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Emmerdale's Lisa Riley sends heartwarming message to Strictly's Helen Skelton as fans baffled by 39-point score

Emmerdale's Lisa Riley has told Helen Skelton she has the "nation behind [her]", following her impressive performance on Strictly last night. Lisa, who plays Mandy Dingle in the ITV soap, took to Twitter to congratulate Helen on her impressive score.

In a heartwarming display of support, Lisa said Helen "knocked that out the park" and she was full of praise about the Countryfile presenter's dancing. Helen and Gorka wowed judges with their Cabaret performance, earning a personal best score of 39 out of 40.

And the dancing duo were treated to heaps of praise from viewers at home, as well as the judges. Taking to Twitter, Lisa said: "Dearest @HelenSkelton you knocked that out the park FULLY!!!! You truly are the epitome of true, real, honest, strength!!! You now have the nation behind you [clapping emojis] you deserve this babes [heart emojis] @bbcstrictly #StrictlyComeDancing [star emojis] STAR!!!!"

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Replying to Lisa's post, many fans said they would love to see Helen and Gorka win the competition. The duo are currently the bookies second favourite to win, behind Hamza Yassin and his pro-partner, Jowita Przystał.

Lisa was not the only celeb to take to Twitter and share her support for Helen after last night's performance, former BBC journalist, Dan Walker, also shared his thoughts on her and Gorka's dance. He said: "Helen is so good, Gorka is a genius… her mum & dad were wonderful on the #Strictly film… just give them all the glitterball right now".

With Helen and Gorka nearly getting top marks last night, some fans criticised judge, Craig Revel Horwood, for depriving them of that final point to get 40. Adam Grant said: "She was amazing craig been very horrible with that 9 lol". And Kath said: "Fabulous and should have been a 40, bloody Craig".

One fan said: "Should have been 40 Why is Craig such a pillock?" @JoMoMup said: "I can’t stop thinking about Helen Skelton’s dance on #StrictlyComeDancing . It was a proper TV ‘moment’ & I don’t think I’ve seen a better dance than that in its history. I will never forgive Craig for that 9, because it deserved way more than 10s!"

@Joannemalin7 said: "Who can win Strictly - no clue this year they are ALL sensational - Helen Skelton nailing Fosse’s Cabaret choreo - Am stunned Craig didn’t 10 her… @bbcstrictly Love this on a Friday night.."

What did you think of Helen's dance last night? Let us know in the comments!

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