Strictly Come Dancing dwell: Pete Wicks appeals for help forward of present’s semi-final tonight
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The Strictly Come Dancing final is now just days away as the final contestants battle it out this week in the show’s semi-final, complete with guest performances.
JB Gill and Lauren Oakley are among the couples performing tonight, having topped the leaderboard in the last love show for the second week running thanks to their Viennese Waltz to “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” from Mary Poppins.
Second place was tied, with both Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec, and Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola, landing 38 points for their routines, and they’re also both through to this week.
Gladiators star Montell Douglas and her dance partner Johannes Radebe were eliminated from the competition. The controversial result led Towie’s Pete Wicks to wonder if viewers were playing a “cruel joke” on him and partner Jowita Przystal.
Wicks has reached out to fans on social media for their support after mounting backlash about him still being in the competition despite being at the bottom of the leaderboard.
In a post on his Instagram, Wicks and Przystal are seen looking forlorn along with the caption: “Today is semi-finals day. It’s been 12 weeks of hard work, ups and downs…can we do the unthinkable? We would love your support tonight.”
Meanwhile, audiences were left frustrated after feeling that comedian Chris McCausland and partner Dianne Buswell had been under-marked.
The show starts at 6.30pm on BBC One tonight. Another celebrity will leave the competition on Sunday (8 December) night’s results show, which airs on BBC One at 7.20pm.
The Strictly stars with previous dance experience, from Tasha Ghouri to JB Gill
Half of the semi-finalists have some previous dancing experience.
As many of the celebrities competing on Strictly are actors, singers and performers, a large number of them will have trained in dance or theatrical performance.
Strictly’s Chris McCausland opens up about ‘shame’ and admits other couples are ‘better’
Comedian said being blind was “never a sad thing”.
Comparing the experience of gradually losing his eyesight to being a “frog in boiling water”, the star opened up about his initial disbelief at his diagnosis, refusing to use aids such as a cane.
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Ellie Muir reports:
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Lydia Spencer-Elliott reports:
“ I can’t wait to see him when I get back,” the Love Island star gushed from Australia.
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Wicks and Przystal implore fans to support them after mounting backlash
In a post on his Instagram, Wicks and Przystal are seen looking forlorn along with the caption: “Today is semi-finals day. It’s been 12 weeks of hard work, ups and downs…can we do the unthinkable? We would love your support tonight.”
Pete Wicks is far from being Strictly’s best dancer – but there’s plenty he deserves praise for
Rachel McGrath writes:
While skills wise, he is significantly behind series leaders Tasha Ghouri and JB Gill, there’s plenty he deserves praise for.
Let’s start with this week. Was Wicks’s Waltz quarter final-worthy? Not exactly. Anton du Beke labelled one section of the routine “a disaster” and Craig Revel Horwood added: “You don’t have the swing and sway, the footwork is shoddy and you went completely wrong.”
Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard scores from Week 11
“Musicals Week” saw the six couples perform a variety of routines to famous tunes from stage musicals, while the professional dancers opened the show with a number from Little Shop of Horrors.
The performances saw Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell dance a Quickstep to You’re The Top” from Anything Goes, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley dance a Viennese Waltz to “Let’s Go Fly A Kite” from Mary Poppins.
