Gorka Marquez says 'too many' as he responds to reunion with Helen Skelton at BBC Strictly Come Dancing final
18.12.2023 - 18:39
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Gorka Marquez was quick to respond to a post from Helen Skelton as he was featured in her Strictly Come Dancing highlights after attending the final. Last year, the pair were the ones competing as the BBC One dance contest reached its climax.
While Gorka did perform during Saturday night's (December 16) final with his 2023 celebrity dance partner Nikita Kanda and during the professional dancers' opening number, Helen was able to relax and watch from the audience without any pressure of dancing herself.
She was able to watch Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola, Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell perform three times each as they battled it out for this year's Strictly title and the coveted Glitterball trophy.
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In the end, it was former Coronation Street star Ellie, 22, who emerged victorious and became the youngest winner of the BBC One dance contest with her professional dance partner Vito, 31.
Upon being crowned the winner of Strictly 2023, Ellie was clearly stunned as she covered her mouth with her hand while Vito broke into tears as he realised he won the competition with only his second-ever celebrity partner on the show after joining last year.
On Sunday (December 17) after watching all the action unfold, former Blue Peter star Helen took to Instagram with a string of pictures from inside the ballroom as she headed to watch with a pal and got to catch-up with all her former co-stars - including Gorka.
"Quick return visit to Disney Land," Helen started the caption of her post. "The very best of