News from behind the scenes at BBC's Strictly Come Dancing has been shared by contestant Fleur East. The star, who takes to the dance floor with Vito Coppola, revealed that four stars have been left "very very ill".
Speaking on her radio show on Monday, October 17, Fleur explained: "There were a few mentions on Saturday night, but it was a tough week for a lot of people in the competition." She continued: "Hamza [Yassin] was very, very sick, so was Will [Mellor] and so was Kym [Marsh] and we didn’t say anything on Saturday but Vito [Coppola] was really ill last week too. I got one full day of rehearsal with him."
At the weekend it was Matt Goss and dance partner Nadiya Bychkova alongside Kym Marsh and professional dancer Graziano Di Prima who found themselves in the bottom two and ready to face the dance off. The result saw Matt and Nadiya heading home.
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According to Birmingham Live, Fleur went on to say that Vito was one of the four struck down with illness. She said: "Everyone was getting the flu! So, he was out for the count and in bed - he didn’t move for two days.
"I started freaking out on Thursday because I was like oh my gosh, I’ve had to practice with someone else. And as soon as Vito did make it to rehearsals, he was a different height, had a different stance – it was like a brand-new routine I had to learn."
She continued: "In the end, we got about six hours together before production rehearsal on Friday. But I think when you have that added pressure you just pull it out from somewhere. We were both like right we were in the dance off last week, we need to just get this done. "He was sweating and everything but somehow, we pulled it together!"
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