Former Love Island UK winner Amber Davies was a last-minute substitute on the BBC’s Strictly Coming Dancing, beginning rehearsals simply in the future earlier than the premiere.
“Guys, at the present time might go one or two methods. I’d get a name to say, ‘You’re going to be on Strictly Coming Dancing on Saturday,’” Davies, 28, stated in a TikTok video posted on Thursday, September 26. “Or I is perhaps going to Swansea to spend the weekend with my niece for her first birthday, so a win is a win. What the hell-e?”
Davies, who gained season 3 of Love Island UK with now-ex Kem Cetinay, acquired a telephone name from the dance present’s manufacturing crew simply eight hours later.
“Properly, I’m doing it,” she stated in a later clip of her TikTok video. “Please be type, and vote for me when you can. I’m doing this for Dani Dyer.”
Dyer, 29, was an unique member of the Strictly — the British precursor to Dancing With the Stars — lineup. She was slated to bop with professional Nikita Kuzmin however broke her ankle forward of the Saturday, September 27, premiere.
“I had a fall on Friday in rehearsals and landed humorous,” Dyer, who gained season 4 of Love Island UK with ex Jack Fincham, wrote in an Instagram assertion earlier this week. “I believed I had rolled my foot, nevertheless it swelled up badly over the weekend. After an MRI scan yesterday, it seems, I’ve fractured my ankle.”
@amber_davies7 The craziest 24 hours of my life. Not a telephone name I used to be anticipating at 9pm at evening with my pjays on and a cuppa in hand! So let’s be taught some ballroom lets…. 🪩 #Stricly2025
Dyer continued, “Apparently, doing the quickstep on a fracture is just not advisable and the medical doctors have stated I’m not allowed to bop, so I’ve needed to pull out of the present. To say I’m heartbroken is the largest understatement. I’m so going to overlook dancing with Nikita, however will, in fact, be watching carefully and cheering all of the {couples} on.”
A spokesperson for the present addressed Dyer’s withdrawal in a separate assertion.
“Dani has introduced a lot ardour, pleasure and enthusiasm to Strictly, and her partnership with Nikita was off to probably the most sensational begin,” BBC Studios exec producer Sarah James wrote in an announcement. “Everybody on the present is extremely unhappy that she’s not in a position to compete on this yr’s collection. We ship her all our love and finest needs for a swift restoration. We very a lot hope to welcome her again to the ballroom sooner or later.”
Kumzin, 27, began rehearsing with Davies on Friday, September 26,. The dancing duo will carry out a waltz to Adele’s “When We Have been Younger” throughout Saturday’s stay broadcast. Dyer, for her half, cheered on the last-minute pairing — and their fellow contestants — from house.
“Good luck to all of the beautiful solid beginning there [sic] Strictly journey tonight,” Dyer wrote by way of her Instagram Tales late on Friday night. “Can’t wait to look at you all, so proud & know the way arduous you’ve all been working. See you all quickly.”
Along with her Love Island UK tenure, Davies has conquered the West Finish stage and carried out in skilled stagings of 9 to five, Again to the Future, Fairly Lady and The Nice Gatsby in London. Davies not too long ago landed the starring position of Elle Woods within the upcoming touring manufacturing of Legally Blonde the Musical.
