Strictly Come Dancing fans have said they were 'sobbing' as they were reminded of some personal news about Dianne Buswell. The professional dancer has been competing for the past nine weeks with Chris McCausland in the BBC One dance contest.
Over the weekend, they pulled off their highest score of the series as they opened Saturday night's (November 16) live show which was broadcast live from the world-famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom for one weekend only.
Chris and Dianne were the first of the eight couples to make it through to week nine of Strictly's 20th-anniversary series to take to the world-famous ballroom floor. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans say same thing as Wynne Evans and Katya Jones exit competition They kicked the epic night of dancing off by delivering a classical American smooth routine to Canadian-born singer Paul Anka’s Jump that earned them their first 10s of the series Head judge Shirley Ballas told black tie-wearing Chris that he had the "best feet I’ve seen in a long time", and "didn’t miss a beat".
Anton Du Beke said "if anyone can beat that tonight, I’d be amazed", before they earned 37 points from the judges, as co-host Tess Daly revealed they were the 100th Strictly couple to perform in Blackpool.
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