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Will Mellor has thanked Strictly Come Dancing for putting him in the “best shape” of his life following his stint with professional dancer Nancy Xu. Coronation Street’s Will, who has portrayed Harvey Gaskell on the soap since 2021, appeared in last year’s Strictly, where he was eliminated 10th alongside Nancy thanks to judges Otsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood, head judge Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke.

Stacey Dooley has shared a first glimpse of her and Kevin Clifton’s baby daughter Minnie. The couple first met in 2018 when they were partnered on Strictly Come Dancing and went on to win the series outright. Months later they began a romantic relationship and have been inseparable ever since, last summer announcing they were expecting their first child together with a joyous social media post.

The series finale of Strictly Come Dancing aired last weekend, however, fans of the show will still be able to get their ballroom fix over the festive period.

Strictly Come Dancing fans were not impressed as the results of Monday night's semi-finals saw Will Mellor leave the competition.

Soap star Will Mellor has become the next celebrity to leave Strictly Come Dancing, just days before series finale.

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 judge Shirley Ballas, 62, has insisted she is “never anyone but herself” after she was slammed by one viewer on Twitter.The BBC star, who was compared to her fellow judge Craig Revel Horwood, 57, also chose to rise above a harsh swipe at her previous marriages.Last night, Shirley excitedly shared a post with her 88,800 Twitter followers, as she prepared for a jam-packed episode to mark Strictly’s semi-finals.  “It’s the @bbcstrictly semi final,” she wrote. “Are you all ready? Tune in now on BBC One. “Two dances each.

Hamza Yassin has left Strictly Come Dancing viewers feeling emotional after breaking down in tears during the semi-finals.

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 Gorka Marquez has confused fans after making a "bizarre and unpleasant" gesture at Craig Revel Horwood during Friday's live show.

Kym Marsh has become the tenth celebrity booted off Strictly Come Dancing after battling Molly Rainford in the dance-off. The Coronation Street star faced the axe alongside her professional partner Graziano Di Prima after an intense dance-off with the CBBC star and pro Carlos Gu.

Matt Goss, 54, took part in the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing but was voted off in Week Four alongside his dancing partner Nadiya Bychkova.The Bros singer has since admitted to Express.co.uk that he found the Strictly experience "a lot" and very "consuming" as he reflects on the BBC dancing show.After a jive to All Shook Up by Paul McCartney, Matt and Nadiya found themselves in the bottom two against Kym Marsh and Graziano Di Prima.Matt was the third contestant to be voted off Strictly, with the singer being overcome with emotion when he heard the judge's result.Express.co.uk asked Matt how he found the Strictly Come Dancing experience and if wished he was in the competition longer.He said: "It's completely consuming, it consumes your whole life."I felt very uncomfortable in the beginning in the dancing environment, not for any particular reason. Of course, I would have loved to continue on the show but I'm also proud of how I and Nadia went out."I think I was at the point, I felt like I had come home from America and I think that it was my time."I wanted to be on Strictly and make my mum and my family and myself proud."Matt then reiterated that you "cannot change" the outcome of life events, as he also hinted about the judges' criticisms.He said: "You cannot change the outcome of things.

Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe have become the ninth couple to be voted out of Strictly Come Dancing.

Katya Jones, 33, has been on Strictly Come Dancing since 2016 and addressed being a show judge some day. However, in a recent podcast, the professional dancer defended Craig Revel Horwood's scoring technique after he came under fire for his "unnecessary and cruel" comments about Tyler West on the BBC dance show.Katya spoke to Tim Lovejoy on his The Lovejoy Hour podcast back in September, when the current series of Strictly was due to start.Tim asked Katya why the BBC show was so successful and spoke of his love for Craig and his "honest" way of judging the show.He said: "That's why I think Craig [Revel Horwood] is so important for the show, as while everyone else will give 10s, he will go 'eight' because you missed a step."Which I think is more important as it's how you're judged, you need that integrity."Katya interrupted: "One hundred per cent! I think that's the type of judge I would be honest with.

Tyler West has become the eighth star to be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing after a tough dance off.

Strictly Come Dancing panel alongside Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood from 2004 until 2009. Arlene addressed the supposed advantage dance trained celebrities may have on the BBC show with the professional dancer saying all celebrities have a "real challenge" ahead of them.Prior to the start of the latest Strictly season, rumours spread about celebrities in the show lineup, who may have dance training.This included Helen Skelton who went to ballet school when she was younger and Kym Marsh who has training in theatre.Shutting down the criticism, Arlene said: "Everyones is aware when they go on Strictly that some people can dance and some people can't.

