BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Lauren Oakley says comments 'coming in thick and fast' after surprise appearance

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Lauren Oakley was quick to laugh of the comments coming in 'think and fast' over her surprise appearance during the latest Strictly Come Dancing results show.

There was a huge change for the professional dance over the weekend as she was drafted in to replace Amy Dowden during what would have been her latest live performance with celebrity dance partner JB Gill on Saturday night (November 2).

Welsh dancer Amy recently "fell ill" and was forced to miss a week in rehearsals and therefore the latest live show. Lauren, who does not have a celebrity pairing on this year's series of the BBC One dance competition, instead stepped in and she rehearsed with JB before joining him to perform the live couple's choice routine to a Bruno Mars medley during Strictly's first-ever 'Icons Week'. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing's JB Gill breaks silence on 'heartbreaking' Amy Dowden exit The performance saw pair bag JLS star JB's first 10s of the series, resulting in a near-perfect score of 39 out of a possible 40 points.

But Amy's exit from the hit dance show this year has since been confirmed during Monday night's (November 4) edition of Strictly spin-off It Takes Two.