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Manchester Evening News
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Jessica Sansome

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Will Mellor's performance at risk as he's struck by illness as he offers update

Will Mellor has been a hit with viewers and the judges but his upcoming Strictly Come Dancing performance is hanging in the balance. The actor sparked concern on Thursday when he appeared on the show's BBC Two spin-off, It Takes Two.

He was forced to apologise to viewers at home as he audibly coughed throughout his interview with Janette Manrara as he joined his dance partner Nancy Xu live on the programme. He admitted that he and Nancy haven't done much training at all for this weekend's performance as he has been struck down with a bug.

Janette started by saying: "We just need to start by saying you’ve not been feeling very well this week. How are you feeling now?" she asked prompting Will to update her.

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