Strictly’s Amy Dowden wishes JB Gill the ‘best of luck’ ahead of live show

Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational dancer Amy Dowden has wished her personage spouse JLS vocalist JB Gill and his stand-in creation spouse Lauren Oakley the “absolute champion of luck” up of Saturday’s unrecorded show.

Oakley, 33, who does not person a spouse for this year’s bid of the BBC dancing show, volition execute with Gill successful tonight’s amusement aft the 34-year-old Welsh dancer was forced to skip this week owed to illness.

Dowden is said to beryllium “doing overmuch better” aft a wellness scare forced her to miss past Sunday’s results programme aft being taken to Barnet Hospital the nighttime before.

In a station connected Instagram, Dowden said: “Wishing these 2 the implicit champion of luck tonight. I’m going to beryllium your biggest cheerleader.

“@jbgill it says everything however you’ve been capable to accommodate to a caller professional, nutrient specified a large fig (so excited for everyone to see) whilst supporting me. I’m truthful lucky. You’re a star.

“I cognize what contiguous means to you. Thank you.

“@laurenmayoakley convey you, I knew Jay would beryllium successful harmless hands and person a fabulous clip with you.

“You cognize I’ve ever adored your dancing since I ran up to you successful Blackpool Tower astatine 8 years aged to archer you. Thank you darling.

“@lizzie.gough you for choreographing specified a superb routine! Love it. Thank you.

“Also a large convey you for each the emotion and enactment I’ve received this past week. So grateful and surely helped.

“Now tune into the archetypal ever Icons week connected Strictly.”

The 37-year-old JLS vocalist says helium volition beryllium performing a Bruno Mars-inspired show with Oakley during Saturday’s unrecorded show.

Gill replied to Dowden’s station saying: “@amy_dowden you are the best. Your content successful maine is truthful uplifting and your warring tone is 2nd to none.

“Thank you for being my biggest champion and I cognize that @laurenmayoakley and I volition bash you proud.”

On Monday, a Strictly spokesperson said: “Amy Dowden MBE is doing overmuch amended and the Strictly household nonstop her emotion and privation her well.

“She is delighted that chap nonrecreational dancer Lauren Oakley is capable to measurement successful for rehearsals and to execute successful Saturday’s amusement for JB Gill’s couple’s prime dance.

“We are each hopeful that Amy volition beryllium backmost to creation with JB adjacent week.”

On Thursday, Gill told the BBC Radio 2 programme Scott Mills, presented by OJ Borg it had been “a spot surreal” to not person Dowden successful the rehearsal room.

He went connected to accidental she had “taken immoderate clip to get better” and added helium was “wishing her each the champion arsenic she recovers”.

This year, Dowden returned to competing connected the amusement aft undergoing attraction for bosom cancer, including having a mastectomy and chemotherapy.

In February, she revealed that tests showed she has “no grounds of disease”, and aboriginal fronted a BBC amusement which delved into her condition.

Dowden has besides documented her Crohn’s illness successful Strictly Amy: Crohn’s And Me, and said gathering others successful a documentary had helped her “accept” her ain information for the “first clip ever”.

The lifelong condition, successful which parts of the digestive strategy go inflamed, tin origin tummy aches and cramps, fatigue and diarrhoea, among different symptoms, according to the NHS website.