Strictly Come Dancing winner Ellie Leach has stunned her fans and followers as she was seen glamming up to mark the New Year - after being 'snapped back to reality' with her soap star cousin.
15.12.2023 - 10:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ellie Leach has said performing on Strictly Come Dancing has helped build her “self-confidence” by putting her out of her comfort zone. The former Coronation Street star, 22, will go up against actors Layton Williams and Bobby Brazier on Saturday night as they compete to win the glitterball trophy.
Leach will take on three dances during the grand finale with her professional partner Vito Coppola, who she said believed in her from the start. Ahead of the finale, she said: “At the beginning of the competition I really didn’t have much self-confidence or self-belief and that’s something that I’ve always really struggled with.
“So I think that Strictly has really helped me to build on that and grow because, obviously, we go live on Saturday night, which is something that I’m really not used to.
“You (have to) put out to millions of people and doing something that’s completely out of your comfort zone. So, for me, that really helped me in building my self-confidence.”
Leach recalled how she felt dancing on the first live show with millions watching from home, saying it was the “strangest experience ever” but that she got more comfortable as the weeks went on.
“I was like ‘Ok, I’m starting to learn a new skill. I’m starting to learn a lot more about myself’," she added. “And Vito believed in me from the start and so that made me be like ‘Ok, if Vito believes in me, and he can trust me to do this dance, then maybe I should have a little bit more belief in myself.”
Reflecting back to the beginning of her rehearsals, Leach admitted she was “so nervous” and prewarned Coppola that she did not feel she would be able to do certain movements due to her lack of dance experience.
“Sometimes when you listen to music you can move and you
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