Strictly Come Dancing tonight live: Shaun Wright-Phillips emotional as dad Ian watches on
Strictly Come Dancing week five is in full swing and Shaun Wright-Phillips held back tears as his footballing icon dad, Ian, sat on the front row watching on in awe
Strictly Come Dancing is back tonight, and emotions are at an all-time high. Footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips was seen choking up after host Emma Willis pointed out his dad, Arsenal legend Ian Wright, was proudly watching on the front row.
Elsewhere, Delta Goodrem has made a return. The Aussie singer, 41, is raring to go after a nasty injury forced her to take a break last week. “I was not going to go down without a fight,” she vowed in the training room earlier in the week. “I had to process all the emotions pretty quickly. I definitely got a bit rocked and a bit shocked, but I think [it helped] just working through and going ‘I’m going to be there Monday.’ Kai’s been so amazing.”
Just hours before her return, Delta shared an emotional video of herself breaking down in tears as she struggled through the pain. However, thankfully, she’s managed to come out the other side and is ready to tackle her performance tonight. For the first time in (what seems like) a while, there’s no theme this week, so the couples will need to solely rely on their dancing skills and performances rather than any prop gimmicks.
Last week saw the elimination of Dame Sarah Storey and partner Julian Caillon after they went up against Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu after a unanimous decision from the judges. Afterwards, Bethany admitted she was “devastated” that she had landed in the dance-off, so she’ll be hoping to avoid it tonight.
This week, fans have been left far from impressed by the judging panel’s feedback. Many believe that the feedback to contestants has been “harsher” than in previous weeks.
Follow along with the Mirror tonight and keeeep dancing!