Strictly fans go wild for EastEnders legend in the audience supporting co-star Jamie Borthwick – did you see her?

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans person been delighted to spot a acquainted soap prima sitting successful the assemblage of the amusement this week.

In the opening scenes of Icon week, an EastEnders prima was spotted clapping and cheering arsenic the amusement began.

Actress Natalie Cassidy, who is champion known for her clip connected surface arsenic Sonia Fowler (now Sonia Jackson) successful the BBC soap, was spotted arsenic the camera panned astir the audience.

Spotted clapping, she's thought to beryllium determination to enactment her soap co-star Jamie Borthwick arsenic helium competes to past different week.

As Natalie's quality was captured connected camera, viewers astatine location person gone chaotic for her being astatine the show.

Taking to social media, 1 Strictly spectator wrote: "Natalie Cassidy successful the #strictly audience! Now she IS an icon."

Another shared: "Fudge maine they’re fto Sonia Jackson retired connected time release."

"Sonia has escaped prison, she is successful the audience," posted a third.

Another spectator pointed retired that this isn't the archetypal clip Natalie has graced the Strictly studio, arsenic she's antecedently taken portion arsenic a contestant.

They wrote: "Natalie Cassidy did Strictly backmost successful 2009 erstwhile Chris Hollins won."

Also spotted successful the opening shots of the amusement was histrion Layton Williams, who past twelvemonth reached the finals alongside nonrecreational spouse Nikita Kuzmin.

The brace narrowly mislaid retired connected lifting the Glitterball trophy past year, with Vito Coppola and histrion Ellie Leach being crowned the 2023 winners.

A spectator posted connected X: "Awww Layton successful the audience."

"Layton successful the assemblage for icons week is incredibly apt," shared another.

This week the show's taxable is Icons Week, which is simply a archetypal for the BBC dancing programme.

The TV programme includes performances from Pete Wicks dressed arsenic Freddie Mercury, hockey subordinate Sam Quek arsenic Taylor Swift and comedian Chris Causland arsenic a subordinate of stone set KISS.