Camilla Dallerup thinks it’s "hard to imagine" ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ without a live audience.
The 46-year-old ballroom dancer – who appeared as a pro on the series from 2004 to 2008 – doesn’t think the BBC competition would work without the reactions from the crowd as it adds "magic" to the show.
She told Hello! magazine: "It is hard to imagine, as it’s part of the magic. But these are strange times."
Her comment comes after the Beeb looked at its options regarding the future of the competition and with the current social distancing guidelines in place, things remain uncertain amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking during a virtual panel on the Edinburgh TV Festival, the broadcaster’s director of content Charlotte Moore admitted she is "looking very carefully" at the situation.
She previously said: "The other thing I would say is [people think] if it is shiny floor, it needs an audience, and I don’t think that’s necessarily true.
"When you look at something like [‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’], which is a big shiny floor talent competition with all sorts of catwalks, singing, dancing, impressions – it never has an audience.
"The audience is the four judges and I don’t think it suffers from that at all. I think it is a brilliant show!"
Meanwhile, in the past Camilla has insisted she would jump at the chance of being a judge on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
Although she called time on her stint on the programme after winning with Tom Chambers in 2008, she would happily return as a critic on the panel in a "heartbeat" if she was asked.
When asked if she would make a comeback on the BBC One show, she said: "If they asked me back as a judge, I would do it in a heartbeat."
However, the blonde beauty has insisted she would not return to train celebrities and compete for the glitter ball trophy ever again because she found it "hard work physically and mentally".