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STRICTLY Come Dancing prima JB Gill has opened up connected his "surreal" rehearsals with Lauren Oakley aft his nonrecreational spouse Amy Dowden pulled retired owed to illness.
The JLS hitmaker, 37, volition execute a Couple's Choice regular to a bid of Bruno Mars tracks connected tonight's unrecorded BBC show.
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Yet Strictly Come Dancing bosses this week confirmed JB's partner Amy Dowden, 34, would beryllium replaced both for rehearsals and the unrecorded amusement pursuing her illness past week.
The Welsh dancer, who has Crohn's Disease and has been battling cancer, missed the results programme last week aft she was rushed to hospital.
The aesculapian play - which happened soon aft the unrecorded occurrence aired - saw BBC star Lauren Oakley, 33, measurement successful as Amy's replacement.
The brace opened up connected their archetypal week of grooming unneurotic connected Friday's It Takes Two.
Lauren told the Strictly spin-off amusement however the duo were "starting afresh" with the footwork arsenic it was choreographed by an outer dancer.
She said: "We some came successful connected Monday connected a level playing field, truthful we were some learning the routine.
"It was bully to marque that progression together."
Eyes Wide Shut vocalist JB past added of his rehearsals without Amy: "I mean it was surreal obviously.
"Because I americium precise overmuch utilized to moving with Amy, though determination person been times we person had to enactment with Lauren.
"Lauren's lovely, she's amazing, she's an unthinkable dancer.
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"Of people we person been watching her bash the radical numbers and truthful connected done the bid truthful far.
"For maine it was conscionable a lawsuit of we've got Lizzie [choreographer] and it's a wholly antithetic benignant of creation arsenic well, truthful I consciousness determination was little pressure, surely connected Lauren, and connected some of america successful presumption of executing the dance.
"It was amusive for america to fto spell and beryllium successful the infinitesimal and to bask the music, thats what its each about."
During the aforesaid amusement Amy, who joined the duo connected the It Takes Two sofa, gave a wellness update aft her ordeal.
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AS Strictly Come Dancing viewers know, you'll conflict to drawback Amy Dowden without a immense grin connected her face.
But precocious the Welsh prima - 1 the best-rated Ballroom and Latin American nonrecreational dancers the UK has ever produced - has suffered a drawstring of "nightmare" blows to her health.
She was diagnosed with stage 3 bosom cancer successful May past twelvemonth and underwent a afloat mastectomy, earlier having chemotherapy towards the extremity of 2023.
However, she aboriginal reported docs had recovered a clot connected her lung, telling fans sadly: "Unfortunately I've had different nightmare this week."
Nonetheless, brave Amy, seen present dancing with James Bye, made an epic instrumentality to Strictly the pursuing period with an quality that left galore viewers successful floods tears.
As 2024 dawned, she admitted: "I consciousness I was robbed of the twelvemonth I had planned and reflecting for maine makes maine upset and angry."
However, she was soon smiling again. Amy, her hairsbreadth starting to turn backmost aft her crab treatment, was seen messing astir with her co-stars Dianne Buswell and Vito Coppola connected the Strictly circuit earlier this month.
And contempt different spell successful infirmary successful February, she inactive mustered a cheeriness galore would conflict for, telling fans: "The prima is shining - and I surely can't hold for Spring."
And we surely can't hold to spot you dancing again, Amy...
She besides revealed the saccharine mode the She Makes Me wanna vocalist and Lauren person supported her done her amusement break - with the assistance of a WhatsApp group.
MASSIVE PRESSURE
Earlier this week, we reported however JB's bandmate Aston Merrygold - who starred connected Strictly successful 2017 - suggested his pal would beryllium nether "pressure" due to the spouse change.
He spoke retired connected Thursday's Lorraine as helium offered immoderate sage proposal to JB.
He told Lorraine Kelly's stand-in big Ranvir Singh: "It is him and Lauren.
"For him, evidently having to power partners past minute, that full happening is going to evidently play a large portion connected pressure.
"Sending tons of emotion to Amy arsenic well," earlier giving a question to the camera.
When asked what much his Beat Again bandmate could bring to the table, Aston said: "I deliberation for J present it's bringing retired the property a spot more.
"I deliberation we person lone scratched the aboveground of JB."
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