Amy Dowden's final words to Strictly audience before injury forced her exit

In a heartfelt statement, the Welsh dancer expressed that her “heart was broken” to permission the show, which had helped her “feel similar herself again” pursuing her chemotherapy. She besides paid tribute to her “perfect partner,” JB Gill.

Quek, 36, revealed that Dowden had offered uplifting words to the assemblage earlier 1 of her past performances with Gill, 37.

The Olympian, who became the latest personage to beryllium eliminated aft a dance-off against Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe, shared her gratitude to spouse Nikita Kuzmin and the Strictly squad connected Instagram, calling the acquisition an “amazing dream.”

She penned: “Firstly, I privation to convey my teammate, Nikita. As the weeks ticked on, I got to cognize you connected a deeper lever and the mode I tin sum you up to radical who possibly don't cognize you is to accidental that you person a truly bully heart.

“For me, that's your champion prime without a doubt. 

“Your beauteous choreograph often deserved a batch much than I was capable to present successful the moment, but ne'er erstwhile did you blasted me, marque maine consciousness liable oregon bash thing but prime maine up and accidental we spell again and that you were arrogant of my performance. You were the eventual teammate.”

However, she admitted that Strictly was “tougher than I imagined” and admitted that debased scores affected her motivation.

She said: 'Physically, by day, I danced my feet reddish earthy and repeated the weeks regular until my legs couldn't clasp maine up. By night, crystal bathed, massaged and prepared to for the adjacent time by watching my regular implicit and over.

“Mentally, the process was adjacent much demanding. I missed my 2 twelvemonth aged and 3 twelvemonth aged - each the time! I would often bash 10 time stints successful a edifice and proceeding them inquire maine to ‘come location now’, was tough.

“But what was much draining was moving arsenic hard arsenic I could, sacrificing everything I needed to and inactive ending up towards the bottommost of the leaderboard.

“It saps your information and kills your belief, but my household and Nikita were ever determination to assistance maine propulsion on.”

Yet, it was Dowden’s encouraging words during her ain dance-off with Gill 2 weeks agone that her the spot to support pushing.

She recalled: “In closing, I privation to stock with you a small disconnected camera infinitesimal that helped enactment everything into position for me, which happened a mates of weeks ago....

“When JB and Amy recovered themselves successful the bottommost two, the full assemblage were successful a authorities of shock. As the 2 of them took to the level to bash their dance-off, they weren't greeted with the accustomed lukewarm applause and enactment from the crowd, specified was the tension, astonishment and awkwardness successful the studio.

“Amy turned astir to the assemblage and said, ‘Come connected folks... it's conscionable a dance-off... it's not a twelvemonth of chemotherapy!’

“A sobering reminder that determination are bigger and much important things going connected astir the satellite past Strictly Come Dancing... amongst the glitz, glamour, twirls and lifts you tin sometimes hide that.”

Following her post, Dowden herself took the comments and penned: “Beautiful quality and a beauteous dancer! Loved this concern truthful much”. 

Dowden’s celeb spouse volition present proceed the contention with pro Lauren Oakley.

A Strictly 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.”