{"id":7501,"date":"2021-11-20T20:36:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T19:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1515484"},"modified":"2021-11-20T21:09:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T20:09:13","slug":"russell-crowe-makes-surprise-strictly-come-dancing-cameo-to-support-tom-fletcher","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/russell-crowe-makes-surprise-strictly-come-dancing-cameo-to-support-tom-fletcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Crowe makes surprise Strictly Come Dancing cameo to support Tom Fletcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Jeffery\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 20 November 2021 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>It might be Musicals Week, but we didn\u2019t see this cameo coming \u2013 none other than Russell Crowe made a brief appearance on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/strictly-come-dancing-2021-start-date-news\/&quot;\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>Crowe appeared via a pre-recorded video message to voice his support for <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/tom-fletcher-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant\/&quot;\">Tom Fletcher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tom and his professional partner Amy Dowden danced to On My Own from Les Miserables and while their routine received a mixed reaction from the judges, who criticised the lack of emotion in the routine and awarded a total of 31 points.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Such a special routine for Tom and Amy, with all the magic of the West End ???? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Strictly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#Strictly<\/a><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomFletcher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@TomFletcher<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/dowden_amy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@dowden_amy<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/OfCoLjNh3S&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/OfCoLjNh3S<\/a><\/p>\u2014 BBC Strictly \u2728 (@bbcstrictly) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcstrictly\/status\/1462136351260909580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>But the McFly star was buoyed by a surprise message from Crowe, who of course played Javert in the 2021 film version of Les Miserables.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-live-blog-week-9\/&quot;\">Strictly Come Dancing 2021 live: All the action from Week 9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">\u201cI hear you\u2019ve succumbed to your passion for dancing and I also hear you\u2019re doing very well,\u201d said Crowe, offering words of support to the pair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">\u201cThe bottom line is \u2013 all the best, mate. Good luck with it, have fun.\u201d<\/p> <p>Maybe Russell himself could be convinced to take to join the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/strictly-come-dancing-2021-line-up\/&quot;\">Strictly Come Dancing line-up<\/a> for 2022? We would like to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the night, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/aj-odudu-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant\/&quot;\">AJ Odudu<\/a> earned a near-perfect score of 38 after she and partner Kai Widdrington impressed the judges with\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/aj-odudu-strictly-waltz-newsupdate\/&quot;\">a stylish waltz<\/a> to the song Edelweiss from The Sound of Music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about Strictly Come Dancing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/claudia-winkleman-strictly-representation-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Claudia Winkleman says \u201crepresentation is everything\u201d on Strictly Come Dancing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/where-craig-revel-horwood-strictly\/&quot;\">Why is Craig Revel Horwood not on Strictly Come Dancing?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/who-is-cynthia-erivo-strictly-come-dancing-judge\/&quot;\">Who is Cynthia Erivo? Meet Strictly Come Dancing judge replacing Craig Revel Horwood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/strictly-come-dancing-how-to-vote\/&quot;\">How to vote in Strictly Come Dancing 2021 online and by phone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturdays and Sundays on BBC One. Check out more of our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Morgan Jeffery Published: Saturday, 20 November 2021 at 12:00 am It might be Musicals Week, but we didn\u2019t see this cameo coming \u2013 none other than Russell Crowe made a brief appearance on Strictly Come Dancing this week. Crowe appeared via a pre-recorded video message to voice his support for Tom Fletcher. 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