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Strictly Pro Karen Hauer Unable To Dance In Live Final Due To Injury

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Long-serving Strictly Come Dancing professional Karen Hauer has announced she’ll not be able to perform during the live final this weekend due to an injury.

Karen was partnered with The Crown actor Greg Wise in this year’s series, and had been due to reunite with the rest of the cast for a group number in Saturday’s live show.

However, the Venezualen performer has told her Instagram followers that she will not be able to dance in the number, after hurting her knee.

She said earlier this week: “Currently, I have two things wrong with my knee. There’s a little bit of a tear on my meniscus and then there’s also a little cartilage flap behind my knee.

“But they’re very minor so instead of an op I got a knee injection so that’s good news.”

Karen Hauer dancing with Greg Wise earlier in the series
Karen Hauer dancing with Greg Wise earlier in the series

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Karen later confirmed that while we would be able to see her during the group number, she won’t be able to dance as a result of her injury.

“I’m going to be making a little appearance on the dance floor but not dancing, probably waving,” she revealed. “But I’ll definitely be there.”

It was also confirmed on Friday that finalist AJ Odudu had been forced to withdraw from the competition at the eleventh hour due to a torn ligament.

Because of this, the final will be going ahead with just two contestants in the running, EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis and former Bake Off winner John Whaite.

Kai Widdrington and AJ Odudu have withdrawn from the competition
Kai Widdrington and AJ Odudu have withdrawn from the competition

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Former contestant Tilly Ramsay will be completely absent from the group dance after testing positive for Covid, as will Robert Webb, who pulled out of the show for medical reasons back in October.

He explained: “My love for Strictly is a season that is forever summer. However, the producers understood that when I had to stop, I had to stop completely…

“If I gave out a few more details about what the show had been doing to me physically and mentally, you wouldn’t be surprised that the offer of one more dance was politely declined.”

Strictly returns on Saturday night at 7pm on BBC One.

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Love Island Crowns Millie Court And Liam Reardon As 2021 Winners

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Millie Court and Liam Reardon have been crowned the winners of this year’s Love Island. 

The couple beat Chloe Burrows and Toby Aromolaran in the final two to win the £50,000 prize money.

Teddy Soares and Faye Winter also came third, while Kaz Kamwi and Tyler Cruickshank placed fourth during Monday’s live final of the ITV2 reality show. 

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Millie Court and Liam Reardon have won this year’s Love Island

After the result of the public vote was announced, Millie and Liam had to decide whether to stick or split the cash prize.

Millie received the envelope with the money but decided to split it with Liam. meaning they took home £25,000 each.

Speaking after their win, she said: “I cannot believe we have just been crowned the winners of Love Island. We have literally had the summer of our lives and we are going to leave here and now explore our future together.”

During an interview with host Laura Whitmore, Liam also asked Millie to officially be his girlfriend. 

The couple had a rocky journey in the Love Island villa, with Millie previously calling things off with Liam when she discovered he had been unfaithful to her with Lillie Haynes during the Casa Amor twist. 

Meanwhile, during their final interviews, Toby joked that describing his relationship with Chloe as a “massive journey” was an “understatement” after the pair also broke up and then got back together during the series.

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Love Island finalists Faye Winter and Teddy Soares, Chloe Burrows and Toby Aromolaran, Kaz Kamwi and Tyler Cruickshank and Millie Court and Liam Reardon

Last week, Liberty Poole and Jake Cornish, who had been coupled up since the first episode of the show, gave up a place in the final when they called time on their romance and left the villa.

This year’s contestants will next be seen during a special Love Island reunion, which airs on Sunday 5 September on ITV2. 

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Strictly’s Giovanni Pernice And Love Island’s Maura Higgins Confirm Romance

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Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice and former Love Island contestant Maura Higgins have finally confirmed rumours they are dating.

The pair went Instagram official on Friday evening, as they both shared loved-up snaps with their followers.

Maura, who appeared on the 2019 series of Love Island, posted a photo of them embracing by the sea, captioning the photo: “I’m yours” and adding a love heart emoji.

Giovanni, who has appeared as a dancer on Strictly since 2015, posted a similar photo and wrote: “You’re mine.”

The pair had been linked in the press in recent weeks, following Maura’s split from fellow Love Islander Chris Taylor. 

