Cumbria’s Helen Skelton has wowed the judges on this week’s Strictly Come Dancing with her jive moves.
Dance partner Gorka Marquez – who has adopted Penrith as his home while the pair are rehearsing in the town – said he tried a different teaching method this week.
It involved meditation – and they tried it for the first time on Wednesday. It went well, Helen told Claudia Winkleman, except Gorka fell asleep after nine minutes.
Their jive – which saw the pair in matching black and white outfits – left the judges overflowing with praise. A tiny mistake – which happened right in front of Craig – didn’t stop the quartet saying how amazing the dance was.
Motsi said: “Last week I said you gave off final vibes. today, you made a statement that you are going to be in the final. It was magnificent. That was fantastic.”
Shirley called it ‘just divine’ and Anton said he loved every minute.
Craig said: “The mistake happened right in front of me – I was reaching for my 10 paddle. I was disappointed…”
In response, Helen did a cartwheel.
She certainly looked the most relaxed on the dancefloor than she has ever done this series and told Claudia: “I loved every minute of it!”
The pair were given three nines and a 10 from Anton – making it their highest score of the series and the highest scoring jive of the series.
