Amy Dowden dramatically quits ENTIRE series of BBC Strictly Come Dancing in shock development

Dancer Amy Dowden has been forced to discontinue Strictly Come Dancing aft breaking a bony successful her ft during grooming successful a caller stroke to the star

Dancer Amy Dowden was contiguous forced to discontinue Strictly Come Dancing aft breaking a bony successful her foot.

The nonrecreational dancer - recovering from bosom crab - suffered the wounded successful the days up of the amusement connected 26 October. Now doctors person told her to remainder indefinitely successful bid to let the wounded to recover, meaning her spouse JB Gill volition creation with Lauren Oakley for the remainder of the series.

A Strictly Come Dancing spokesperson said: “Sadly, Amy Dowden MBE volition not beryllium partaking successful the remainder of the contention this year. Whilst Amy focuses connected her betterment pursuing a ft injury, chap nonrecreational dancer, Lauren Oakley, volition measurement successful arsenic JB’s creation partner. The wellness and wellbeing of everyone progressive successful Strictly are ever the utmost priority. The full Strictly household sends Amy emotion and good wishes.”

Her manager Andrew Wilson said Amy was desperately upset to person to propulsion retired of the deed amusement that she had to miss altogether past twelvemonth portion receiving chemotherapy attraction for her cancer.

But helium stressed that she was expected to marque a afloat betterment wrong the adjacent fewer weeks. “Amy is hoping to beryllium capable to creation again connected Strictly earlier the extremity of the series,” helium said. “It is simply a antithetic wounded to the 1 she had a twelvemonth ago. It’s the aforesaid ft but a antithetic bone. It’s conscionable terribly atrocious luck.

“She did it during training, it was 1 of those things, nobody’s fault, but it got worse implicit the adjacent fewer days."

Millions of viewers saw her cheering connected JB connected Saturday successful the studio. Andrew added: "With this injury, determination is nary outward sign, she is good to locomotion around, but she can't deterioration heels."

On October 26 Amy needed aesculapian attraction after dancing successful the Halloween peculiar with JB with presenter Tess Day announcing Amy would not appearing connected the Sunday results amusement due to the fact that she was unwell. It was aboriginal announced that Lauren, who did not person a personage spouse this year, would basal successful for her with JB for conscionable 1 week. On Saturday she was tearful arsenic the brace danced the Couple’s Choice regular that she had choreographed - and the JLS singer got his archetypal tens of the series.

For icons week, JB and Lauren, 33, danced to a medley of Bruno Mars hits. Following their performance, an affectional Amy struggled to clasp backmost her tears arsenic they earned 39 points. Telling Lauren she was “so grateful” for however she’d stepped in, she admitted to JB: "I privation I was determination with you, you were amazing!”

Amy has had a batch of atrocious luck erstwhile it comes to wellness issues. She has suffered from Crohn’s illness since childhood, and past was diagnosed with bosom crab aged conscionable 32, days earlier she was owed to spell connected honeymoon.

After receiving attraction passim 2023, she suffered different setback with a breached foot past November. She has said that striving to get backmost to Strictly Come Dancing was 1 of the factors that astir helped her to get done her crab treatment.

Fans were thrilled to spot her backmost connected the amusement and she received immense enactment erstwhile she had to beryllium retired connected Saturday. "I adore Amy she deserves the world and more,” 1 wrote, with different adding: ”Seeing Amy outcry has made maine cry. She should've been connected that creation floor.”

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