Dianna Buswell was thrilled to see her father in the Strictly Come Dancing audience on Saturday night.

Tess Daly halted Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night so that Dianne Buswell’s dad could send his daughter a special message.

The host began: “Now, since week three, Chris and Dianne have had one goal – to dance live in front of Dianne’s parents.

“Mark and Rina, here they are all the way from Australia, it is so lovely to see you. On behalf of all of us, the warmest welcome to you.

“I mean we all feel like family at this point, we really do. I know you have waited seven years for this to see Dianne live.

“Would you mind doing the honours, Mark, here you go.”

Dianne’s dad introduced her to the dancefloor
Dianne’s dad read out: “Dancing the Paso Doble, here is Chris and our Dianne.”

After Dianne and Chris McCausland took to the dancefloor to perform, Mark was left in floods of tears.

As Tess went to speak with Chris and Dianne, she pointed out: “Mark is crying, don’t make me cry, Mark.”

Turning to the judges for their feedback, Craig Revel Horwood told them it was “wonderful” but “lacked the Spanish fare of this dance.”

He stated: “I could see you going for it, however, knees were a little bit too high and you need a straight leg, but wow, strength of character there, that was a really solid performance.”

Chris and Dianne performed the Paso Doble
Motsi Mabuse told them: “I think this is what Strictly is about, it is such a beautiful gesture doing this for Dianne and this moment and you are sharing this together and it’s absolutely beautiful.”

However, the judge pointed out that “in some places it was wrong” to which Shirley Ballas interjected and asked “Where?”

The head judge commented she was “very impressed” with Dianne’s routine and “there wasn’t a step out of place”.

When it came to the scores, Chris and Dianne received a total of 33 points from the judges

On Sunday night, another celebrity will be eliminated from the competition after the dreaded dance-off.

According to the bookmakers, Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal are in danger of exiting the competition this weekend.