Katie Piper has Strictly Come Dancing viewers in tears as nerves affect her first performance
Campaigner and television presenter Katie Waltzed with Gorka Marquez to Adele's When We Were Young during tonight's show
KATIE Piper had Strictly Come Dancing viewers in tears tonight after her nerves got the better of her.
Campaigner and television presenter Katie Waltzed with Gorka Marquez to Adele's When We Were Young during tonight's first show but she was visibly nervous and it affected her performance.
Judge Bruno Tonioli told her: "You did it my darling, you did all the steps, you got to the end and it looked good.
"Now relax and don't overthink it. Don't worry about it too much, let him guide you because you can dance."
Shirley Ballas added: "You show some lovely promise. You look stunning, you just have to come out like its a practice session. You show great promise."
And Darcey Bussell told her: "I know this is a big thing for you and it's so hard to hide nerves.
"Just to get hold of those nerves and control that. Listen to that music and it will help you to relax. You're through to next week so enjoy it."
Craig Revel Horwood added: "Your balance was a little bit questionable. Your arms had nice placement out of hold.
"And then you went horribly wrong half way through but you managed to get back into it."
But Katie insisted she did enjoy the dance, saying: "It's a high pressure environment but I did really enjoy it."
Katie's brave performance was enough to have viewers in complete tears.
One said: "#Strictly OMG Katie Piper, I'm in tears."
Another added: "I thought Katie’s dance was beautiful and she was elegant, reduced me to tears very inspirational woman @Team_Korka #Strictly"
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