The roof threatened to lift off the Utilita Arena on Wednesday night when Helen Skelton made up for not winning the Strictly title in December by being Newcastle’s champion, as her proud family looked on from the audience.
After a very tentitibe start to the biggest show on TV, ex Blue Peter presenter Helen came into her own alongside pro partner Gorka Marquez to make it all the way to to the final, before missing out on the trophy to Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal.
Gorka might have been missing from the arena on Wednesday, after turning down the invite to do the tour in order to spend quality time with his family, but Helen did him immensely proud with a stellar performance in front of crowd that included her son Louis, who she gave a special shout out after her first routine alongside new partner Kai Widdrington.
