The iconic Strictly Come Dancing show has wrapped for yet another year, and once again, it didn’t disappoint. It was a night full of glitz and glam for some, but EastEnders Jamie Borthwick turned up as we’ve never seen him before.
The EastEnders star and his professional partner Michelle Tsiakkas performed a jive to The Ketchup Song (Asereje) by Las Ketchup, and the star seemed to be having the time of his life as he prepared for the big number on Saturday afternoon during rehearsals. As he prepped for the big performance, the 30 year old could be seen all smiles as he sat on top of the huge ‘Strictly’ ketchup bottle, giving Heinz a run for their money.
Matching the bottle, Jamie dazzled in red, while his partner Michelle matched him in a stunning feather dress with red hoops to match. The duo impressed judges with a score of 33.
Elsewhere in Blackpool rehearsals, former Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and her dance partner Aljaž Škorjanec could be seen practising for their Paso Doble to the song Torn by Nathan Lanier. The pair 'shut Blackpool Tower down' with their epic performance, and were given an impressive, and well deserved 39.
Wynne Evans, who narrowly secured his place in Blackpool after being in the bottom two with Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu, could be seen practising with his ‘horse on a stick prop’ for his and Katya’s Charleston to Carmen Suite No. 1: 5. Les toréadors by George Bizet. Wynne and Katya gave it their all, but unfortunately, they placed second to bottom of the leader board, with a fair 31.
However, it was Pete Wicks who had everyone's attention on social media, who left fans in hysterics. The star strutted his stuff with his partner Jowita Przystal, to Right Said Fred’s I’m Too Sexy For in tight PVC pink pants. Some fans even likened the former TOWIE star and Jowita to Barbie and Ken. One said: “More Ken & Barbie than Pete & Jowita #Strictly ” as another tweeted: “ Pete Wicks looks like he's a year late for the Barbie movie!"
Finally, JLS star JB Gill was seen practising his Quickstep to Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley as he and partner Lauren Oakley dazzled in purple. It comes after JB’s original partner Amy Dowden was forced to pull out of the show earlier in the series due to injury. Amy recently expressed how ‘gutted’ she was to miss out on the iconic Blackpool Tower show, telling Christine Lampard on Lorraine earlier this week: "I'm just so gutted I won't be dancing there this weekend! It's definitely not the way I wanted it but I'm so proud of JB, Lauren's doing a great job."
JB did a great job indeed, as it was noted he 'couldn't stop smiling'. The singer was smiling all the way to the leader board as he scored an impressive 35, leaving him in the middle of the leader board.
It wasn't only the dancers who 'shut down the dancefloor' this week, as fans were left ecstatic when The Pet Shop Boys took to the stage. There's more to come in tomorrow night's results show as the band will be back to perform their new single.
