Gorka Marquez appeared emotional as he shared a video of from his daughter ahead of the Strictly Come Dancing final. The Spanish dancer will compete for the Glitterball trophy on Saturday night (December 17) in his third final since joining the BBC One dance show in 2016.
He will be vying for the Strictly champions 2022 title alongside Helen Skelton after they made it through to the last week of the 20th series alongside Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal, Fleur East and Vito Coppola and Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu.
Each couple will perform three routines as they take to the ballroom for the final time, with Helen, 39, and Gorka, set to dance their jive to Tightrope by Janelle Monae at the request of the judges, their couple’s choice routine to Mein Herr by Liza Minnelli (from Cabaret) after picking it as their favourite routine of the series and finally their show dance, where Helen gets to show off her 13 weeks of practice, to Shine by Emeli Sande.
