STRICTLY Come Dancing star Nigel Harman and his dance partner Katya Jones have left the show on medical grounds.
The Casualty actor, 50, was due to perform a Charleston to Step in Time from Disney‘s Mary Poppins on tonight’s BBC1 live quarter finals.
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Nigel Harman has pulled out of Strictly on medical groundsCredit: BBC
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He and Katya Jones had been tipped to make the finalCredit: BBC
A source said: “Nigel wasn’t in training this morning, and other dancers were informed later on in the day. He and Katya were really disappointed as they were hoping to stay in the competition.
“They hadn’t been in the bottom two so had a real chance of making it to the finals.
“Nigel has been training really hard and really through himself into rehearsals.”
Last weekend the pair performed the steamiest routine of the series writhing around on a bed.
The Russian pro dancer, 34, donned a silk negligee to dance the rhumba to Celine Dion’s power ballad It’s All Coming Back To Me Now.
Nigel planted a kiss on her forehead during the choreography and said: “All the time through our hands we’re communicating and through our bodies, you have to be totally locked on with your partner to do that.
“One of my favourite times of the weeks, is when we stand on the corner of the dancefloor and we hold hands and we walk out there together.”
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The duo’s dancefloor chemistry was undeniableCredit: PA
