Strictly star Tilly Ramseysay, who was positive for Covid after she tested positive for it, has announced that she will not appear in Saturday’s grand finale.
After contracting the disease, the 20-year old presenter took to Instagram and revealed that she was going to be joining the group of eliminated celebrities.
Tilly with her partner Nikita Kuzmin, her professional partner, became the ninth couple to vote off the show last month after they failed to impress audiences with their samba.
Drama: Strictly Come Dancing star Tilly Ramsay has revealed she won’t be appearing in Saturday’s grand final after testing positive for Covid
Tilly posted a photo of John Whaite, Johannes Radebe and Kai Widdrington, AJ Odudu, Kai Widdrington, Rose Ayling Ellis and Giovanni Pernice to show that she had pulled out.
She penned the caption: ‘So sad to be missing the Strictly final – but sadly have tested positive for covid so will be watching from my sofa and cheering on the amazing finalists from home on Saturday night – wishing everyone lots of love & good luck.’
As fans await the winner of the Glitterball trophy, all the Strictly couple who were eliminated this year will perform together on Saturday.
Sad news: The presenter who was set to join the other eliminated celebrities for a group routine, took to Instagram to reveal she’d be watching ‘from the sofa’
It was revealed that Tilly’s partner in dance, Nikita, is now in “hot water” with Nicole Wirt, her long-term girlfriend after she failed to return home to Germany.
Nikita will not be able to return to Japan until his contract obligations are over. He has also been hindered by complications from the ongoing coronavirus crises.
A source told MailOnline: ‘Nikita hasn’t made any decision not to return home, he wouldn’t have been able to go home regardless of new variants as he is contracted to the show and so needed for group numbers etc.’
Tilly and Nikita were ninth to be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing. This left her father, who was a famous dancer, wailing in the studio.
After scoring 30 points for Samba to Levitating By Dua Lipa’s Samba to Levitating, Chef Gordon (55) couldn’t contain his tears when Nikita left the competition. They placed last on the leaderboard.
Announcement: Tilly shared a snap of the three couples set to compete in the final and Giovanni Pernice, to reveal she’d pulled out of the show
Missing out: She penned the caption: ‘So sad to be missing the Strictly final – but sadly have tested positive for covid so will be watching from my sofa’
Gordon Ramsay’s daughter spoke highly of her It Takes Two experiences, gushing about it.
She told host Rylan Clark: ‘You know what, I’m so sad that’s it’s over but I’m also celebrating what we’ve done in the past ten weeks. It’s just been amazing and I want to look back at it positively, because that’s what it was, just the best experience.’
Tilly spoke out about her show experience and credited Nikita with her growth. She said: ‘I actually watched back our week one dance the other day and then watched this dance, and I couldn’t believe it was me still.
‘In that one I could barely let go of Nikita whereas in this one he’d managed to get me dancing around the floor smiling, shaking and just having fun.’
Knocked out: Last month Tilly and her professional partner Nikita Kuzmin became the ninth couple to be voted off the show after failing to impress with their samba