Helen Skelton fans baffled as Strictly star goes missing from Winter On The Farm and is replaced

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans have blasted the final before it has even been filmed. Unhappy viewers insist Fleur shouldn’t have made it through to next week after she beat Will Mellor in the dreaded dance off. Fleur and her pro partner Vito Coppola will now  battle it out on the dancefloor for the Glitterball trophy against Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal, Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu, Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez .

Strictly star Hamza Yassin showed he's not given up the day job yet by coming to the rescue of a bird trapped in a window at the BBC studios in London.

Strictly Come Dancing semi-finals came to a dramatic close last night, as Will Mellor, 46, became the latest celebrity to exit the competition. Gemma Atkinson, 38, who is married to professional dancer Gorka Márquez, 32, admitted their three-year-old daughter Mia was “gutted” to see the actor leave the BBC show. Will took to Instagram yesterday to share the disappointing news, thanking his 408,000 followers for all their support throughout the competition. Plenty of the soap star’s celeb pals responded in the comments, including former Strictly contestant and soap actress Gemma. “There was tears in our house last night,” Gemma penned before giving a shout out to her daughter, who was a big fan of Will’s.“Mia was gutted bless her,” Gemma continued.

THE widow of BBC star Rachael Bland has announced he is expecting twins with his new wife. Steve Bland is set to welcome twins four years after Rachael's death, with his second wife Amy. The 41-year-old married the advanced nurse practitioner in August 2019, just a few months after meeting her at a Manchester cancer conference in 2019.

Helen Skelton, 39, appeared on Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio Two breakfast show on Tuesday morning as she celebrated securing her place in the Strictly Come Dancing final alongside Hamza Yassin, Fleur East and Molly Rainford.Zoe, who was a contestant on the third series of Strictly, congratulated the Winter on the Farm presenter for her success.She said: “Sending loads of love Helen to your mum and dad, your babies and all your friends.“You know how much support is needed in order for you to be able to do your job and do this show.”Helen then replied: “Oh 100 percent. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, grandparents keep this country on its feet; never underestimate the power of grandparents.“I am eternally grateful and I'm glad that they are getting to enjoy it.”Although Helen did not mention her ex-husband Richie Myler, he has shared several social media photographs with the children during Helen's time on the show.Express.co.uk has contacted Richie's representatives for comment.Helen also highlighted that she believes she is a “totally different person” from when the show started in September and that she credits her professional partner Gorka Marquez for her growing confidence.She continued: “It’s such an all-consuming, emotional thing.“You come into this thinking, ‘Oh it’s a bit of dancing’, but it’s not, it sort of takes over in every possible way. “It pushes you and it presses every button; you feel amazing, you feel the lows, you feel the highs.

Strictly Come Dancing star Hamza Yassin paid tribute to dance partner Jowita Przystal with a heartfelt message as the pair sailed through the Strictly Come Dancing semi-finals.

FURIOUS Strictly Come Dancing fans have branded the show a fix after Will Mellor got the boot tonight. The actor, 46, has narrowly missed out on a place on the final after a tense dance-off against Fleur East, which saw head judge Shirley Ballas have the deciding vote.

Lewis Capaldi stunned viewers taking to the stage on Strictly Come Dancing 's semi-finals results show as professional dancers Giovanni Pernice and Kayta Jones performed.

STRICTLY Come Dancing's Helen Skelton had a huge wardrobe malfunction live on air. The presenter ran into trouble with her delicate and revealing outfit when she performed her first routine.

Helen Skelton welcomed her third child, daughter Elsie Kate, a year ago with estranged husband Richie Myler.The Strictly Come Dancing contestant revealed she named her baby girl after one of Helen's family members who sadly died.The Winter on the Farm presenter has previously opened up about the family tragedy after losing two of her cousins - one to breast cancer and the other died after an accident.Helen, who is currently paired with Gorka Marquez on Strictly, is a devoted mum of three, who she shares with her former husband.The 39-year-old separated from rugby player Richie earlier this year, shortly after welcoming their third child together in December 2021.They are parents to Ernie, seven, Louis, five, and baby Elsie Kate, one.Speaking about the heartwarming reason behind her youngest's middle name, she told HELLO! magazine: "We were always going to have Kate as a middle name after my cousin, who sadly passed away when we were in our 20s."I was really close to her; she was a scientist and crazy cool."Addressing the family loss earlier this year, the Strictly star said: "My family are that sort of Cumbrian stoic, stiff upper lip, and if I sat here and talked about it they wouldn’t like it.""But it’s a fact, I lost a cousin to breast cancer and I lost a cousin in an accident, and I’m a family person. I had that kind of childhood where I spent summer holidays with all my cousins.

