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Gorka Marquez's 'gracious' Strictly gesture to Helen Skelton clocked by viewers at home

Gorka Marquez made a very gracious gesture towards his Strictly Come Dancing partner Helen Skelton, in a move that was noticed by viewers at home during Sunday's semi final.

With just a week to go until the series finale of Strictly, Gorka and Helen are creeping more and more into contention, with the bookies shortening their odds all the time. Going into Sunday's live show, which was put back a night due to the World Cup, Helen and Gorka were second favourites to win in the betting and got off to a good start, getting 35 out of 40 for their first performance, a waltz to Celine Dion's Only One Road.

The couple were then back on the dancefloor later on in the evening, aiming to book themselves a place in the final four, with an intense Argentine Tango to Eurhythmics classic Here Comes the Rain Again. And, as the music finished, fans watching BBC One, noticed Gorka graciously step aside to let Helen get the lion's share of the applause and cheers, before high fiving her.

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