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Strictly Come Dancing pro Amy Dowden volition miss Saturday's amusement aft she fell sick during filming astatine the weekend.
Fellow nonrecreational dancer Lauren Oakley volition instrumentality her place, pairing up with Dowden's personage spouse JB Gill.
A Strictly Come Dancing spokesperson said: “Amy Dowden MBE is doing overmuch amended and the Strictly household nonstop her emotion and privation her well.
"She is delighted that chap nonrecreational dancer, Lauren Oakley, is capable to measurement successful for rehearsals and to execute successful Saturday’s amusement for JB Gill’s couple’s prime dance. We are each hopeful that Amy volition beryllium backmost to creation with JB adjacent week."
It had antecedently been announced that Oakley would bid connected Monday with Gill, a erstwhile subordinate of the boyband JLS.
But the BBC confirmed the brace volition present enactment unneurotic for the remainder of the week, including their televised show connected Saturday evening and the results amusement broadcast connected Sunday.
Dowden collapsed backstage during Saturday night's main show. An ambulance was called to Elstree Studios successful Borehamwood connected Saturday erstwhile Dowden began feeling unwell.
She had returned to the Strictly line-up this year, having missed the 2023 bid aft being diagnosed with bosom cancer.
A spokesperson for the dancer said the ambulance "was called arsenic a precaution" and that she was present "feeling overmuch better".
Oakley, who does not person a personage spouse this year, joined the BBC amusement successful 2022.
Last year, Oakley was partnered with Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy. The brace finished successful eighth place.
Gill and Dowden received a people of 32 connected Saturday nighttime aft performing a foxtrot to Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader.
Dowden did not look successful Sunday evening's results amusement arsenic she was taken to infirmary earlier it was filmed.
The dancer was initially diagnosed with signifier 3 bosom crab aged 32 successful May 2023, aft uncovering a lump successful her bosom the time earlier she went connected her honeymoon.
The now-34-year-old was diagnosed again with "another benignant of cancer" aboriginal that aforesaid twelvemonth and began chemotherapy.
She returned to infirmary successful August 2024 for further tests, arsenic doctors were acrophobic astir abnormalities successful her bosom aft a check-up. She was aboriginal fixed the all-clear.
Dowden besides has Crohn's illness - a lifelong information which causes parts of the digestive strategy to go inflamed - and has antecedently spoken astir its toll connected her health.
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