Strictly's La Voix shows off her ankle injury after show exit
Strictly Come Dancing star La Voix showed off the results of her nasty injury as she joined the cast for the Blackpool wrap party on Saturday.It was revealed during the live show that the drag star, 45, whose real name is Christopher Dennis, has been forced to withdraw from the show after sustaining the injury during rehearsals.Despite the devastating news, which was revealed during Saturday's live show, La Voix painted on a smile as she headed to the party with the rest of this year's stars.Following her exit, it was also revealed that there would be no dance-off this week, meaning none of the remaining eight couples would be sent home. Ditching her silver sequinned gown, La Voix changed into an eye-catching black sheer lace jumpsuit as she made her way into the party.The performer showed off the recovery boot she'd been sporting after sharing on social media her upset at having to quit the show on medical advice. Strictly Come Dancing star La Voix showed off the results of her nasty injury as she joined the cast for the Blackpool wrap party on Saturday It was revealed during the live show that the drag star whose real name is Christopher Dennis, has been forced to withdraw after sustaining the injury during rehearsals Despite the devastating news, which was revealed during Saturday's live show, La Voix headed to the party with the rest of this year's stars, showed off her recovery bootTaking to Instagram minutes after the announcement of her exit was made, La Voix shared a statement.She wrote: 'I'm absolutely devastated to be withdrawing from Strictly Come Dancing. This isn't the glittering exit I ever imagined, and it breaks my heart to feel like I’ve let people down.'My spirit wanted to keep dancing but my foot had other ideas! Thank you for every cheer, every vote and every sparkle of support – it’s meant the world to me. This isn’t the ending I imagined but I’ll cherish this forever.'For their final ever Blackpool week, Tess wowed in a white glitzy cut-out gown featuring a cape design. Meanwhile Claudia opted for a striking bright red boat neck gown with draping. First to take to the dance floor was Lewis Cope and his professional partner Katya Jones who performed a Charleston. The dance left judge Anton Du Beke speechless and Craig Revel Horwood had just one word for it, 'fabulous'. The astounding dance gave Lewis his second perfect score of 40, after he was the first celebrity to achieve it this series. Amy Dowden was later seen arriving at the Blackpool wrap party in the city after the show went live Claudia Winkleman was also seen arriving, wearing a pair of black patent chunky boots with baggy blue jeans and a coat Meanwhile Tess Daly could also be seen arriving at the party, wearing a black and white spotted fur coat and carrying a white Prada bag Dancer Kai Widdrington and his girlfriend Chloe Wells arrived for the party hand in hand in a sweet display Jowita Przystał was among those at the party, where she wore grey suede chunky boots with leggings and a leather jacket Meanwhile Nadia Bychkova wore a black knitted set for the party with a huge dryrobe style jacket Having returned to Strictly this year as one of the show's alumni taking part in a special group number, Layton Williams was in high spirits heading to the wrap party Judge Craig Revel Horwood was also pictured making his way into the bash, after delivering only his second 10 of the series to Lewis Cope Luba Mushtuk was bundled up against the chilly weather as she made her way to the party Danny Mac was joined by his wife Carly Stenson, as he returned to the show for a special number after reaching the final with Oti Mabuse in 2016Next up was Balvinder Sopal and her dance partner, newbie Julian Caillon, with a very racy Argentine Tango. Despite looking disappointed with her performance, Balvinder impressed the judges, with Motsi Mabuse calling her the 'comeback queen' - as a result of facing four dance offs. Balvinder came back with a bang and achieved her highest score of the series so far, with three eights and a nine. Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin then performed a bouncy Quickstep to S Club 7 hit Reach For The Stars. As is tradition with Blackpool week, the celebrities were joined on the dance floor by a group of other professional dancers.Craig was met with a sea of boos as he criticised Amber's gapping but he went on to say her timing and ability to cover the floor were 'exceptional'. The pair scored 36 out of 40.Next to perform were Lioness Karen Carney and her partner Carlos Gu, who danced a very dramatic Paso Doble, and the dance was met with a standing ovation from the crowd - as did Motsi and Shirley. 'Darling that's how you score a goal that's for sure. Insane,' said Craig, before Motsi added: 'I do not have a paddle that can express how good that dance was.'Meanwhile Shirley said the show will go down in history and Anton said he wished he could score her 25 points. She bagged a score of 39 for the dance.Alex Kingston and her partner Johannes Radebe were next with their Couple's Choice dance, a glamorous and sultry number - for which they scored 35 points. George Clarke closed the iconic Blackpool show with a salsa, accompanied by his dance partner Alexis Warr.The YouTuber impressed the judges with his energy in the routine, with Shirley hailing it a 'new day with a new George and a new vibe'. She confessed she wasn't expecting that level of performance from him. The pair achieved a huge score of 39 for the routine, their highest yet. The show kicked off with a special performance from Steps - who took to the ballroom floor with a medley of their hit tracks, which included Tragedy. The Strictly professionals wowed the audience with a very glitzy accompanying number, where they were later joined on the dance floor by the judges and celebrity contestants. Just a day before the Blackpool live show, La Voix took to Instagram to share an update with fans. She said: 'Good morning my darlings. As I'm looking on social media and everyone is on their way to Blackpool, I am off for an MRI scan to see what is actually going on with my foot.'I have a bone bruise, which is basically from the repetition of being in the heels and it’s on where my toe joins my foot.'It's like a deep bone bruise, which basically if I keep working on could become a stress fracture. Which obviously means a broken foot which is six to eight weeks off my foot in a boot.'Which would be awful, so luckily they’ve caught it up before it has got to that stage. 'And as I said on It Takes Two to the physio team, the whole of the BBC Strictly team have been amazing.'
