BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Nick Knowles says 'sadly' in final update amid operation woes
manchestereveningnews.co.ukNick Knowles has said he may not be able to be involved in the Strictly Come Dancing final later this year after his journey in the show came to an end.
Earlier this month during their last stint in the ballroom, the DIY SOS star and his dance partner Luba Mushtuk performed the routine they had planned for Movie Week, a Charleston to Rain On The Roof from the Paddington 2 soundtrack, which they had to miss due to injury.
Despite doing his best to bounce back from a knee injury, which followed a non-dancing-related shoulder injury the week before, Nick and Luba had to reprise their performance in the dreaded dance-off before the judges voted to save Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu, sending them home in week four. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans work out show 'curse' after JB Gill and Amy Dowden dance-off It was then during an appearance on Strictly spin-off It Takes Two that Nick revealed what he was having to face next.
He said of his exit from the BBC One dance contest: "I think it was the right result in the end and it means I can now get the various bits of me that are falling off sorted out. "Literally, I might have an operation on the arm this week and then another operation on the knee in a couple or three weeks' time.
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