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Strictly's Amy Dowden admitted she was finding competing on the series 'very, very tough' just hours before her dramatic backstage collapse


The professional dancer, 34, revealed she was finding the series 'very, very tough' just hours before she collapsed backstage on Saturday night.

Amy blamed the high standards of this year's celebrity dancers for the level of intensity the show had reached after she and her partner, the singer JB Gill, 37, found themselves in the bottom two the week before. Amy Dowden shared her struggles with competing on the 'very, very tough' show this year just hours before her Halloween Special dance with JB Gill after which she collapsed Firm fixtures at the top of the leaderboard in this series are the likes of trained dancer, Tasha Ghouri, and the Miranda actress, Sarah Hadland, who studied ballet as a young girl.

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