Bristol’s Strictly star Jayde Adams fought back the tears after a stunning debut performance on the dance competition tonight. The Bedminster comedian and actor danced the Samba with partner Karen Hauer, and admitted being ‘overwhelmed’ by the experience on the show for the first time.
Dancing to Dirty by Christina Aguilera, she received a standing ovation from the audience and judges Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas, scoring 23 from the judges. Immediately after finishing the dance, the former Bedminster Asda fish counter worker was nearly overcome with emotion and asked presenter Tess Daly to pinch her.
And after being critiqued by the judges, she fought back the tears and said: “If I think about it too hard I’ll cry, and I don’t want to start off doing that every single week, but it’s so overwhelming. It’s amazing, I can’t believe I just did that."
