Helen Skelton has bounced back from a tough year in her personal life and losing out in the Strictly Come Dancing final, by 'winning' the show's live tour alongside Kai Widdrington.
It was well documented before former Blue Peter star Helen signed up to do Strictly that she'd been put through the mill thanks to the breakdown of her marriage to rugby player Richie Myler and then having to watch him very publicly move on with another woman. Helen was the final star to be confirmed as a contestant for the BBC show last year and, in her first few weeks of ballroom life was plagued by a crippling lack of self confidence.
Helen even had to be calked back into the rehearsal room by pro partner Gorka Marquez at one point, having fled through a fire exit. The turning point for Helen came as she and Gorka wowed with their Blue Peter themed Charleston for Strictly's BBC 100th birthday special and, from then on, as Helen gained in confidence, they were regulars at the top of the leaderboard and, having never fallen into the dreaded dance-off, made it all the way to the final.
