Helen Skelton: Last News

This weekend, the Strictly Come Dancing final will hit our screens with Fleur East, Molly Rainford, Hamza Yassin and Helen Skelton all battling it out to win the Glitterball trophy.

Villagers in Hamza Yassin’s home, Kilchoan, are willing their friend and neighbour to win tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing final and bring some glitter to their remote highland outpost. Most of the 150 residents will be heading to the village hall to watch Hamza, 32, and Jowita Przystal, 28 dance against Helen Skelton, Fleur East and Molly Rainford and their partners.

Hamza Yassin is predicted to make it into the top three of this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing final, according to the bookies.

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Helen Skelton has praised her "freeing" Strictly Come Dancing stint as she gears up for the finale this weekend. The 38-year-old has praised the BBC ballroom dancing show for helping her get her confidence back, after her marriage broke down earlier this year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Amanda Owen in tears over family memories after 'unreal' farewellBelinda Welsh wrote: "Wishing Shane a speedy recovery."Jo commented: "That's such a great news! Still sending all the good, healing vibes and positive energy!"Luke typed: "Sending all my love to both of you, Shane MacGowan is a living legend."Kieran Linehan penned: "Great news hope he's OK and home very soon."Shane has been confined to a wheelchair since shattering his pelvis in 2015. Last year, he also damaged his knee after a fall at home. Yesterday, she shared a picture of Shane smiling for the camera as she revealed he was back in hospital. She typed: "Please send prayers and healing vibes to Shane MacGowan in hospital again and really hoping to get out asap!! Thank you."Piers Morgan blasts Harry and Meghan for using him in doc trailer [REACTION]Emmerdale's Lisa Riley addresses tough personal news away from soap [EXCLUSIVE]Strictly's Helen Skelton gives stern warning to Gorka [REVEALED]She added to The Irish Mirror: "I’m definitely hoping he gets out this week.“He’s a bit frustrated, I think. He finds it very frustrating… he wants to get out.”When asked if he was doing okay, she added: “I think he is, yeah" adding: “Please don’t get too worried.

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

Helen Skelton, 39, topped the leaderboard on Strictly Come Dancing last night alongside Gorka Marquez, with the pair receiving a whopping 39 points. Gorka's fiancée Gemma Atkinson, 38, took to Instagram to share her support for Helen after the Countryfile presenter included a "subtle middle finger" in the routine.Helen and Gorka completed the energetic dance to Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, with the presenter being met with praise from the judges after the performance.Gemma, Gorka's fiancée took to Instagram to comment on Helen's "subtle middle finger" during the dance, with many viewers calling it her "revenge" after her recent split.The Casualty star shared a clip of the routine in view of her 1.8 million followers along with a caption reading: "It was the subtle middle finger for me.

Strictly Come Dancing viewers have blasted the judges scores after a potential leaked spoiler revealed that a high scoring couple are in danger of elimination.

Despite having a tough year, Strictly Come Dancing star Helen Skelton is refusing to let it get her down.

Strictly Come Dancing star Helen Skelton, 39, joked she was happy that she got to to flirt with professional dancer Cameron Lombard, 22, last Saturday as part of her Quickstep routine.