Strictly star La Voix forced to pull out of series with injury as BBC confirm no elimination in tomorrow's results show
La Voix is out!Strictly star La Voix has been forced to pull out of the rest of the series after picking up an injury.
The news was announced at the start of the show tonight (Saturday, November 22).
Strictly star La Voix forced to pull out of series
After tonight’s edition of Strictly kicked off spectacularly, with a pro dancer routine alongside iconic band Steps.
However, within seconds of the routine finishing, Tess and Claudia revealed some sad news.
Earlier this week, La Voix announced that she won’t be able to take part in this week’s edition of the show due to injury. She was given a bye with the hope of being able to perform next week.
However, Tess and Claudia revealed some bad news – the star won’t be coming back at all.
Tess and Claudia share sad news
“Now, as you may have heard, La Voix sustained an injury, meaning that she can’t dance in Blackpool tonight,” Tess said.
The camera then cut to a very sad-looking La Voix, who was sitting in the audience.
“And following further advice from our medical team, we can now confirm, she has very sadly had to withdraw from the competition,” Tess then added.
“We will be speaking to La Voix in tomorrow night’s show. We love you so, so much,” Claudia said, speaking to La Voix.
Tess agreed, then adding: “We sure do!”
In a statement shared on her Instagram later on, La Voix spoke of her heartbreak about having to quit the show.
“I’m absolutely devastated to be withdrawing Strictly Come Dancing. This isn’t the glittering exit I ever imagined, and it breaks my heart to feel like I’m letting people down. My spirit wanted to to keep dancing but my foot has other ideas! Thank you for every cheer, every vote, and every sparke of support – it’s meant the world to me. This isn’t the ending I imagined, but I’ll cherish this forever.”
Major change to tomorrow night’s show
In light of La Voix’s early exit from the show, Tess and Claudia then shared some big news about tomorrow night’s show.
The duo announced that tomorrow, no-one will be eliminated from the show!
“No one will be leaving Strictly this weekend!” Tess announced, drawing wild cheers from the audience and the celebs.
The stars then all came together for a group hug where they jumped around wildly, celebrating.
Strictly continues tomorrow (Sunday, November 23) at 7.15pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
