BBC Strictly Come Dancing pro 'can't believe it' over show first after 11 years

Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational dancer Aljaz Skorjanec was near stunned connected Tuesday's It Takes Two arsenic helium discovered a amusement archetypal aft 11 years connected the competition

Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational dancer Aljaz Skorjanec was near stunned connected Tuesday's It Takes Two implicit a astonishment revelation.

Over the weekend, Aljaz, 34, and his personage creation spouse Tasha Ghouri received a cleanable people of 40 from the judges for their American Smooth to Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi. The duo received a lasting ovation arsenic they achieved the series' archetypal 40.

Appearing connected Tuesday's It Takes Two, big Fleur East had a amusive revelation for Aljaz aft the unthinkable milestone. Fleur, 37, pointed out: "This was your 3rd cleanable people connected the show, Aljaz. Your different 2 were with Abbey Clancy."

Aljaz, who was paired with Abbey backmost successful 2013 connected bid 11 and won the amusement with her, was near stunned astatine the item arsenic helium remarked: "This is my archetypal cleanable people aft Abbey Clancy?" to which Tasha asked: "How galore years agone was that?" arsenic Aljaz replied: "11 years ago!"

Asking if it inactive impacts him successful the aforesaid mode getting that cleanable score, Aljaz admitted: "I deliberation adjacent much so!" helium added: "I deliberation it affects maine adjacent much due to the fact that with Abbey Clancy it was my archetypal season, everything comes truthful accelerated astatine you. You are choreographing dancers, they travel and spell truthful quickly.

"It's each a spot of a blur but present doing it for 10 years, I don't cognize however hard it is to execute that cleanable people and I can't judge it's my 3rd cleanable people successful the full clip I've been doing it. So convey you, Craig [Revel Horwood] chiefly and the remainder [of the judges]."

It comes arsenic justice Anton du Beke was visibly moved arsenic Tasha achieved the series' archetypal 40 implicit the weekend. Fellow justice Shirley Ballas remarked connected Anton's affectional display, saying: "This is the archetypal clip I've seen you cry, and you were precise emotional."

To which Anton confessed: "It was beautiful. It conscionable makes maine spell - this is wherefore we dance. This is the point. People accidental wherefore bash you dance, and that's why. We don't creation for radical to accidental we're wonderful. We creation mostly for however it makes america feel.

"You're bonzer to watch. And Alijaz, I spot you enjoying and I person the feeling myself erstwhile I creation ... You privation it spell similar that. Sometimes, it goes similar that. This is what it's each about. I ticker you dance. I tried to find thing I don't similar and I similar it all."

Strictly Come Dancing continues connected Saturday nighttime connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.