Hamza Yassin has sent fans wild in the Strictly Come Dancing semi-finals with a performance inspired by Scotland.

Strictly star Helen Skelton's slick Cabaret-inspired performance last week was quickly dubbed a "revenge dance" by fans following her painful split from rugby ace Richie Myler earlier this year, just four months after the birth of the couple's third child. Yet not everyone agreed that Helen was sizzling enough in the 1920s styled performance to warrant a top score of ten - and judge Craig Revel Horwood has been accused of being "harsh" by viewers."Craig was roundly booed by the entire studio audience for giving us a nine, while the other judges scored us 10s," Helen excitedly exclaimed."Given it was Musicals Week, it was a shame that no one did The Bodyguard as it looked like he might need one!"However, she added in her Telegraph column: "I’m not hung up on the score at all and agree with what he said.

Strictly Come Dancing's Hamza Yassin is losing his "energy and confidence" ahead of the finale, according to a dance expert. Dr Jill Rose Jacobs believes that the star, who lives in a remote area of Scotland, is starting to doubt himself that he can lift the glittered ballroom trophy.

Helen Skelton, 39, has been captured on camera clearing the marital home of various wedding gifts, eight months on from their traumatic split.The Strictly Come Dancing star, whose so-called "revenge dance" on the show last weekend went down a storm, had her possessions appraised and sold on TV.Richie Myler, 32, is now loved up with a new partner, whom he paid tribute to on Instagram earlier this week in honour of her recent birthday."Happy birthday bub,” he wrote with a red love heart emoji in view of his 19,700 followers.

Strictly star Helen Skelton delivered a powerful routine last week, leading some fans to declare it her "revenge dance" following her split from rugby player Richie Myler, who is believed to be expecting a baby with his new girlfriend. Now co-parenting three children, Helen was nonetheless uncompromisingly glamorous at the weekend, delivering her best moves for the Friday night show.Yet Ola and James Jordan were undecided on exactly what to make of the performance that had captured everyone's emotion.While Ola insisted that the Countryfile presenter had "nailed" it, James exclaimed: "I just don't think it was worth a 10."He added in his Strictly Speaking column for Hello! magazine: "There weren't a huge amount of technical steps in it."Delivering a killer blow to Helen, he added that he didn't think her routine had been as technical as that of Kym Marsh, who was the 10th contestant to be eliminated on Saturday.James' words might have sounded harsh, but he then stated that the Couples Choice round sometimes gave little room to maneuver more difficult moves.Meanwhile, Ola praised: "I think there have definitely been points in the competition where Helen was well deserving of four tens and didn't get them...

STRICTLY star Janette Manara has revealed how gutted she is after her husband Aljaž Škorjanec's illness has forced them to cancel their show. The married couple, who are best known for showing off their dance skills on the BBC One show, are currently starring in A Christmas To Remember Aljaž and Janette.

STRICTLY star Helen Skelton sent fans into meltdown with a sizzling "revenge" routine on Saturday night. But the mum-of-three has revealed not everyone was impressed by the near-perfect couple's choice performance, namely her kids Ernie, Louis and Elsie Kate.

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans all said the same thing when Helen Skelton and Gorka were being interviewed ahead of the semi-finals. The TV presenter and the pro dancer were grilled by Rylan Clark on It Takes Two when fans flocked to Twitter to complain.

STRICTLY Come Dancing's Helen Skelton has cleared out the home she once shared with ex Richie Myler. Cameras saw the TV presenter, 39, clearing out a range of items after "taking stock" of her life. The 39-year-old TV presenter appeared on Really TV show Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House.