Inside Strictly Come Dancing's injury crisis - freak accident and stars out of action

Strictly Come Dancing has seen ungraded aft ungraded successful caller times and present immoderate of the BBC stars of the fashionable dancing contention person faced setbacks owed to wellness complications

After weathering the tempest of the 'abuse' scandal, Strictly Come Dancing has been deed with respective much devastating blows.

Some of this year's contestants person been forced to propulsion retired of the BBC bid owed to illness, and present the latest to person fallen unfortunate is Nadiya Bychkova, who suffered a freak mishap connected Wednesday. While she nary longer has a personage partner, she inactive takes portion successful the radical nonrecreational dances; however, she volition present person to beryllium immoderate scenes out.

Welsh nonrecreational Amy Dowden volition besides beryllium missing from the dancefloor this weekend, aft she collapsed backstage pursuing her foxtrot show with spouse JB Gill. The star, who had the all-clear aft being diagnosed with bosom cancer, and besides struggles with Crohn's Disease, could beryllium forced to discontinue the series, according to a source.

Strictly rules authorities each contestant is lone allowed to miss 1 week done unwellness oregon wounded earlier having to retire. The latest play comes aft erstwhile nonrecreational Giovanni Pernice was dropped from the 20th day bid aft his 2023 spouse Amanda Abbington accused him of "bullying" and "aggressive behaviour" - which helium powerfully denied.

The results of the BBC's interior investigation were released conscionable weeks ago, with the broadcaster ruling that Giovanni was not physically abusive, but complaints astir verbal bullying and harassment were upheld. Out of up to 17 allegations against him, six were upheld. The BBC apologised to Amanda and thanked her for coming guardant successful a connection issued astatine the time.

Here, the Mirror takes a look astatine the latest set-backs among Strictly contestants...

Nadiya Bychkova severely hurt

Professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova, who was partnered with Olympic hunk Tom Dean who was the archetypal to beryllium voted out, broke her thumb during a rehearsal league connected Wednesday. The 35-year-old fell connected her manus and broke a bony successful her thumb during grooming alongside the different professionals.

The prima was treated instantly connected the acceptable astatine the clip of the incidental - which is said to person taken spot connected Wednesday. She reportedly underwent an X-Ray, which confirmed a bony had been breached and she was subsequently told to remainder up.

A root told The Sun: "Nadiya was grooming with the different pros erstwhile she fell. Her thumb fundamentally snapped and it looked incredibly painful. Everyone crowded astir her." The root added: "Nadiya's thumb was severely swollen and bruised, but she doesn't privation to fto anyone down and is adamant she tin bash the pre-recorded number. A doc yet cleared her and she volition beryllium capable to film, but mightiness beryllium treated with kid gloves by chap pros."

The root went connected to accidental that the Ukrainian dancer is putting connected a brave look contempt the achy wounded and has vowed to transportation connected arsenic overmuch arsenic she tin connected the show. The Mirror has contacted the BBC for remark astir the incident.

Amy Dowden rushed to hospital

Amy Dowden was forced to miss Sunday night's results show aft she was taken to hospital. She had performed with her personage creation partner JB, yet needed aesculapian attraction aft the unrecorded programme came to an end.

Amy collapsed backstage aft cameras stopped rolling, meaning she missed the signaling of the results amusement that takes spot connected Saturday night. Following Amy's absence, JB shared: "On behalf of some @amy_dowden and I, I conscionable privation to accidental a immense convey you to everyone for voting for america and wishing america well. We perfectly loved our show connected Saturday nighttime and are truthful grateful to beryllium done to different week connected @bbcstrictly Thank you, convey you, convey you for your support."

Amy's spokesperson added: "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." The BBC explained that "due to unforeseen circumstances" Amy was "unable" to beryllium portion of the episode, which is recorded connected Saturday aft the unrecorded show.

The Welsh professional, who got the all-clear aft being diagnosed with bosom crab successful May 2023, volition miss this weekend's episodes, with Lauren Oakley taking her place. Speaking of Amy, JB said: "To not person her successful rehearsals this week has been a spot surreal. But you know, the champion happening […] is that she’s taken immoderate clip to get better. We’re evidently wishing her each the champion arsenic she recovers."

During his quality connected BBC Radio 2, the vocalist besides spoke astir moving with Lauren. He said: "Well, of people everybody's antithetic and particularly erstwhile you're doing spouse enactment - Amy's somewhat shorter than Lauren, you know, determination are small benignant of bits and pieces that are antithetic for each of them. So for maine coming into that and not, obviously, being a professional, it's conscionable astir having to accommodate to however they dance.

"The bully happening astir this week is that I'm doing my couples choice, truthful it's not truthful overmuch Ballroom clasp oregon Latin spouse enactment and lifts and truthful on. It's gonna beryllium a spot more, I guess, idiosyncratic broadside by side, due to the fact that it's icons week this play connected the amusement and we're gonna person a accidental to explicit ourselves together. So actually, I consciousness similar it's gonna beryllium a bully mode for maine to attack evidently the changes that we've had this week."

Nick Knowles' injury

Nick Knowles had a turbulent clip connected Strictly and present doesn't deliberation he'll beryllium capable to enactment successful the show's final. The 'DIY SOS' presenter, 62, and his nonrecreational spouse Luba Mushtuk were eliminated from the BBC contention earlier this month.

Although each couples usually instrumentality for a last dance, the TV prima expressed uncertainty astir his instrumentality owed to ongoing betterment from injuries sustained connected the show. Nick precocious underwent bicep country and is awaiting different cognition connected his knee.

The telly prima was struck down with an wounded astatine the opening of the bid aft injuring his enarthrosis portion fixing a car tyre aft the opening episodes. He past suffered a genu wounded whilst practising the Charleston - which requires tons of limb flicks and genu action.

Nick was ordered to remainder his leg, but Strictly rules authorities each contestant is lone allowed to miss 1 week done unwellness oregon wounded earlier having to retire. Despite missing retired connected days of important rehearsal time, the prima returned to Week 4, wherever helium was sadly eliminated.