Gorka Marquez shares sweet moment daughter discovers he made it through to another week on BBC Strictly Come Dancing
10.10.2022 - 20:59
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Despite knowing the news himself for almost 24 hours, it appears Gorka Marquez didn't let slip the Strictly Come Dancing results to his young daughter. Following his latest stint on the BBC One show alongside celebrity partner Helen Skelton, the dancer returned home to Greater Manchester to spend some quality time with Mia and his fiancee Gemma Atkinson.
On Saturday night, Gorka impressed as John Travolta with Countryfile host Helen as his Sandy as they performed a spellbinding Viennese Waltz to Hopelessly Devoted To You by the late Olivia Newton-John from the iconic film Grease.
Gorka's proud partner Gemma Atkinson shared an adorable video of daughter Mia watching her 'Papa' perform in the third live show. Former Emmerdale and Hollyoaks actress Gemma, who competed in the 2017 series where she met her fiance, cheered them on by sharing a snap of them in costume on her Instagram, saying "Good luck Sandy and Danny."
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And after their latest dance during the dance contest's first special of the series, the pair were applauded by the judges and scored an impressive 31 points out of a possible 40 for their dreamy routine which they said paid tribute to Olivia, famed for playing Sandy, following her death last month.
But on Sunday night there were gasps from fans when Fleur East and her professional partner Vito Coppola found themselves in the dreaded dance-off alongside Richie Anderson and his Strictly partner Giovanni Pernice. Both had to perform again before the judges made their final vote.
Despite the results show being recorded following Saturday night's live show, and therefore knowing the results himself, Gorka,