Nadia Bartel made her debut on Dancing With The Stars on Sunday night.
And it didn’t go to plan, with the judges roasting her performance of the cha-cha with her professional dance partner, Lyu Masuda.
‘It was out of time. It lacked dynamic. The hip and leg action was not there in the slightest, so it didn’t look like a cha-cha,’ said Craig Revel Horwood.
‘For me it was very pedestrian, like you were literally walking the streets, stomping. You did sell it, with the hair flicks,’ he added.
The audience booed the judge’s comments, to which he snapped, ‘Oh shut up!’
Judge Sharna Burgess chimed in, saying she liked Nadia’s ‘sexy strut’ but admitted she had work to do.
‘I loved you guys together, cute chemistry. And, you know, Nadia, you are what this show is about,’ Sharna said.
‘You are fire at the strut but we need a little something else,’ she added.
Nadia Bartel made her debut on Dancing With The Stars on Sunday night. It didn’t go to plan, with the judges roasting her performance of the cha-cha with dance partner, Lyu Masuda. Both pictured
Elsewhere, Helen Richey was charitable with the judge saying we cannot expect someone who has been dancing for just a few weeks to have the same skill as a professional.
However, she added, ‘Your transference of weight needs to be smoother to come out here and perform.’
Nadia grinned and bared the criticism, taking it well despite being largely slammed for her efforts.
Viewers tuning in to the show at home also had some harsh words, with several sharing their thoughts on X.
‘Nadia can’t dance, but she looks great,’ one person commented, while another said, ‘Why does Nadia get help from backup dancers?’
‘It was out of time. It lacked dynamic. The hip and leg action was not there in the slightest, so it didn’t look like a cha-cha,’ said said Craig Revel Horwood (pictured)
‘For me it was very pedestrian, like you were literally walking the streets, stomping. You did sell it, with the hair flicks,’ he added
Judge Sharna Burgess (pictured) chimed in, saying she liked Nadia’s ‘sexy strut’ but admitted she had work to do
One more posted: ‘Ooh Nadia Bartel with the Cha Cha. But she’s forgetting steps and you can see her thinking through the dance.’
Nadia previously revealed she’s not as secure as her followers might think ahead of her Dancing with the Stars debut.
‘I give that impression, I’m confident and assured,’ Nadia told the Herald Sun on Thursday.
‘But I’m very much an over-thinker and sometimes doubt myself. I’m definitely not that loud confident person in the room,’ she continued.
Elsewhere in the interview, the mother-of-two revealed that she had turned down several offers to appear on DWTS over the years.
‘They have asked me in the past and the timing didn’t align with the kids being young,’ she told the publication.