Helen Skelton joined her Strictly professional partner Gorka Marquez and his famous wife Gemma Atkinson at Monday night's Pride of Britain awards.
After a rather fraught start to their time on Strictly,. with Helen running out of rehearsals through a fire exit before they'd even set foot in the BBC ballroom, before being coaxed back in by Gorka, the pair have seen their comments and scores from the judges improve. After a well executed paso doble in week four, Helen and Gorka had a huge reason to celebrate last Saturday night, when they finished joint top of the leader board, being awarded a series high score of 35 out of 40 for their Blue Peter themed Charleston for the BBC 100 special.
Both Helen and Gorka looked delighted by their marks and again when they were called safe by Strictly host Tess Daly during the results show. Helen did take to Instagram in the aftermath of Jayde Adam's exit, to reveal she'd been crying backstage at her friend leaving the competition, while thanking fans for their support.
