Strictly Come Dancing viewers fear Karen Carney is injured after spotting massive clue ahead of semi-final
Karen and Carlos Gu have their eyes on the Glitterball TrophyStrictly Come Dancing fans are convinced Karen Carney is injured ahead of her semi-final performance this weekend.
Karen and her dance partner, Carlos Gu, were thrilled to escape the quarter-final dance-off during last night’s Strictly: The Results.
But although she’s made it through to the penultimate episode, fans have raised their fears.
During Saturday night’s live show, Karen flashed a glimpse of medical strapping on her right arm.
The skin-coloured tape was even more obvious as she spoke to Claudia Winkleman during Sunday’s Results show.
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Karen held her head in her hands as she shared her shock at making it through to the 2025 Strictly semi-final. The tape went from her wrist and right up to her elbow.
The former Lioness was also noticeably clapping by slapping her left hand on her knee.
Writing on X, one viewer remarked: “Bit worried Kaz is injured because she’s knee clapping there and resting her arm.”
Another asked: “The strapping? Is Karen’s arm okay?” Someone else added: “I saw tape on her arm!”
Karen and Carlos performed a Samba in Saturday night’s Musicals Week quarter-final. They took on the musical Sweet Charity and danced to The Rhythm of Life.
They were awarded 34 marks from the judges, which meant they finished bottom of the leaderboard. But this was only third place.
Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin topped the board with a perfect 40. Second place was joint between George Clarke and Alexis Warr, Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon, and Lewis Cope and Katya Jones. All three scored 35.
In a shock to fans and judges, Amber and Lewis were the celebs in the dance-off. The judges unanimously voted to send Lewis home. This means Karen is through to the semi-final with Amber, Balvinder and George.
Karen remains silent amid ‘injury’
Karen hasn’t mentioned her apparent arm injury publicly. While speaking to Claudia on Sunday night she said nothing and instead thanked viewers for voting for her and Carlos.
“I can’t believe it, I was bottom of the leaderboard. I can’t thank everyone enough and simply can’t believe it,” Karen said.
Claudia also revealed Karen is the first footballer to make it to a Strictly Come Dancing semi-final. Karen has since written on Instagram: “Can’t believe it. The support you give @gkx_carlos and I is unbelievable and we’re in the semi finals because of you all. We can’t thank you all enough.”
Replying, one viewer said: “So pleased for you and Carlos!! You absolutely deserve to be in the semi final because every week you give your absolute all to the dance you’re doing. You and Carlos are my winners through and through.”
Another added: “Our winner from day one. The kindest most humble human I’ve ever known. Keep smashing it Kaz.” And someone else said: “My winner from day 1. So humble, so kind to others. A real role model. Glitterball or not, you’ve won a lot of hearts.”
When is the Strictly Come Dancing semi-final?
The Strictly 2025 semi-final takes place this weekend. The show starts at 6.35pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and finishes at 8.05pm.
Each of the four remaining couples will be performing two dances in the semi-final. The two couples who receive the fewest votes will compete in the last Strictly Come Dancing: The Results show of 2025 the following night.
And then… it’s final time! The Strictly Come Dancing 2025 Final is on Saturday December 20, 2025. There will be three couples in this year’s finale episode. Who will lift the Glitterball Trophy this year? We can’t wait to find out!
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