Lauren Oakley has stepped into Amy's dancing shoes
Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden will not appear in this weekend's show after her shock collapse.
A Strictly Come Dancing spokeswoman said: “Amy Dowden MBE is doing much better and the Strictly family send her love and wish her well. She is delighted that fellow Professional Dancer, Lauren Oakley, is able to step in for rehearsals and to perform in Saturday’s show for JB Gill’s Couple’s Choice dance. We are all hopeful that Amy will be back to dance with JB next week.”
JB thanked the public for their support after her health scare during the show. On Instagram, the JLS star wrote: “On behalf of both @amy-dowden and I, I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone for voting for us and wishing us well. We absolutely loved our performance on Saturday night and are so grateful to be through to another week on @bbcstrictly Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support.
34-year-old Amy returned to Strictly after undergoing treatment for a breast cancer diagnosis. She underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy. Following her turn in health on Saturday, JB Gill stood alone on the results who as the pair escaped being in the bottom two after their foxtrot to Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader.
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