Earlier this week, she shared a photo on her Instagram Stories showing her holding the hand of an unknown man at dinner, prompting her followers to speculate that it was Giovanni’s.

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Janette Manrara Steps Down As Strictly Come Dancing Pro After Landing New Presenting Role

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Janette at the Strictly red carpet launch in 2019

Janette announced the news on Thursday’s edition of The One Show, revealing: “It’s a dream come true to become part of the It Takes Two team! Although it’s impossible to fill in the shoes of a legend like Zoe Ball, I hope to make her and all of the Strictly fans proud.”

She added: “I will miss dancing on that iconic dancefloor weekly, but forever grateful to continue being a part of the Strictly Come Dancing family!”

Janette will be joining current It Takes Two presenter Rylan Clark-Neal – who first began co-hosting with Zoe in 2019 – on this year’s series.

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Zoe Ball will not be returning to It Takes Two after 10 years with the spin-off show

During her time on Strictly, Janette has been partnered with fashion designer Julien Macdonald, EastEnders legend Jake Wood, singer Peter Andre, broadcaster Melvin Odoom, JLS star Aston Merrygold, This Morning’s Ranj Singh, Paralympian Will Bayley and pop star HRVY.

Although she’s never lifted the Glitterball trophy, she has won the Strictly Christmas special on two occasions – with Melvin and Aston – and made it to last year’s final with HRVY.

Strictly Come Dancing is expected to return to our screens in the autumn for a full 13-week run, after last year’s series had to be cut short due to the pandemic.

Janette is married to Strictly pro Aljaž Škorjanec, who will remain with the show in 2021.

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Zoe Ball Quits Strictly Come Dancing Spin-Off It Takes Two After 10 Years

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Zoe Ball has announced that she won’t be returning to Strictly Come Dancing spin-off It Takes Two, after 10 years at the helm of the show.

On Monday evening, Zoe shared a statement on her Instagram page explaining her decision to “waltz away” from the BBC companion show. 

“Dance lovers, after 10 joyous years I am waltzing away from It Takes Two,” she wrote.

“As a massive [Strictly] fan I have loved spending my autumn teatimes with the celebrity dancers, the gorgeous & awesome pro dancers, the judges, my girl Vicky Gill, Rylan [Clark-Neal], Gethin [Jones] and of course my main man Ian Waite. Time now for some new cha cha challenges.”

Zoe insisted that she will “continue to support the Strictly family” on her Radio 2 breakfast show, adding that she “can’t wait to watch the Class Of 2021 from my sofa”.

She added: “Huge love & grateful thanks to Tess & Claude & the whole Strictly clan, the ITT fans, my Glam Squad, Eve Winstanley, Alex McLeod, the BBC2 gang, & of course the best telly crew ever. I will miss you all immensely. As Iveta would say ‘Friends for the life’.”

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Zoe Ball has hosted It Takes Two since 2011

Zoe has been the host of the Strictly companion show since 2011, when she took over from regular presenter Claudia Winkleman.

Since taking over the Radio 2 breakfast show in 2019, she has shared presenting duties on the nightly show with Rylan Clark-Neal.

As well as hosting It Takes Two, Zoe was a contestant on Strictly back in 2005, finishing in third place.

She went on to host the show’s live tour in 2011 and 2015. 

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The Cast Of Gogglebox Reacting To Naked Attraction Was Obviously A Match Made In Comedy Heaven

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Seeing the cast of Gogglebox’s take on the past seven days of telly has been the highlight of our week for some time now, so when we saw that they’d be tackling one of Naked Attraction’s most iconic episodes ever, we knew we were in for a treat.

During Friday night’s show, the Goggleboxers sat down in their respective homes to watch a classic Naked Attraction episode that had aired on Channel 4 earlier in the week.

Things got off to a promising start, with long-serving cast member Stephen keeping his fingers crossed for “willies”, and Shirley declaring she “wouldn’t want to show my fanny to everyone, love”.

The episode in question introduced 57-year-old Judith, a church-going woman who decided that after surviving breast cancer and caring for her elderly mother, she deserved a bit of a treat.

“Who does she want to meet at 57?” Shirley questioned, to which her husband Dave suggested: “Someone half-tidy, I expect. With a big knob.”

Fan favourites Jenny and Lee were engrossed from the beginning, with the former declaring: “Let’s see what she’s got on offer.”

