Strictly Come Dancing stars Gorka Marquez and Nikita Kanda have broken their silence after being in the dreaded dance-off.
The radio DJ presenter and pro dancer found themselves in the bottom two at the weekend in the first dance-off of the glitzy BBC One series. The pair had performed her Charleston to Beyonce’s Single Ladies the night before and landed 18 points.
The judges ultimately decided to send Les Dennis and Nancy Xu home after the dance-off. This meant Nikita and Gorka are back for another week.
READ MORE: Strictly’s Les Dennis ‘looked bitter’ over show axe and Nancy ‘felt sad for herself’
READ MORE: Holly Willoughby left red-faced after Strictly Bobby Brazier’s X-rated comment
And on Tuesday’s episode (October 3) of Strictly spin-off It Takes Two, the pair sat down to talk about their experience. Speaking to host Fleur East Nikita admitted: “My stomach, Fleur, I felt so sick.
“I think I just dropped into his arms and I felt like I was gonna cry. It was so emotional because you don’t expect it and it’s the first one and it becomes real that someone is about to go home.”
She added: “And then to hear your name be called out fists genuinely I wasn’t expecting it. Fleur then added: “It does make you want to fight back.”
Agreeing, Gorka said :”It’s obviously not a nice place to be, but I always say sometimes it’s like a wake-up call.”
It comes after fans were convinced they noticed a change when Nikita and Gorka performed for the second time. Viewers immediately flooded to social media to share their complaints.
One user wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “The music for Gorka’s routine was too fast.” Another said: “Did they do the dirty on Nikita tho with the speed of the song – its RI-DIC-ULOUSLY fast – don’t think even Beyonce could keep up with that!!”
(Image: BBC/Guy Levy)
Have you joined Threads? Follow Daily Star to keep up to date on all things showbiz here.
A third said the band were playing “double time” with the singers having to “catch up”. A fourth wrote: “Firmly believe Gorka and Nikita are in the dance off purely because of the music they danced to.”
The music didn’t hold them back though and Nikita and Gorka have danced their way through to Movie Week after being saved by all the judges. Meanwhile Les Dennis and Nancy Xu were the first couple to be booted off the competition
For more of the latest showbiz and TV news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
