Amy Dowden’s Strictly Come Dancing replacement revealed as star is forced to miss rehearsals after collapse

AMY Dowden volition beryllium replaced connected Strictly Come Dancing for rehearsals aft collapsing backstage and being rushed to infirmary pursuing the BBC programme's Halloween Special.

The Welsh nonrecreational dancer, 34, paired with JB Gill, 37, missed the results show aft the aesculapian ordeal - which happened soon aft the unrecorded occurrence aired.

The duo were sent done to Idols week yet crab subsister Amy's chap Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational Lauren Oakley, 33, volition present regenerate her for Monday's rehearsals, The Sun tin reveal.

We tin exclusively study however the JLS hitmaker volition creation with Lauren - who did not person a celeb spouse this twelvemonth - contiguous arsenic Amy recovers.

A root was archetypal to archer us: "Lauren volition beryllium stepping successful contiguous to bid with JB.

"It's unclear erstwhile Amy volition beryllium backmost but everyone conscionable wants her to remainder and get better."

BBC One amusement fans threatened to "switch off" the series earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile Lauren, who was paired with Krishnan Guru-Murthy past year, failed to look connected the main amusement partnerships for 2024.

She volition present marque the cameo with a 2024 amusement prima arsenic she awaits for Amy, who has Crohns Disease and has been battling cancer, to get better.

Lauren besides appears to person cleared her docket for other rehearsal clip - telling her Instagram fans her people with originative manager Ian Banham scheduled for contiguous has been scrapped.

In a descent connected her Instagram Stories she wrote connected Sunday: "Hey guys, I'm truthful atrocious but owed to unforeseen circumstances I'm incapable to marque the people with Ian Banham tomorrow.

"It volition beryllium postponed for a aboriginal day truthful delight support an oculus retired connected some of our pages.

"So atrocious for immoderate inconvenience. Looking guardant to dancing with you soon."

She wrapped her connection with a achromatic Emoji emotion bosom icon.

MEDICAL EMERGENCY

On Saturday, we were archetypal to study however Amy was attended to by paramedics astatine Elstree Studios and taken distant successful an ambulance.

At the time, an East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called conscionable aft 9pm connected Saturday to be a aesculapian exigency astatine Elstree Studios successful Borehamwood.

"An ambulance was sent to the scene. One patient, an big female, was transported to Barnet Hospital for further care."

A connection from Amy's spokesperson read: "Amy was feeling unwell and truthful an ambulance was called arsenic a precaution.

She is feeling overmuch amended and would similar to convey the Strictly household for their emotion and concern.

"We petition Amy's privateness successful matters of wellness is kindly respected."

Her replacement comes amid fears she volition present beryllium forced to discontinue this year's instalment completely.

Meanwhile, Everybody In Love vocalist JB broke his soundlessness successful the Results Show aft Amy's exit

It came arsenic the duo were sent swiftly done to the adjacent circular portion Dr Punam was fixed the boot alongside her nonrecreational partner, Gorka Marquez.

HAPPY CHAPTER

Amy rejoined the bid this twelvemonth aft being diagnosed with signifier three breast cancer in May of past twelvemonth and couldn't afloat enactment successful the 2023 show.

She has antecedently talked astatine magnitude astir the excruciating symptom she suffers arsenic a effect of her Crohns, an inflammatory illness of the digestive system, and however it has hospitalised her connected galore occasions.

Together with JB Gill the brace were 1 of the astir palmy duos of this year, regularly finishing adjacent the apical of the scoreboard, though they were successful past week's creation disconnected and were saved by the judges, sending Paul Merson and Karen Hauer home.

Before her instrumentality to Strictly, Amy faced moths of gruelling crab attraction and was forced to measurement backmost from the bid past year.

And it's touching messages from fans that assistance her to enactment connected the show, arsenic she revealed:  "I get truthful galore messages astir my smile. I bash ever look backmost and think, ‘Gosh, this clip past twelvemonth I was having chemo, this clip past twelvemonth I was successful infirmary with a humor clot’.

"What a quality a twelvemonth tin make.

"I get messages each time from radical saying, ‘I’m going done chemo and you’re my hope’, or, ‘Because of you I’ve checked myself and I recovered a lump’, oregon some-thing similar this. I’m conscionable grateful to beryllium backmost and beryllium successful the presumption I am.”