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Kelvin Fletcher and Oti Mabuse Paso Doble to Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes.
It’s Semi-Final time and the pressure is well and truly on as our couples have not one, but two routines to perform this week!
Celebrities take to the dance floor to perform a dazzling display of ballroom routines.
Couple: Kelvin Fletcher and Oti Mabuse
Score: 37 (9, 10, 9, 9)
Dance: Paso Doble
Music: “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes
Soap superstar Kelvin knows his way around a script, but can he shimmy his way around dancefloor? The Oldham-born actor’s on-screen career began at the age of 12, when he was cast in Emmerdale as tearaway teen Andy Hopwood. Despite only being signed up for three episodes, he ended up starring in the soap for 20 years in over 1500 episodes, eventually taking on his fictional adoptive family surname Sugden.
Two decades of standout storylines earned him many nominations and wins at the British Soap Awards, including Best Actor, Best Dramatic Performance and Scene of the Year. In 2016 he departed Emmerdale to pursue new acting opportunities.
Off-screen, Kelvin is also a self-confessed petrol head, winning the 2012 Silverstone Classic Celebrity Challenge race and competing in the 2016 British Touring Car Championship. Now he’s facing a very different type of competition with Pro dancer Oti Mabuse, but does he think he can match her moves?
“I’ve got an idea of how I’d love to look. I want to be smooth, going around the dancefloor like John Travolta. But in reality that might not be the case!” he said. “I’ve just got to work really hard. But I also want to really enjoy it, I’m really looking forward to it.” We’ll prepare those flares for you now Kelvin…
The seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing began broadcasting on 7 September 2019. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the Main Show and the Results show, with Zoë Ball returning to present Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two alongside new addition Rylan Clark-Neal. Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas and Bruno Tonioli returned to the judging panel. After seven years as a judge, Darcey Bussell did not return to the series. Bussell’s replacement was announced on 22 July as Motsi Mabuse, elder sister of professional dancer Oti Mabuse. On 19 October, actor Alfonso Ribeiro stood in as a guest judge to cover for Tonioli. Following the withdrawal of Will Bayley, on 30 October, it was announced that the 2019 final would feature three couples instead of four.
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