La Voix has withdrawn from this 12 months’s Strictly Come Dancing attributable to damage.
The RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star felt a “niggle in my foot” while performing the foxtrot on the November 15 reside present, and it quickly acquired worse, leading to her {and professional} dance accomplice Aljaz Skorjanec, 35, pulling out of performing their Samba on the iconic Blackpool Tower Ballroom on Saturday (22.11.25) night time.
Now, the pair is not going to be returning to the BBC’s Latin and Ballroom dance present, which was confirmed firstly of Saturday night time’s reside present.
Host Tess Daly, 56, advised viewers: “We will verify she has very sadly needed to withdraw from the competitors.”
The drag queen – actual title Christopher Dennis – shared her heartbreak about having to completely pull out of Strictly Come Dancing on her Instagram account following the announcement.
In a press release, she stated: “I am completely devastated to be withdrawing from Strictly Come Dancing. This is not the glittering exit I ever imagined, and it breaks my coronary heart to really feel like I am letting individuals down.
“My spirit wished to maintain dancing, however my foot has different concepts!”
La Voix, 45, went on to thank Strictly Come Dancing’s viewers for supporting her and Aljaz every week.
She added: “Thanks for each cheer, each vote, and each sparkle of help – it is meant the world to me.”
And the star stated she’s going to all the time be thankful for the expertise.
La Voix concluded her assertion with: “This is not the ending I imagined, however I am going to cherish this without end.”
After confirming that the performer is not going to be returning to Strictly Come Dancing, Tess additionally revealed {that a} celeb and their skilled dance accomplice is not going to depart the competitors this week.
It means the six remaining {couples} – together with Emmerdale star Lewis Cope, 30, and Katya Jones, 36, who topped this week’s leaderboard with an ideal 40 factors, and EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal, 46, and Julian Caillon, 30, who got here final with 33 factors – undergo to the November 29 reside present.
Scores from the judges – Craig Revel Horwood, 60, Motsi Mabuse, 44, Shirley Ballas, 65, and 59 12 months outdated Anton Du Beke – in addition to viewers’ votes can be carried over, and mixed with subsequent week’s factors and votes.
Two {couples} with the fewest votes will participate within the dreaded dance-off, the place they are going to battle it out for one in every of them to remain within the competitors throughout the November 30 outcomes present.
La Voix’s exit comes after former Love Island star Dani Dyer, 29, give up the competitors earlier than the primary reside present on September 27 after she fractured her ankle in rehearsals.
And Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis, 67, pulled out of Strictly Come Dancing on October 20 as a result of he tore a calf muscle.
Strictly Come Dancing returns on Sunday (23.11.25) night time at 7.15pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
