BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Chris McCausland makes BBC show first as he 'calls out problem'

Strictly Come Dancing prima Chris McCausland was near unimpressed arsenic helium pointed retired a occupation with the latest variation of the BBC amusement arsenic helium made his instrumentality to the creation floor

Strictly Come Dancing fans were near successful fits of laughter arsenic Chris McCausland pointed retired a hilarious contented during tonight's episode.

The Liverpool-born comedian made his instrumentality to the creation level for the 2nd week of the beloved BBC competition. Joined by his creation partner, Dianne Buswell, they performed a Foxtrot to Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy. At 47, Chris is the archetypal unsighted contestant connected the show and viewers were near successful awe of his singular performance.

Fans pursuing the amusement connected societal media level X hailed Chris arsenic an inspiration, expressing their hopes for him to triumph this season. One posted: "Chris is my winner. His accomplishment is outstanding and makes it look effortless." Another wrote: "Chris needs to triumph this, he's connected the Bill Bailey arc of 'genuine beginner to joyful dancer'."

Someone other added: "Chris making maine good up astatine the TV each week with pride", reports the Liverpool Echo. A 4th shared: "I inactive get affectional erstwhile Chris past nighttime said connected Dianne's vid diaries that helium feels near retired erstwhile he's virtually the SOUL of the amusement this series" Another commented: "Why bash I ever person a lump successful my pharynx watching Chris dance? That was beautiful! ".

However, Chris humorously claimed helium was astatine a disadvantage owed to his creation coinciding with Liverpool FC's lucifer against Wolverhampton Wanderers successful the Premier League. The comic took to the creation level successful the last moments arsenic Arne Slot's squad secured a 2 - 1 triumph to apical the table.

Claudia Winkleman couldn't assistance but laughter erstwhile she asked Chris astir his feelings post-dance, to which helium replied: "I'm not blessed to beryllium honorable arsenic they've enactment maine connected 10 minutes earlier the Liverpool crippled ends. That's fractional of Liverpool watching the football, that's fractional of my halfway elector group."

Despite his concerns implicit timing, Chris delivered a stellar show that wowed the judges and earned him a precocious people of 29 from the panel, including Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood, and Anton Du Beke. Chris has been successful the drama circuit since 2003 and was calved with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). He mislaid his show astatine the property of 22 and initially worked arsenic a web decorator until his imaginativeness worsened, prompting him to research stand-up comedy.

In a 2016 interrogation with the ECHO, Chris recounted: "When I finished uni I focused connected designing websites, but past my eyesight started deteriorating and I had enough. I knocked it connected the caput and tried to find thing other to do. I was unemployed for possibly a twelvemonth and a fractional and successful the extremity I got a occupation doing concern sales. It was really, truly boring worldly - conscionable filling the clip until I figured retired what I decently wanted to do."

He continued: "Then, erstwhile I was 26, I got shingles and was signed disconnected from enactment for 2 weeks. I was bored retired of my caput and arsenic a situation from myself I decided to person a spell astatine stand-up. I don't deliberation it could person been scarier. I didn't devour a happening each time and conscionable paced astir my flat. I'd ne'er been a nationalist speaker, I person nary play acquisition oregon anything."

He recounted the harrowing feeling up of his debut show successful Balham, southbound London, admitting however those archetypal successes gave him a emotion for stand-up that's stayed with him ever since.

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