Helen Skelton dazzled in the spotlight on Friday night's live Strictly as she performed a red hot routine to Mein Herr from the musical Cabaret for the quarter-final. The Countryfile and former Blue Peter presenter oozed confidence in a black corseted outfit with smokey eye makeup, dark lipstick and with her blonde hair worn slicked back.
"Am I looking at a young lady who has grown from a timid, shy girl in week one to this sensual performance? I've got goosebumps," said head judge Shirley. Fans have seen mum-of-three Helen, 39, go through a transition during her time on the BBC One dance show following her split from husband Richie Myler in April.
Her celeb dance partner Gorka Marquez also donned a black corset and eyeliner for their spectacular dance. "Showed Gorka for what a good partner he is too, he never lets himself take any attention off her, it was all about Helen," commented one fan Ruth Drummond on Twitter.
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But fans couldn't keep their eyes off Gorka as the pair sat on the couch for a chat with co-host Claudia Winkleman during Saturday's results show. @AndieDelicacy tweeted: "Haven't been able to concentrate on anything but Gorka tonight. Eyeliner, all in black AND corset."
@coljall praised with a love heart-eyes emoji: "Gorka wearing eyeliner." @kiramadeira commented: "Gorka is so beautiful."
@heypoppyj admitted: "Can’t stop thinking about Gorka with the eyeliner and corset." And @strutcakes said: "Also looking forward to seeing @gorkamarquez1 in guyliner again!"
Helen, who was also joined by fellow semi-finalist Will Mellor and his dance partner Nancy Xu, had her co-stars in stitches as she told a story about her youngest son Louis. "Helen, I love the fact that your little boy Louis when he goes to school I believe he says that Craig and Shirley dropped him off," encouraged Claudia, referring to judge Craig Revel Horwood and head judge Shirley Ballas.
"Yeah he got dropped off in a taxi once and they said 'who's in there?' and he maintained the lie all day that 'Craig and Shirley dropped me off.'" She added: "You don't like to question a five year old do you? So we stuck with it and we went with it. Yeah."
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