We are approaching the final stages of Come dance strictly 2022 and the drama shows no signs of slowing down, both on and off the dance floor.
After a triumphant return to Blackpool, things were a bit less stellar with a competition favorite returning home and another competitor ruled out with COVID.
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Catch up on all the latest gossip from the show, including how you might catch your favorite dancers performing live.
The 5 biggest stories from Strictly Come Dancing this week
Kym Marsh is out with COVID
Just when you thought COVID cancellations were a thing of the past, Kym Marsh has been excluded from this weekend’s show after testing positive for the virus.
This marks the first time in this series that a contestant has had to miss a show due to COVID, a common issue for the past two years.
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However, Marsh and partner Graziano Di Prima are expected to return to the dance floor next week, with a spokesperson saying: “Kym Marsh has tested positive for COVID-19.
“As a result, Kym and Graziano will not be participating in Strictly Come Dancing this weekend. Strictly Come Dancing protocols mean that all is well, they will return the following week.”
Get well quickly!
Tyler West’s shock exit
From the early days of the 2022 series, radio DJ Tyler West was one of the favorites to win – in fact, he was even the first celebrity this year to score a 10.
So it came like a huge shock to many fans when West and partner Dianne Buswell were knocked out Blackpool Week in a dance-off to Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu – with many saying neither couple should have been in the bottom two.
After his release, West hit back at the comments from judge Craig Revel Horwood that his compatriot Will Mellor could “teach Tyler a thing or two” about hip rotation.
West said a spin-off show It takes two: “I don’t know how necessary that comment was. But I’m so grateful to be able to dance in front of them and take their feedback every week; they are all amazing on their own. [Negative comments] become part of it, you integrate it and you grow with it.
Fleur East enjoys the opposite of the Strictly curse
It’s an unfortunate side effect of Strictly that for many celebrities, being on the show has been a disaster for their relationship.
This is not the case for Fleur Easthowever, who feels that getting dressed up and hitting the dance floor every week has had the opposite effect on his 12-year relationship.
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She told the Graham Norton Show: “The show was a blessing to my marriage, it was awesome.
“We’ve been together 12 years and how often in your marriage do you dress and look different every week, and do all those sexy dances in front of your husband?
“After the Argentine tango, it was as if we had remarried!”
Strictly Live announces the cast
The winner of 2022 hasn’t even lifted the glitter ball trophy yet, but the strictly live tour has already been announced.
It’s a hot ticket for many Strictly fans, as the show’s favorites take to arenas across the UK to announce a different champion each night, and contestants’ names have started rolling in for the 2023 broadcasts. .
So far, Ellie Simmonds, Will Mellor and Tyler West have been named for the tour, with more stars to be announced.
It will start on January 20 at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham and other stops will include Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester, the O2 Arena in London and the SSE Arena in Belfast.
Seann Walsh is still complaining about his Strictly scandal
He may have made headlines for his Strictly scandal in 2018, but Seann Walsh is always talking about the kiss and its effects on his life during his i am a celebrity to stay.
The comedian was caught kissing his married dance partner Katya Jones on his then-girlfriend Rebecca Humphries’ birthday, and Humphries went on to speak out about his emotionally abusive behavior during their relationship, recently publishing a book about it.
However, during a campfire chat this week, Walsh claimed his low point had been the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after the scandal.
He said: “Hands down the most depressing month of my life, Edinburgh after Strictly. We’re coming into Edinburgh okay I think it’s a 200 seater I’ve never sold Edinburgh first night.
“It doesn’t even occur to me that there is no shortage of stock. Just before I’m about to continue, my agent walks in and says, “Just so you know, there’s about 30 people.”
“To be told that when you’re about to continue is horrible. That’s when I was like, ‘Oh, oh’. My career was dead, I was finished.
“My agent said, ‘I can’t do anything. I’m sorry, I tried. I tried everything’.”
Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday at 7:15 p.m. on the BBC.
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