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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Jessica Sansome

Gemma Atkinson melts hearts with daughter's 'Manc accent' as toddler responds to Gorka Marquez's BBC Strictly shout out

Gemma Atkinson has melted her followers' hearts by sharing a video of her daughter responding to her shout out on Strictly Come Dancing. The Hits Radio host has been keeping up to date with the BBC One dance contest as her fiancé Gorka Marquez competes alongside Helen Skelton.

Gemma has been spending her Saturday nights watching the show from home with their three-year-old daughter, Mia, and sharing her reaction to the results show, which airs the following night (Sunday) despite being pre-recorded following every live show. And the reaction videos have come to show that Mia is not just supporting her dad and Countryfile host Helen.

After their high scores and high praise, Gorka and Helen made it through to week eight in the hit competition. And while the dancing pair were delighted to be through to another week, Gorka was also happy to see Will Mellor survive the public vote alongside his dance partner Nancy Xu. After being told they were safe, both couples headed up the stairs to chat to Strictly co-host Claudia Winkleman.

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