Fifth star leaves Strictly as Amy Dowden misses results show

Dr Punam Krishan has go the 5th personage to beryllium voted disconnected Strictly Come Dancing during a results amusement which nonrecreational dancer Amy Dowden missed owed to “unforeseen circumstances”.

Despite leaving the BBC amusement connected Halloween week, the Morning Live nonmigratory doc who is besides a GP successful Scotland, said she was “proud” of herself for stepping retired of her “comfort zone”.

Welsh dancer Dowden, who could not vie connected Strictly successful 2023 during her attraction for bosom cancer, was absent from Sunday night’s results amusement aft “feeling unwell” pursuing the unrecorded amusement connected Saturday.

A spokesperson for Dowden, who has Crohn’s disease, said an ambulance was called arsenic a “precaution” aft the dancer began feeling unwell.

“She is feeling overmuch amended and would similar to convey the Strictly household for their emotion and concern,” they added.

A BBC spokesperson added: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, Amy Dowden was incapable to beryllium successful tonight’s results show.”

Sunday’s results amusement is filmed connected Saturday nighttime aft the unrecorded broadcast connected BBC One, successful which Dowden and her personage partner, JLS vocalist JB Gill, glided their mode to a people of 32 with their foxtrot to Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader.

After it was confirmed Dowden and Gill had made it done to adjacent week, the JLS prima said: “Honestly, I’m beside myself, and Amy, of course, is going to beryllium truthful happy.”

Krishan and her creation spouse Gorka Marquez faced the dance-off against erstwhile X Factor victor Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu pursuing the nationalist vote.

Krishan, 41, and Marquez scored 26 from the judges connected Saturday night, placing them joint-last connected the leaderboard with comedian Chris McCausland and his nonrecreational spouse Dianne Buswell.

The brace reprised their spooky tango to Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics portion dressed arsenic pirates.

In the dance-off Ward and Xu recreated their melodramatic paso doble to In The Hall Of The Mountain King by Grieg, which had secured them 31 points connected Saturday night.

After some couples had danced a 2nd time, the judges unanimously decided to prevention Ward and Xu.

Asked by big Tess Daly astir her clip connected the show, Krishan said: “I americium truly arrogant of myself. You cognize I’ve taken connected thing that’s truthful retired of my comfortableness zone.

“The 1 happening that I’ve precise overmuch learnt is to accidental yes more, and that determination is nary constituent successful your beingness erstwhile you tin halt learning caller skills.

“I’ve learnt much than dancing, I’ve learnt truthful overmuch from Gorka.

“Everyone’s been truthful unthinkable and it’s conscionable memories that I’ll instrumentality location everlastingly and I americium precise proud. I’ve made my household precise proud, I’m conscionable truly grateful.”

Krishan, who is besides the nonmigratory doc connected BBC Radio Scotland’s phone-in surgery, said her household is “so proud” of her due to the fact that she had dreamt of taking portion successful Strictly for years.

She added: “To person 1 of your dreams genuinely travel existent is conscionable a surreal feeling. Week aft week it’s been incredible, I’ve made friends for beingness and everyone’s conscionable been truthful kind, truthful convey you.”

Marquez said helium had an “incredible” six weeks with the doc and was “very proud” of what she has achieved, adding: “She’s a GP and a mum. She had ne'er danced earlier and I deliberation she improved week by week.

“I deliberation she is genuinely what the amusement is about, idiosyncratic who doesn’t person acquisition successful the show satellite came present and learnt to dance.”

Marquez besides said helium felt “honoured” to assistance her correspond her Punjabi civilization erstwhile they performed a creation to a accepted Bollywood opus for the archetypal clip successful Strictly’s 20-year history.

Krishan thanked him “for believing successful her” and giving her the “gift of dancing”, adding: “I decidedly don’t deliberation this volition beryllium the extremity of my travel dancing”.

Sunday’s results amusement besides featured a Beetlejuice-inspired regular by the nonrecreational dancers led by Carlos Gu.

The remaining 10 couples volition instrumentality to the dancefloor adjacent play for the caller icons-themed week erstwhile Strictly Come Dancing returns connected Saturday November 2 astatine 6.30pm, with the results amusement connected November 3 astatine 7.20pm connected BBC One.