scored a disappointing 22 out of 40, she hopes things can get better.