Jaime Winstone is returning to the Strictly Come Dancing dancefloor this Saturday after missing last week's live show due to an injury. The actress was forced to sit out the November 7 broadcast and was given a pass in line with the rules of the BBC competition.
Back in Rehearsals
Speaking to Ellie Taylor on Thursday's (November 12) It Takes Two, Winstone and her professional partner Carlos Gu discussed how rehearsals have been going. Winstone said: "It feels amazing, it really does. It's taken a lot of time, and it's getting rid of a lot of frustration because there are certain things that I just couldn't do last week. But I'm so happy and privileged to be back with you (Carlos). I missed you!"
Gu added: "Having me watch Saturday, it made me realise how much I missed dancing with Jaime, but it also made me realise how grateful you can be when an opportunity has been taken almost. We've been given an opportunity again. I said to Jaime, 'I'm going to cherish every single moment I spend with you.' We're just going to spend every day, dance like we never did again; it's amazing. I'm so grateful."
Modified Routine
This upcoming weekend, Winstone and Gu will perform a Charleston routine. However, as she has not fully recovered, their routine has had to be slightly modified. Getting a glimpse of the duo in rehearsals earlier this week, Winstone confessed: "I'm having to go at 20% because I am still healing. However, we're definitely not doing an easy Charleston." Gu shared: "According to the doctor's orders, there are no lifts."
Speaking to Ellie, Winstone explained that it has been a "journey" this week as they did not know if she had the seal of approval to dance until Tuesday. As she shared, they were working within their limits; she stated the routine was still extremely technical.
Challenging Choreography
Gu added: "Because there are no lifts allowed, we've had to time and do more steps and really play around with the routine and choreography to make it as fun as possible; it's quite challenging because Jaime has more steps to learn."
Winstone is not the only person who has had to miss a week in the competition after sustaining an injury, as Delta Goodrem was forced to rest for a week after hurting her rib. She has since returned to the BBC show and has continued to impress the judges.
Last weekend, BBC viewers bid farewell to Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu after they failed to impress the judges in the dance-off, going head to head with Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby. Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday on BBC One from 6:25pm.
