Strictly Come Dancing fans in hysterics over Nikita Kuzmin's reaction to shock dance-off

After Tess Daly announced JLS vocalist JB Gill and his nonrecreational spouse Amy Dowden arsenic the archetypal mates to vie successful the dance-off, Nikita Kuzmin looked wholly shocked

Nikita Kuzmin's shocked absorption to the latest Strictly Come Dancing dance-off has near fans successful stitches.

The nonrecreational dancer looked gobsmacked erstwhile Tess Daly announced JLS vocalist JB Gill and his nonrecreational spouse Amy Dowden arsenic the archetypal mates to vie successful the dance-off. The camera caught Nikita with eyes wide and jaw hanging wide unfastened arsenic his spouse Sam Quek besides appeared amazed to perceive JB's name.

Many fans took to social media to stock their statement with Nikita arsenic 1 shared a screenshot of the nonrecreational dancer's absorption and wrote: "Me excessively Nikita maine too." Another idiosyncratic tweeted: "Nikita's absorption was truthful me, what bash you mean Amy and JB are successful the creation off?!" A 3rd agreed, saying: "Same Nikita, same." And 1 much said: "Nikita is each of us." While 1 added: "I request a screenshot of Nikita's shocked face." A Strictly instrumentality added: "Nikita's look astatine JB successful the creation disconnected says it all!"

JB and Amy faced Paul Merson and Karen Hauer successful the dance-off and were yet saved by the judges. But aft JB recovered himself successful the bottommost 2 of the leaderboard, Strictly fans claimed to person identified a caller "curse" connected the amusement which has to bash with the moving order.

Fans person drawn comparisons betwixt JB and Shayne Ward, who person been accordant performers successful the ballroom, but aft opening this week and past week's amusement respectively, they recovered themselves successful the dance-off. A instrumentality took to X, writing: "Again the curse of going archetypal and being mediate of the leaderboard. Remember to prevention your favourites - they're not ever safe!" Another reacted: "first to creation connected the unrecorded amusement curse has struck AGAIN."

When helium was eliminated from Strictly, Paul was asked by Tess Daly astir his clip connected the show. He said: "It's been truly good. For anybody I speech to, I would accidental you've got to spell connected this show. It's astonishing - everybody," earlier helium jokingly added: "There's a Tottenham instrumentality implicit determination called Lincoln and adjacent he's nice!"

He past praised nonrecreational creation spouse Karen, saying: "It's been amazing, honestly, amazing. I loved each infinitesimal of it, I've had a large teacher. She's been amazing, perfectly astonishing and I couldn't privation for a amended coach. I've loved each infinitesimal of it. I tin creation present - I've won due to the fact that I tin dance, I couldn't creation earlier and I tin fractional creation now. It's a bonus, implicit bonus."

Karen besides praised Paul for being what Strictly is about, crediting him for his large improvements. She said: "Absolutely, you've been a joy. I've ne'er giggled this much. My abs are truly choky now. I americium truthful arrogant of you. Every week you person showed up, you person improved.

"You're what Strictly is astir and I privation to convey you for bringing specified joyousness and conscionable showing everyone that it is imaginable with a small spot of enactment and tons of giggles." Strictly returns adjacent week with a Halloween special, during which the remaining 11 celebrities volition instrumentality to the dancefloor with their scariest outfits to execute Halloween-themed routines.

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