However, there was no preparing for some of the lines Judith would end up coming out with as she whittled down her prospective dates, including her suggestiion she’s happy with anything from “eight to 11 inches” and the immortal line: “God what a c**k!”

And pretty much everyone was speechless as the iconic Shirley performed a rendition of The Lord Is My Shepherd, accompanying herself on the keyboard, while her prospective dates swayed nude in the background.

As Louis Michael put it: “Just when you think it can’t get any more surreal, she whips out a piano and puts on a one-woman show. For the penises.”

“We all need a little bit of Judith in us really, don’t we?” Stephen said at the end of the episode.

Frankly, we can not agree more.

Gogglebox airs every Friday night at 9pm on Channel 4.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: 18 Tweets About The Final That Are ‘Not A Joke, Just A Fact’

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Warning! This article contains spoilers for the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series two. 

It’s fair to say that Thursday nights are not going to be the same for the foreseeable future following the conclusion of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. 

The show that has kept so many of us going through the third national lockdown came to an end with a final that was full of shade, serves and surprises. 

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Tayce, Ellie Diamond, Bimini Bon Boulash, Lawrence Chaney in the Drag Race UK final

The four finalists – Bimini Bon Boulash, Lawrence Chaney, Tayce and Ellie Diamond – each laid down their own verse for RuPaul’s track A Little Bit Of Love before putting on a popstar-worthy performance for Ru, Michelle Visage, Alan Carr and Graham Norton.

For many, it topped off what has been a magnificent series that has firmly cemented the franchise’s place in the UK TV landscape… 

1. PREACH.

2. We’ve not been able to stop thinking about this tbh

3. Similarly hilarious

4. In fact, everything about Ginny’s return to the Drag Race stage was a serve

5. Including this reference to her infamous walk-off

6. Here’s the explanation behind that picture btw

7. Tia Kofi really took on Ru’s critiques and ran with them

8. We see no lies here

9. We’ll admit we let out a little cry

10. Alan Carr appreciation moment

11. Our life motto from now until 21 June 2021

12. That lip sync was properly iconic

13. Lawrence Chaney is now one step closer to making Morning Glory a real life actuality 

14. Real queens do not tear each other down

15. Understood?

16. Because it was clear to see there were actually four winners stood on that stage

17. Honestly, we don’t know what we did to deserve all of this

18. The London Mayor tweeting about Drag Race UK? We love to see it. 

The complete boxset of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. 

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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: Bimini Bon Boulash’s Katie Price Impression Was So Good Even Bafta Has Endorsed It

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We were left “clapping for the UK Hun” Bimini Bon Boulash after the latest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, and it seems we were not the only ones bowled over by her Katie Price impression on Snatch Game. 

In fact, so good was her send up of Pricey that Bafta has officially endorsed it. 

The latest episode of the hit BBC Three reality show saw the remaining queens tasked with impersonating a host of celebrities in the iconic Snatch Game challenge.  

After the show debuted on Thursday night, the meme account Love Of Huns posted a clip of Bimini’s performance on Instagram, along with the caption: “Bimini’s Katie Price is truly BAFTA worthy.”

It soon caught the attention of the official Bafta account, who very much agreed, commenting with a trophy emoji. 

With the TV Baftas scheduled to happen later in the year, we’re on tenterhooks to find out if Bimini bags a nomination. 

Drag Race fans are still waiting to hear what the woman herself thought of the performance, as Katie is yet to comment. 

However, after the show aired, Bimini was sure to reiterate that her impression was done with a lot of love. 

She tweeted: “I also ADORE AND LOVE @KatiePrice and I always have. She’s an absolute icon and I hope I did her proud.”

The internet was lapping up Bimini’s Snatch Game, and she was trending on Twitter thanks to all the praise she was receiving. 

And while Ellie Diamond didn’t receive a top placing from the judges after taking off Matt Lucas’ Little Britain character Vicky Pollard, the comedian was apparently very impressed. 

He tweeted: “Thank you @elliediamond101 for smashing Vicky Pollard! I’m flattered, humbled and still laughing xxx.”

RuPaul’s Drag Race continues next Thursday, with the new episode available to stream on BBC Three from 7pm. 

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Alan Carr Reveals What It Will Take To Get Him To Finally Sign Up For Strictly Come Dancing

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Great British Bake Off Unveils Star-Studded Line-Up For New Celebrity Series

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