Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ross King has opened up on his dancing debut as he joined Lorraine Kelly live on ITV on Monday morning. 

The ITV star, 63, took to the BBC ballroom competition floor on Saturday night, and was hit by low scores from the judging panel for his cha-cha-cha with professional partner Jowita to Katy Perry's California Gurls.

While he didn't top the leaderboard, Ross earned a total of 10 points out of 40.

He had a lot to say about his first dance as he appeared on Lorraine, as he and the ITV show host, 65, watched the footage back for the first time. 

Ross joked: 'I got a 10! Unfortunately, it was all the scores added together but I can say that I got a 10... but it was terrifying. I've not watched it back.'

Heaping praise on his partner, he went on: 'Jowita is just amazing, the routine was just a couple of minutes, we learned it in ten days.'

Hitting back at the comments about his moves, Ross continued: 'Like with live TV, people watch it and think how easy it is, but they don't realise everything that goes on and the experience that you've had to do it. 

'You've no control over anything.'

Hitting out at the scoring, Lorraine jumped in: 'Shirley in particular was really harsh, and I'm so glad that Motsi said, "Do you know what? This man has never actually danced before", for goodness sake cut you a bit of slack.'

Ross added: 'We talked about this before I even did it, I said, "I can't dance", and then you get to it, and you go, "No, I really can't dance"...

'I was waiting for Craig to say, "it was downhill from the beginning and it didn't get any better"...

'I think everyone did really well, apart from this little Scottish bloke.

'But it was an amazing night, we really did have fun - you just have no control over anything so it was absolutely terrifying.' 

Teasing what's to come, Ross added: 'I think it will be something slower!'  

It comes after Strictly fans were left speechless as his glamorous new girlfriend made her first appearance on the show over the weekend. 

After his first live performance, Ross gave a heartfelt shoutout to his girlfriend for flying over to watch him in the audience.

He said: 'It's so lovely that my girlfriend Bridget flew over 5,000 miles to come watch.

'I said to her, "You have to come because there might not be many of these".'

The cameras then caught a glimpse of Bridget looking stunning in a strapless black dress next to his sister Elaine.

Fans were quick to react on X, sharing their surprise at his glam girlfriend.

They penned: 'Did Ross King just say girlfriend ??? Ummm #strictly', as a second chimed in: 'I'm so glad other people had the same reaction I did to Ross having a girlfriend #strictly',

A third said: 'Ross has a girlfriend !!! Secondly she looks like his grandaughter! #Strictly', while a fourth added: 'Can we all just talk about Ross’s girlfriend ?! Does he have a lot of money?'

Ross, who is originally from Scotland, now lives in Los Angeles.

He first left the UK in favour of LA in 2000 when he became the showbiz correspondent for GMTV, a role which he stayed in until 2010.

He went on to secure a number of presenting jobs including one role as a weather man for local station KTLA, which he bagged after beating 5,000 other entrants in a competition launched by the channel.

Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday on BBC One.