Chris McCausland, the first blind contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, has revealed a nerve-wracking moment from the live show that didn't make it to our screens.The 47 year old funnyman and his pro partner Dianne Buswell took to the dance floor with a Cha Cha routine on Saturday night, earning them a respectable 23 points from the judges and tying them in sixth place on the leaderboard with Sam Quek, Tom Dean and Jamie Borthwick.
However, Chris confessed in a new Instagram video that he was feeling under the weather due to nerves before their performance.
In the duo's regular video updates, Dianne told him: "I'm so glad you've got a bit more colour in your face than when we started on Saturday," to which he responded: "I was so ill, with fear.The fact that we got through it, it was very emotional wasn't it." He went on to share how overwhelmed he felt after their performance, admitting he found it hard to speak when the judges gave their feedback.
He said: "Yeah, I was so overwhelmed with kind of relief and emotion at the end of it, I found it difficult to speak and then all the judges said things.
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