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Strictly Come Dancing 's surprise star Ed Balls showed the Loose Women panel a few of his dance moves on Wednesday afternoon - and ITV viewers loved it.

The 49-year-old politician was booted off the ballroom and Latin show on Sunday night so found himself doing the rounds on daytime TV instead of practising for the weekend.

Making use of his time, Ruth Langsford and Janet Street Porter couldn't wait for him to show them exactly how he pulled off his infamous Gangnam Style routine.

The panel and viewers were delighted with his appearance on the show, especially when he spoke of taking his "snake hips" home and what's in store for his career.

Viewers were quick to reaction online.

While another said: "Am I really watching Ed Balls doing gangnam style on"

"Ruth Langsford owned that Gangnam Style dance!," said one viewer.

Read a longer reaction below.

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Meanwhile, Balls revealed he didn't know how to channel his "inner camp side" until he appeared on Strictly.

The former politician admitted he enjoyed showing off a different persona of himself and revealed he added personal touches into every one of his routines.

He said: "I've always had a fun, slightly camp side. But those are things people don't see when you are a politician.

"It was a big wow to me as well because not only did I not know I could channel my inner camp side, but I didn't know it was needed.

"Our performances were exuberant, camp and a bit wild, but we loved it.

"Each week Katya [Jones] would show me some moves and I would try them.

"She would say that bears no resemblance to the dance but I'll see how we can fit it in. These dances had all bits of me in it."

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Ed surprised many viewers by making it to Week 10 before he was booted off the show, but he was disappointed to be seen as a "novelty act" throughout his time on the show.

He said: "If I had one frustration it's that we found we never got rid of the label of novelty act.

"I wanted to take it seriously and spent hours rehearsing. I wanted to be entertaining and fun but taken seriously."

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While he put plenty of effort in rehearsing his routines, Ed admits he wasn't as good as some of his fellow competitors, particularly Danny Mac, Ore Oduba and Louise Redknapp, who remain in the competition alongside Judge Rinder and Claudia Fragapane.

He added to The Sun newspaper: "My problem was I didn't get better fast enough compared to Danny Mac, Ore Oduba and Louise Redknapp .

"If I've worked hard, Ore and Danny have worked even harder.

"Danny was a good dancer at the beginning but his Samba (last weekend) was absolutely fantastic. He's become a great dancer."