Helen Skelton has posted an emotional tribute to her Strictly Come Dancing experience thanking her dance partner Gorka Marquez and congratulating the 2022 winners.
Helen and Gorka pushed Hamza and Jowita all the way for the glitterball trophy and when she and Gorka notched up a 40/40 for her final Mein Herr Cabaret couple's choice dance - complete with a gesture for her ex Richie Myler - many thought she'd done it and won it. Every viewer on Saturday night could see the disappointment etched in Gorka's face when they were pipped to the post.
The TV star posted a video highlighting her best moments on the BBC show this morning, December 19. The post was made after she appeared to delete her original Instagram post last night just hours after first speaking out about losing the BBC dance show to Hamza Yassin.
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In her Instagram post she wrote: "Probably going to be a bit of strictly spam on here for a while. Sorry about that. Random reel of some moments that made me smile.
"Huge congratulations @jowitaprzystal and @hamzayassin90 you’ve been brill all series! @mollyrainford
"@gkx_carlos your next chapters will be epic. @fleureast
"@vitocoppola you will always be the people I try to be more like.
"But the man of the hour for me is Mr @gorka_marquez I will be forever proud of how hard we worked, how we carried ourselves and how far we went. For me the reaction in that room said everything we didn’t need to. I will be forever grateful for your friendship and how you have kept my counsel. We didn’t take the ball but we did blow the roof off that place and that is a feeling I will NEVER forget.
"Thank YOU for getting us to the final your messages and support have given us this adventure. #strictly #strictlycomedancing"
Her dance partner, Gorka Marquez, responded: "You’re the BEST!!! #proudteam"
The Winter On The Farm star brought the house down with her gesture to her ex full marks scoring dance on Saturday night but it wasn't enough to take the Glitterball trophy.
Almost a full 24 hours since the final was broadcast live, Helen Skelton was able to return to social media and make a post about what happened. But it was only up for less than two hours before mysteriously being deleted - before being replaced with her emotional tribute this morning.
Gorka also made a tribute on social media in an emotional 'smile again' message for Helen. Gorka had looked absolutely broken on Saturday night's final as he watched Hamza and Jowita lift the trophy live on air. Gorka has now been in three Strictly finals and lost all three.
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