Strictly’s Chris McCausland made a heartbreaking confession after his latest routine, saying that he found it “overwhelming.”
During the second week, the comedian and his dance partner Dianne Buswell performed a Fox Trot to ‘Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy.’ It came after the pair did a Cha Cha Cha to Lulu’s ‘Twist and Shout’ during the launch show.
The couple recieved plenty of praise from their dance, scoring 29 points out of a possible 40. They garnered plenty of praise from the judges, with Anton saying that Chris’ timing was exceptional.
Following last week’s launch for the 22nd series (September 14), figures indicated the first show was watched by almost a million fewer viewers than 2023.
An average of 5.5million viewers tuned in between 7.20pm and 9pm, in comparison to 6.2million for the launch show last year.
Earlier in the show, Strictly Come Dancing fans took to social media to comment within seconds about Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly‘s outfits. The second week of the BBC dance competition kicked off in style with Tom Dean and Nadiya taking to the floor.
Followers of the show couldn’t help but comment that the pair looked like the characters Glinda and Elphaba from the musical, Wicked.
One person said: “tess & claud look like elphaba and glinda its kinda slaying #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly.”
A second person commented: “Tess and Claudia feeling a bit of Elphaba and Glinda tonight? #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly.” As a third typed: “Close enough, welcome back Elphaba and Glinda #Strictly #SCD #StrictlyComeDancing.”