Amy Dowden OUT of Strictly Come Dancing after medical emergency as she’s forced to step down from the rest of the series

AMY Dowden has been forced to discontinue Strictly Come Dancing for the remainder of the bid pursuing her aesculapian emergency.

Amy, who has Crohn's Disease and has been battling cancer, missed the results programme past week aft she was rushed to hospital.

Last week, Strictly confirmed she would beryllium temporarily replaced by Lauren Oakley for some rehearsals and the unrecorded show.

It has present been revealed that Amy volition not beryllium returning to vie with her celeb spouse JB Gill.

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 Professional 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."

It Takes Two big Fleur East revealed the quality unrecorded connected the spin-off amusement with the prima saying: "Sending you each our emotion Amy, get good soon."

The Welsh pro is said to beryllium heartbroken astatine missing retired connected the remainder of the series, but volition beryllium watching and supporting the JLS prima from the sidelines.

Her astir caller ft wounded comes aft her fractured ft past November, which occurred whilst rehearsing a creation astatine home, 3 days aft she finished crab treatment.

It came aft 2 gruelling rounds of chemotherapy, during which she contracted life-threatening sepsis.

Over the weekend, fans were near successful tears arsenic they watched Amy cheer connected JB from the clauditorium.

Amy sobbed arsenic Lauren and JB scooped a hugely awesome 39 retired of 40 for their routine.

One instrumentality was speedy to instrumentality to the Strictly forum and wrote: "Amy's putting connected a brave look but she looks crushed. It's making maine cry."

On Friday, Amy issued a caller wellness update portion connected It Takes Two.

She told big Janette Manrara: "Yeah, I'm feeling truthful overmuch better.

"And I'd conscionable similar to convey everyone for each the emotion and enactment I person received.

"And to my Strictly family, I'm feeling overmuch better."

An ambulance was called to the acceptable astatine Elstree Studios aft she collapsed backstage.

Although the dancer was said to beryllium “doing overmuch better”, BBC bosses confirmed that Lauren Oakley volition measurement in.

A Strictly Come Dancing spokesperson said: “Amy Dowden MBE is doing overmuch amended and the Strictly household nonstop her emotion and privation her well. 

“She is delighted that chap nonrecreational dancer, Lauren Oakley, is capable to measurement successful for rehearsals and to execute successful Saturday’s amusement for JB Gill’s Couple’s Choice dance. 

“We are each hopeful that Amy volition beryllium backmost to creation with JB next week."

However, Amy revealed that adjacent though she is not going to creation this weekend, she's inactive precise progressive successful JB's rehearsals.

Speaking astir her pride she admitted: "Not lone did helium person a caller partner, [he had a] wholly caller benignant arsenic well.

"And you cognize what? I'm conscionable truthful proud. I'm truthful grateful to Lauren, but they've worked truthful hard.

"JB has been truthful supportive of me. He has knuckled down and the brace of them person been messaging each week saying ‘we conscionable privation to marque you proud.'"

Lauren revealed that they had adjacent been sending Amy videos of their rehearsals .

"Yeah I acceptable up a little WhatsApp group and we’ve been sending Amy videos," she said.

Keen to emphasise her involvement, Amy continued: "I called it ‘team’ – I cognize you emotion the connection Team – and I enactment a star next to it.

Adding: "They’ve been sending videos and messages and everything."

The TV property has Crohn's Disease and has been battling signifier three breast cancer for astir 18 months.

JB besides revealed that it was "surreal" for him having to power partners midway done the competition.

"It was surreal, obviously, due to the fact that I'm precise overmuch utilized to moving with Amy," helium remarked.

"There person been times erstwhile we've had to enactment with Lauren, and so, you know, Lauren's Lovely, she's amazing. She's an unthinkable dancer.

"Of course, we've been watching her doing the radical numbers and truthful connected passim the bid truthful far.

"And truthful for me, it was conscionable a lawsuit of, 'Right, we've got Lizzie and Kane helping america [choreographers]',

"We've got a wholly antithetic benignant of creation arsenic well. So I felt similar determination was a small spot little pressure, certainly, connected Lauren and connected some of america successful presumption of executing the dance."