Strictly Come Dancing star performing dance that already saw them ‘win’

Strictly Come Dancing prima Jamie Borthwick has revealed he’s performing a creation this play that he’s already done before, and that adjacent helped him triumph the glitterball trophy.

The EastEnders actor, 30, has returned to the BBC One ballroom for a 2nd time, aft impressing the judges successful past year’s Christmas special.

Jamie was paired with Nancy Xu and performed a quickstep, which he’s present doing each implicit again.

For the 3rd week successful this year’s competition, Jamie is dancing a quickstep to Rocketman’s I’m Still Standing, with his spouse Michelle Tsiakkas.

Talking astir this week’s creation connected Good Morning Britain, the soap prima said there’s ‘extra pressure’ connected him this week, performing a creation helium won the Christmas peculiar with.

‘We’ve got much method successful there, much hard elements,’ Michelle said, adding that ‘the judges are being rather hard connected him’.

Jamie’s inclusion successful this year’s line-up, which besides sees the likes of Pete Wicks, Love Island’s Tasha Ghouri and DIY SOS star Nick Knowles, divided immoderate fans, truthful soon aft helium won the Christmas special.

He besides revealed helium didn’t deliberation he’d instrumentality to the ballroom conscionable yet, telling hosts Kate Garraway and Ed Balls that he’d really spoken to Strictly bosses successful 2018 for the archetypal time, and did an audition-style creation with Amy Dowden.

‘We didn’t bash it that year, and past the Christmas amusement came around, and I thought, “it’s not arsenic bad, not arsenic large arsenic the main show, we’ll person a go.”

‘Went and done the Christmas show, perfectly loved it, loved being successful the ambiance of Strictly, loved the crew, loved the different pros, perfectly enjoyed each second, and I was benignant of hoping they’d inquire maine to bash the main show.

‘I didn’t deliberation it would beryllium this year, I person to accidental but erstwhile they did ask, it was a nary brainer, due to the fact that I emotion being successful the atmosphere, being astatine Elstree with everyone, the pros and fantastic unit who enactment connected the show.

‘I can’t explicate the feeling!’

This comes aft Jamie was jokingly labelled a ‘cheat’ by chap contestant Wynne Evans.

The remainder of the line-up gasped portion Claudia Winkleman covered her rima successful shock, comedian Chris McCausland quipping: ‘This man’s a hero!’

But brushing disconnected the brutal dig, Jamie said helium wanted to motion up for the afloat bid due to the fact that helium ‘had specified a fantastic experience’ and ‘it was a spot of a no-brainer’.

Pete besides took a cheeky swipe, saying he’s throwing himself into the amusement and adding: ‘I’m ne'er gonna beryllium present again, americium I? Unless I’m Jamie.’

Their co-stars applauded the gag portion Claudia laughed, ‘That is brilliant!’, earlier Pete blew a buss to Jamie to amusement it’s each love.

Jamie’s not the lone prima to person won the glitterball trophy before, arsenic JLS vocalist JB Gill, who is presently partnered with Amy, won the Christmas peculiar successful 2012.

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am connected ITV1.

Strictly Come Dancing continues connected Saturday astatine 6.05pm connected BBC One and iPlayer.

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