Strictly Come Dancing tradition, the cast and crew head up north for one week to perform at Blackpool's iconic Tower Ballroom. Arlene Phillips, 79, has said that during the earlier stages of the show when she was a judge, it was "not quite the glamour it is now".Elaborating, Arlene said she remembered being put up in a "promenade hotel" which was "neither very clean nor nice"."We could not believe it, we came to Blackpool and we were staying in a less than three star hotel."We laughed about it forever after but it was cold and horrible.That was with strictly – the very first time."They changed our hotel after that but we were like 'what is this going to be like?' There was nothing like the way it is now," she told the Daily Star online.Steph McGovern admits she 'starved' herself while on BBC BreakfastThe professional dancer said the show has since grown "in every way" and is "great to watch".One change she has picked up on over the years is the amount of time the judges get to critique. She added: "When I was there I felt like we were pushed and rushed.

Strictly Come Dancing episode, Tony Adams, 56, withdrew from the competition after sustaining an injury during the live show.The 56-year-old performed an energetic Jive to Wilson Pickett's Land of 1000 Dances, which was met with cheers from the audience.His efforts however failed to impress the judges who only scored them 24 out of 40 points.Craig Revel Horwood went as far as calling their dance a "technical disaster".Following his performance, he landed himself in the bottom two alongside Dianne Buswell and Tyler West.Ahead of the two couples preparing to dance again, Tony made the decision to withdraw from the competition. Karren Brady brands Boy George ‘sanctimonious’ over Matt Hancock swipeHis departure meant that Dianne and Tyler got through to Blackpool week without needing to dance again.Now, Tony's wife Poppy has claimed he was given the chance to go straight through to this weekend's show, but he declined the offer. Taking to Twitter, a viewer named LizzieBiffo wrote: "Well Tony Adams showed his true narcissistic colours tonight didn't he?!"Too big of an ego and too much of a coward to do the dance-off! What an arrogant plum #Strictly."Hitting back, Poppy commented: "Are you a medical professional? Do you know what his injury was?"Do you know that they actually told him NOT to dance and instead go straight to Blackpool and he said no because that would have been unfair to everyone else?"In an emotional speech after his withdrawal, Tony said the show had taught him a lot about himself.He spilled: "I thought this 'journey' rubbish was nonsense but, my god, the rollercoaster of emotion.Michael Douglas looks frail as he continues to show off new red hair [PICTURED]Lori Harvey leaves little to the imagination in

Tess Daly, 53, in 2003, with the couple having two children together.The former All-Star Family Fortunes host has spoken out defending his wife for the "unbelievable" work she puts into Strictly Come Dancing after judge Craig Revel Horwood once described her as "dull".Vernon revealed in a recent interview the extent of the amount of work that goes on behind-the-scenes on the hit BBC dance show.He said that Tess, alongside fellow host Claudia Winkleman, spent hours learning their lines.The former I'm a Celeb star admitted: "Tess is the best person I have ever worked with."She’s unbelievable.

Fleur East, 35, and Vito Coppola, 30, took to the floor to perform a sensational Samba tonight on Strictly Come Dancing.

“Right now we’re in a place where he seems comfortable and I seem comfortable and it isn’t necessary at the moment," she told The Mirror.In the past three weeks, the 62-year-old has been in the spotlight after Strictly viewers took aim at the head judge.This includes being branded “sexist” towards singer Fleur East, “jealous” of TV star Kym Marsh and is now the bookies’ favourite to get sacked by 2023.Despite the trouble, however, she has received support not least from her loving husband.Her colleagues, who include judges Craig Revel Horwood, Anton Du Beke, and Motsi Mabuse, as well as Strictly favourite Bruno Tonioli, have given her their unwavering support.Speaking further about the “trolling” she has received, Shirley said it has been worse this year than any other time in the past.It came as the Strictly judge was accused of sexism, claims she vehemently denied adding, “you couldn’t be further away from sexist than I am”.Fans have hit out at Shirley for reported favouritism towards the show’s male contestants.The series judge has also been accused of having “favourites whether they have ability or not”, with some viewers calling for her to be sacked on Twitter as they claim she has “no credibility as a judge”.Not long after, Shirley was lambasted by critics for giving Fleur East a nine out of 10, when other judges were hesitant to award her highly.@Cumiskey55 penned: “Come off it Shirley.That was not a 9 performance by any means.“You’ve obviously been told to tone it down on Fleur.