Lauren Oakley has stepped in for Amy Dowden for Monday’s Strictly Come Dancing rehearsal.
The 33-year-old, who isn’t partnered with a celebrity this season, will be joining JB Gill to start the week’s practice sessions.
The BBC confirmed to The Standard that Oakley will fill-in on Monday after the 34-year-old missed Sunday’s results programme after “feeling unwell”.
The Welsh dancer was taken to Barnet Hospital from the BBC One show’s production centre, Elstree Studios, as a “precaution”.
Viewers then saw Gill stood alone on stage as the results were read out, which saw him and Dowden escape being in the bottom two after their foxtrot to Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader.
A spokesman for Dowden said on Sunday: “Amy was feeling unwell and so an ambulance was called as a precaution.
“She is feeling much better and would like to thank the Strictly family for their love and concern. We request Amy’s privacy in matters of health is kindly respected.”
An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called just after 9pm on Saturday to attend a medical emergency at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood.
“An ambulance was sent to the scene. One patient, an adult female, was transported to Barnet Hospital for further care.”
Before she was taken to hospital on Saturday, Dowden and her celebrity partner glided their way to a score of 32 with their foxtrot to Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader.
After surviving another week, the JLS star took to Instagram to thank viewers for their support, writing alongside a photo of them performing “On behalf of both @amy_dowden and I, I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone for voting for us and wishing us well.
“We absolutely loved our performance on Saturday night and are so grateful to be through to another week on @bbcstrictly Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support.”
This year, Dowden returned to the competition after undergoing treatment for breast cancer, including having a mastectomy and chemotherapy.
Dowden first found a lump in her breast the day before going to the Maldives on her honeymoon with fellow professional dancer Ben Jones, and was subsequently diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.
In February, she announced tests showed she has “no evidence of disease” and it was later confirmed she would return to Strictly Come Dancing for its 20th anniversary series.
