Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Kai Widdrington will not dance in this weekend’s episodes, forcing his partner Delta Goodrem to dance with another professional.
Instead, fellow professional Aljaz Skorjanec will dance the Argentine tango with the Australian singer on tonight’s (November 14) live episode of the BBC programme.
Announcing the news on Friday’s episode of Strictly sister show It Takes Two, presenter Ellie Taylor said: “Due to illness, Kai is unable to perform on tomorrow night’s show.
“Instead Aljaz will step in to dance the Argentine tango with Delta.
“Kai we are sending you so much love, feel better soon.”
Fans have sent well wishes to Widdrington as he recovers, with one commenting on Instagram: “Hope Kai gets better soon.
“We sat near him in the theatre when we watched Nikita on stage.
“He was so kind to my daughter and her friend xx”.
Someone else said: “Get well soon kai.
“I hope your back to dance with delta next week.
“Aljaz will do well with delta this week then team DeltaKai can be back on the dance floor.❤️😢🤞”.
Another commented: “I was so looking forward to seeing Kai doing the Argentine Tango. Fell better soon Kai”.
It comes a few weeks after Goodrem was given a bye through to the next round following a fractured rib.
She returned on October 24 to score the series’ first 10 with Widdrington for their rumba to Celine Dion’s It’s All Coming Back To Me Now.
Jaime Winstone to return to Strictly tonight
Tonight’s show will also see actress Jaime Winstone return to the ballroom, having missed last week’s episode with her partner Carlos Gu due to a torn abdominal muscle.
In a post on Instagram earlier this week, she said: “Hey guys, we are back.
“It’s been a hard week and it’s been very frustrating not being able to dance and join everyone else in the ballroom.
“I wanted to let you know that we are intending to dance.
“We have been given the all-clear under certain rules by the doctors.
“We’ve just done our wonderful Charleston with amazing choreographers and Carlos.”
Strictly Come Dancing songs and dances revealed for November 14
Former Love Island star Dani Dyer and partner Nikita Kuzmin will perform a paso doble to Lorde’s cover of Tears For Fears’ hit Everybody Wants To Rule The World.
EastEnders star Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola will foxtrot to Have You Met Miss Jones? by Robbie Williams, while Goodrem and Widdrington will dance the Argentine tango to Missing by Everything But The Girl.
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Winstone will perform a Charleston with partner Gu to I Can’t Do It Alone by Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Love Island’s Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby will also do a Charleston, dancing to Blame It On The Boogie by The Jacksons, while social media personality John Nellis and Katya Jones will jive to Pump It by Black Eyed Peas.
Olympian Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita will dance the Viennese waltz to I’m With You by Avril Lavigne and Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly trainer Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley will perform a quickstep to Happy Days by Pratt and McClain.
Big Brother presenter Will Best and Dianne Buswell will perform a paso doble to Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat.
Strictly will be available to watch tonight on BBC One at 6.25pm, with its results show taking place on Sunday at 7.15pm.
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