Annabel Croft 'closing in' on Strictly win as BBC rival crashes out

Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft has come into the reckoning for a win in the BBC ballroom this year
Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft has come into the reckoning for a win in the BBC ballroom this year
Strictly's Nigel reportedly got into a row with his wife Lucy after his performance at Blackpool and before the star had to leave the dance competition this week.
Casualty star Nigel and Katya were forced to withdraw from Strictly Come Dancing hours before the quarter-finals while Amanda quit earlier on in the series.
A Strictly Come Dancing audience member has claimed that Nigel 'took out his frustrations' on his Hollywood actress wife Lucy Liemann - who has appeared in films including The Bourne Ultimatum
Fans on Reddit are speculating his dance routines for the semi-final next Saturday night could turn out to be a "death sentence" for the BBC Bad Education star.
The royals visited the studios of the UK's version of Dancing with the Stars.
Casualty's Nigel Harman shocked fans at the weekend after he pulled out of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing due to medical reasons - here are the three finalists following his exit
Strictly Come Dancing fans are petitioning for Dianne Buswell to swap her flame red hair colour for brunette after loving her look when she transformed into Baby in Dirty Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing viewers have issued a demand to BBC bosses over who Gorka Marquez is partnered with
The professional dancer has been keeping himself busy after being forced to make an early exit from Strictly Come Dancing this year
BBC pro left the series this year when celebrity partner Amanda Abbington stepped away due to personal issues, following an injury.
Viewers have accused the show's bosses of "not wanting" the BBC EastEnders and Casualty star to emerge victorious in this year's BBC competition
After Nigel Harman withdrew this weekend, BBC Strictly Come Dancing confirmed Layton Williams, Ellie Leach, Annabel Croft and also Bobby Brazier as finalists.
Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin made it to the semi-final of Strictly Come Dancing at the weekend after Nigel Harman's injury gave all the contestants a free pass - but it might be smooth-sailing anymore for the pair
BBC viewers have been left livid after Leach placed second with a score of 36 for her theatrical quickstep to the song Belle from Beauty And The Beast.
She typed alongside a picture of her and Johannes performing their emotional foxtrot to the track For Good from the musical Wicked: "Don’t forget to tune into Strictly now on BBC1!"
The Spanish dancer got a starring role in the ballroom on Sunday night alongside Jowita Przystal
From his diva demands reportedly irking backstage staff to an agonising injury cutting his time on the BBC series short, we revisit Nigel Harman's final few weeks on Strictly Come Dancing