BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Sam Quek gets teary as she tells pro 'I let the side down'

Strictly Come Dancing prima Sam Quek was flooded with emotion aft receiving disappointing comments from Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel-Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke

Strictly Come Dancing's Sam Quek got teary connected Saturday night's amusement aft disappointing feedback from the judges.

During the latest instalment, Sam, 36, and pro spouse Nikita Kuzmin performed a quickstep to Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield. However, the regular didn't spell arsenic they planned with the judges providing constructive disapproval to the disappointed duo, wherever caput justice Shirley Ballas reassured Sam by telling her she was 1 of the show's strongest females.

Talking aft the feedback, Sam got affectional arsenic she admitted: "I'm genuinely gutted, I'm getting a spot upset arsenic I was assured coming into this, it's similar athletics isn't it? You get knocked down, you get backmost up!"

Speaking to presenter Claudia Winkleman, Sam continued: "I'm conscionable truthful disappointed due to the fact that that could person been our moment. We felt it coming into it, I was confident. Something happened, which radical don’t request to cognize astir due to the fact that I don’t privation to marque excuses, it's not what it’s about, it's conscionable astir delivering successful the infinitesimal and unfortunately… I kinda fto the broadside down but Nikita has ever got my back, he's ever got my back!"

Nikita was speedy to deed backmost astatine Sam's claims of "letting the broadside down" arsenic helium said: "No, no, no!" and comforted his upset personage creation partner, who praised him for his support. Sam added: "I'm conscionable truthful blameworthy of being a perfectionist sometimes and that tin beryllium a detriment to me!"

It comes aft DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles became the 3rd contestant to permission Strictly aft a nail-biting creation disconnected against erstwhile Coronation Street histrion Shayne Ward past weekend.

Nick, 62, and his nonrecreational creation parter Luba Mushtuk received 21 points retired of 40 from the judges for their Charleston to Rain On The Roof from the movie Paddington 2 and was 2nd from the bottommost of the leaderboard past weekend.

When asked by big Tess Daly astir his clip connected the show, Nick said astatine the time: "I've really, truly been amazed by however overmuch I've loved doing it and by 2 things that happen.

"One is however overmuch you attraction each week, and the different is however overmuch you don’t privation to fto down your partner. The lone crushed I could bash this is simply due to the fact that of Luba’s changes, she's been amazing. There are immoderate astonishing dancers up there, and I volition emotion watching the remainder of the series."

A tearful Luba added: "I’ve ne'er met idiosyncratic arsenic determined arsenic you, and I retrieve you saying that if you bash your best, you’ll beryllium precise happy. I deliberation you did much than your best. Thank you."

Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturdays and Sundays connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer