Injury forces dancer Amy Dowden to leave this year’s Strictly
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Spokesperson says Dowden will not take part in the rest of the competition owing to foot injury. The professional dancer Amy Dowden will not be continuing with this year’s season of Strictly Come Dancing to recover from a foot injury. The development was revealed on the spin-off show Strictly It Takes Two on BBC Two on Monday and comes after a period of absence from the show for Dowden.
Fellow professional dancer Lauren Oakley will step in as the dance partner for celebrity contestant JB Gill, best known for being part of the boyband JLS. A Strictly Come Dancing spokesperson said: “Sadly, Amy Dowden MBE will not be partaking in the rest of the competition this year.
“While Amy focuses on her recovery following a foot injury, fellow professional dancer Lauren Oakley will step in as JB’s dance partner. The health and wellbeing of everyone involved in Strictly are always the utmost priority. The whole Strictly family sends Amy love and well wishes.”.
Dowden returned to the BBC talent show this year, having missed the previous series after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She said in an Instagram post on Tuesday: “My heart is breaking right now. The past few months I finally felt like me again. Cancer was no longer the first thing I thought of when I woke up. It was choreography, music choices, which dances in which order, what we needed to work on. I felt free again.
“My goal since hearing those words, ‘You have cancer’ was to get back on the Strictly dancefloor. It’s been such a challenge to get back, one I devoted 2024 to which, with my incredible team, we got there. Something I wanted to do for myself and loved ones.”.
