Richie Anderson became emotional as he spoke out on his "incredible" experience on Strictly Come Dancing. The TV and radio personality held back tears and struggled to get his words out during his first interview since being eliminated from the BBC One dance contest.
He appeared on Strictly's It Takes Two on Monday evening (October 11) alongside his professional dance partner Richie Anderson.
The pair were one of two same-sex couples on the 20th series of the hit competition but landed in the dreaded dance-off on Sunday following their fun-filled samba inspired by The Lion King.
They had to perform their routine to Hakuna Matata while dressed as meerkat Timon and warthog Pumbaa as they went up against Fleur East and Vito Coppola who re-performed their American smooth to Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid following Saturday night's Movie Week special. READ MORE: Gorka Marquez shares sweet moment daughter discovers he made it through to another week on BBC Strictly Come Dancing But sadly it was BBC Radio 2's Richie and reigning champion Giovanni who lost their place on the show.
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