Professional dancer Nancy Xu caused concern among Strictly Come Dancing viewers on Saturday night after they spotted a small amount of blood running down her neck following her performance with celebrity contestant Les Dennis.
The pair took to the dance floor with a fantastic tango to ‘Don’t You Want Me’ by The Human League, earning them a respectable 16 points from the judges.
© BBCFans spotted a small amount of blood flowing from Nancy Xu’s neck
While fans praised the couple for their dance, some were a little distracted by Nancy’s injury and took to Twitter, now X, to express their concern for the star.
One person wrote: “What happened to Nancy’s neck? #Strict,” while another added: “Is Nancy ok, she seemed to be holding a cotton swab to her neck off camera in Claudia’s area and was moving it around quickly while on screen and there appeared to be blood on the neck?”
A third viewer tweeted: “What happened to Nancy? Looks like her neck is bleeding.”
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Strictly Come Dancing: Nigel Harman brings the house down with an epic Paso Doble to close the first live showLuckily, fans needn’t worry about Nancy because HELLO! he understands that the dancer had a small cut on her earring and is fine.
© BBCNancy Xu had a small cut on her earring
While Nancy and Les delighted the audience with their performance, the victory was won by Nigel Harman and his partner Katya Jones.
The pair closed the performance with an epic Paso Doble and topped the leaderboard with an incredible 32 points. Watch the routine in the video below.
WATCH: Nigel Harman closes the show to top the charts with an Epic Paso Doble
While Anton Du Beke told EastEnders star that he “stole the night”, head judge Shirley Ballas said the actor was “one to beat”.
Craig Revel Horwood added: “I’m telling you I wouldn’t want to be competing with you around dear. That was the dance of the night!”
© Guy Levy Nigel Harman and Katya Jones wowed fans with their Paso Doble
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Legendary presenter Angela Rippon also impressed the judges with her Cha Cha Cha, which Craig said was “stunning”.
This year’s competition looks set to be tight as four celebrities are tied for second place on the leaderboard. Amanda Abbington, Layton Williams, Bobby Brazier and Ellie Leach scored 29 points on Saturday, while Angela and tennis star Annabel Croft were just one point behind.
© Guy Levy Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin scored 29 points
Although Les may have found himself at the bottom of the board with 16 points, he will be able to prove himself with his second routine on Saturday and increase his score before the first elimination on Sunday.
Every previous winner of Strictly Come Dancing
- 2004: Natisha Kaplinsky (partner of Brendan Cole)
- 2004: Jill Halfpenny (partner Darren Bennett)
- 2005: Darren Gough (partner of Lilia Kopylova)
- 2006: Mark Ramprakash (partner of Karen Hardy)
- 2007: Alesha Dixon (partner Matthew Cutler)
- 2008: Tom Chambers (partner of Camilla Dallerup)
- 2009: Chris Hollins (partner of Ola Jordan)
- 2010: Kara Tointon (partner Artem Chigvintsev)
- 2011: Harry Judd (partner of Aliona Vilani)
- 2012: Louis Smith (partner of Flavia Cacace)
- 2013: Abbey Clancy (partner Aljaž Škorjanec)
- 2014: Caroline Flack (partner Pasha Kovalev)
- 2015: Jay McGuiness (partner of Aliona Vilani)
- 2016: Ore Oduba (partner of Joanne Clifton)
- 2017: Joe McFadden (partner of Katya Jones)
- 2018: Stacey Dooley (partner Kevin Clifton)
- 2019: Kelvin Fletcher (partner of Oti Mabuse)
- 2020: Bill Bailey (partner of Oti Mabuse)
- 2021: Rose Ayling-Ellis (partner Giovanni Pernice)
- 2022: Hamza Yassin (partner of Jowita Przystał)
Why isn’t Strictly Come Dancing this Sunday?
Strictly will not air on Sunday 24th September as no celebrities will be returning home this week.
The results show usually airs every Sunday, but during the first live show there is no voting, and therefore no eliminations.
© Guy Levy No results this week
Since there are no results, this means that all contestants will have two full weeks of rehearsals before the public makes their judgment.
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday 30 September at 6.20pm on BBC One. The result show will be broadcast the next day at 19:15.
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