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Amy Dowden addresses Strictly return with tearjerking statement


Amy Dowden was diagnosed with cancer in May 2023, when she found a lump the day before her honeymoon, and missed out on having a celebrity partner in that year's series of Strictly

The 34 year old revealed to PA news agency that her celeb partner, JLS singer JB Gill, has made the 20th anniversary series of the BBC dance show the "perfect comeback" after her battle with breast cancer. The Welsh dancer is set to perform the waltz to Leo Sayer's When I Need You alongside her celebrity partner JB Gill, who told PA he felt their chemistry was "very strong". The Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers (Image: PA Media)JB opened up about how training has been an astonishing learning curve, contrasting sharply with his past experiences: "In the first few days, it was mind-blowing and eye-opening, because it was so completely alien."

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