{"id":26531,"date":"2022-12-02T22:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1750316"},"modified":"2022-12-02T23:17:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T22:17:38","slug":"strictly-fans-praise-helen-skeltons-powerful-couples-choice","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictly-fans-praise-helen-skeltons-powerful-couples-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly fans praise Helen Skelton\u2019s powerful Couple\u2019s Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 02 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>TV presenter <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/helen-skelton-strictly-come-dancing-2022-contestant-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Helen Skelton<\/a> well and truly outdid herself on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> tonight as she took to the stage to perform a Couple\u2019s Choice to Mein Herr from Cabaret along with Gorka Marquez.<\/p>\n<p>Earning an almost perfect score of 39 points (thanks to Craig Revel Horwood), Skelton rose straight to the top of the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-leaderboard\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard<\/a> alongside <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/will-mellor-strictly-come-dancing-2022-contestant-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Will Mellor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the performance, fans flocked to Twitter to praise the presenter on her confidence and strength, with some going as far to dub the dance the \u201cbest\u201d of the 2022 series.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">\u201cYep. <\/span><span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\"><a class=\"&quot;css-4rbku5\" css-18t94o4=\"\" css-901oao=\"\" css-16my406=\"\" r-1cvl2hr=\"\" r-1loqt21=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\" role=\"&quot;link&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/HelenSkelton&quot;\">@HelenSkelton <\/a><\/span>100% needed to do that and owned it. I could *feel* it!\u201d one wrote, adding: \u201c<span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">She\u2019s right, couldn\u2019t have happened in week 2, but absolutely correct this week. Bl***y love that <\/span><span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\"><a class=\"&quot;css-4rbku5\" css-18t94o4=\"\" css-901oao=\"\" css-16my406=\"\" r-1cvl2hr=\"\" r-1loqt21=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\" role=\"&quot;link&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigRevHorwood&quot;\">@CraigRevHorwood <\/a><\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">and he loves you too. <\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\"><a class=\"&quot;css-4rbku5\" css-18t94o4=\"\" css-901oao=\"\" css-16my406=\"\" r-1cvl2hr=\"\" r-1loqt21=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\" role=\"&quot;link&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrictlyComeDancing?src=hashtag_click&quot;\">#StrictlyComeDancing\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">Wow Gorka you have transformed Helen and given her such amazing confidence,\u201d another added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-b88u0q=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">\u201cHelen<\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\"> was AMAZING ! I was off my chair cheering lol <\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">The girl is strong !!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/HelenSkelton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@HelenSkelton<\/a> best dance of the series \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffb<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kitkatclubberlin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#kitkatclubberlin<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrictlyComeDancing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#StrictlyComeDancing<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Gray O&#8217;Brien (@RealGrayOBrien) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealGrayOBrien\/status\/1598782467766423557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Helen just tore the roof off! So awesome <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrictlyComeDancing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#StrictlyComeDancing<\/a><\/p>\u2014 DIANE SAMUEL (@dilly_dot) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/dilly_dot\/status\/1598782164744736782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/>\n<p>Helen clearly moved the audience, with Craig receiving what was perhaps his biggest booing of the season, as he awarded her a nine instead of a perfect 10 like the three other judges.<\/p>\n<p>The performance comes after <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/helen-skelton-breaks-down-strictly-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Helen broke down in tears over Strictly Come Dancing journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During rehearsals, Helen reflected on her experience on the show so far, saying: \u201cI definitely am a different person from when we started and I think, for me, what has been.\u201d<\/p> <p>Speaking to her partner Marquez, she asked: \u201cI think even you would say I\u2019m a different person from day one, right?\u201d she asked partner M\u00e1rquez. 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