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Strictly Come Dancing's Will Mellor praised for thanking the 'real stars' of Blackpool show

Will Mellor has been singled out for praise by Strictly Come Dancing fans for being ‘the only one’ to praise who are they are dubbing ‘the real stars’ of Blackpool week - the backing dancers.

Former Hollyoaks star Will, now a Coronation Street villain, was labelled the one to watch after the first week of the new series, when he and pro partner Nancy Xu lit up the floor with their jive, becoming immediate favourites to win the Glitterball trophy this year. Will and Nancy’s scores took a big tumble in week two, before their Strictly journey suffered a big bump in the road when Will was struck down by a virus, forcing him to fall behind in rehearsals.

Fortunately for them, there scores have started to become consistently good again and Will and Nancy had the job of rounding off proceedings in the legendary Tower Ballroom on Saturday night, when they performed a sensational samba which brought a flavour of a Rio carnival to Blackpool.

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