Helen Skelton has come clean on the 'real' reason she signed up to do Strictly Come Dancing this year, as her confidence got another boost on Friday night, when she finished joint top of the leaderboard and fans branded hero a 'warrior' and 'inspiration'.
As Strictly made the switch from Saturday to Friday for its quarter final, the pressure was on for ex Blue Peter presenter Helen and her pro partner Gorka Marquez to keep up their good run of form, which has so far evade the dance-off, as rivals like Molly Rainford and Fleur East have dropped into the bottom two on numerous occasions.
Later than most of the other couples left in the new series of Strictly, Helen and Gorka finally got to do their Couple's Choice on Friday as the show hosted its Musicals special. The pair, whose odds of winning the show are dropping all the time, performed to Mein Herr, from Cabaret, with Helen channelling her inner Liza Minelli for the show-stopping routine.
