JB Gill and Lauren Oakley spoke about their Strictly Come Dancing journey so far on Good Morning Britain today, as he opened up on the biggest challenge
There are three weeks to go until Strictly’s Christmas special airs on TV – but the result has already been leaked online.
Like the weekly results show, the festive special is pre-recorded weeks in advance and this year includes a variety of celebrities – from a soap star to a Drag Race icon. The show was filmed on Tuesday evening, with pros Amy Dowden and Nikita Kuzmin spotted at Elstree Studios alongside some of the cast.
During the special, six couples perform a festive fuelled routine to impress the judges – Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Head Judge Shirley Ballas. The studio audience went on to vote for their favourite.
The winner of the show was subsequently leaked on social media in the early hours of this morning – though the Mirror will not be divulging the result.
Among those taking part include EastEnders ‘ Tamzin Outhwaite, Vogue Williams, Drag Race star Tayce, Gladiator star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and comedian Josh Widdicombe.
Jamie Borthwick won the show last year (
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Professional dancer Amy will be back performing on the show after being forced to quit last month. The pro – who is recovering from breast cancer – sustained an injury in the days ahead of the live show on October 26. She was left gutted after being told by doctors that she needed to rest indefinitely in order to allow the injury to recover. She has since been replaced by Lauren Oakley – who is now dancing with JB Gill – for the rest of the series.
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The Strictly Christmas special had already been struck by a last minute injury crisis after pro Carlos Gu was forced to pull out and was replaced by Gorka Marquez. The pro, 31, suffered a major ankle injury and had been originally paired with Vogue.
A Strictly spokesperson confirmed the news, saying: “Unfortunately, professional dancer, Carlos Gu, has sustained an ankle injury so is unable to participate in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special alongside contestant Vogue Williams. Fellow professional dancer, Gorka Márquez will be stepping in for him and dancing with Vogue. We all wish him a speedy recovery.”
Vogue and her husband Spencer Matthews welcomed Carlos into their home as part of filming, with the couple chatting about Vogue’s experience so far on their podcast. Spencer, who married Vogue in 2018: “I got to meet the great Carlos who is stealing my wife away from me, all day every day.” In response, Vogue joked: “You must be delighted.”
Vogue added: “When Carlos was over yesterday and Spenny obviously kept walking around with his top off. And Carlos was like ‘does he love himself’ and I was like ‘yeah, obviously, what do you think’. We had a great laugh, you’re so mad for yourself.
“You always do that when people come over to the house, you make sure that somehow you are seen with no top on. It’s the strangest thing, you do it all of the time.”
