{"id":93141,"date":"2025-10-26T13:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T17:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=93141"},"modified":"2025-10-26T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T17:25:18","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-fans-heartbroken-as-two-stars-forced-to-sit-out-due-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/strictly-come-dancing-fans-heartbroken-as-two-stars-forced-to-sit-out-due-to-injury\/93141\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing fans heartbroken as two stars forced to sit out due to injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s <em>Strictly Come Dancing<\/em> Icons Week brought glitz, great music, and some unforgettable routines, but there was also a touch of sadness in the ballroom. Two popular contestants, Stefan Dennis and Dani Dyer, were seen watching from the audience instead of performing after both were sidelined by injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, <em>Neighbours<\/em> star Stefan Dennis had to pull out of the competition after tearing his calf muscle. His professional dance partner, Dianne Buswell, was left without a celebrity partner as a result. Before the live performances began, hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman took a moment to show their love and support for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStefan and Dianne had to sadly withdraw from the competition this week as Stefan sustained an injury,\u201d Claudia told viewers. \u201cHe\u2019s here with us tonight. We love you, Stefan.\u201d Tess added warmly, \u201cLots of love to you, Stefan, from all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans noticed that Stefan was sitting next to Dani Dyer, who also had to drop out of this year\u2019s season before the live shows even started after fracturing her ankle. The sight of both former contestants in the crowd tugged at viewers\u2019 hearts.<\/p>\n<p>One fan wrote on X, \u201caww stefan and dani\u2026 my two faves injured\u2026 GUTTED!!!! heartbroken mate!!\u201d Another added, \u201cawwww bless stefan and dani sat in the audience!!! I bet it\u2019s so hard for them but so glad they still get to experience some of the magic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dani, who had been paired with pro dancer Nikita Kuzmin, was later replaced by fellow <em>Love Island<\/em> star Amber Davies.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the bittersweet moment, the rest of Icons Week went on in full sparkle. Tess and Claudia also thanked fans for all their \u201cbeautiful messages\u201d after confirming that both of them will be leaving <em>Strictly<\/em> at the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>The night continued with more surprises, as stars Ellie Goldstein and Vicky Pattison were treated to visits from their musical heroes, a reminder that even with setbacks, the magic of <em>Strictly<\/em> never stops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing Icons Week brought glitz, great music, and some unforgettable routines, but there was also a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":93149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[20564],"class_list":["post-93141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-strictly-come-dancing"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}