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Strictly's Kym Marsh bravely shares tragic inspiration behind song choice as she honours late son

Kym Marsh had the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom on its feet on Saturday night as she performed to a song that honoured her late son Archie.

While she has been in the bottom two alongside Graziano Di Prima once so far, former Hear'Say star and Coronation Street actress Kym is still up there in the odds as a potential Strictly winner. After Tess Daly announced that Kym and Graziano, the camera cut to the couple in rehearsals and it was then that Kym opened up on the tragic inspiration behind the song choice for her American Smooth, Snow Patrol classic Chasing Cars.

Sitting down with Graziano, she said: "That song is very special to us as a family, because it reminds me of my son Archie, who I gave birth to prematurely an, unfortunately, he died shortly after he was born." She added: "I feel, that by doing this dance, not only is it going to be in memory of Archie, but it's also hopefully, might get people talking about their own experiences as it's the right road to putting your life back together."

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