Viewers said they had 'no idea' after missing what Ellie Leach was doing during her first performance on Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night (December 9).

It was crunch time for the former Coronation Street star and her professional dance partner Vito Coppola as they are favourites to make it through to next weekend's final.

The pair kicked off their semi-final in fourth position behind Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell before Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and Annabel Croft and Johannes Radebe took to the dancefloor with their first dances of the night.

Ellie was told by head judge Shirley Ballas that she had some “unique and beautiful leg actions” following the performance of a cha cha cha to Mambo Italiano by Bette Midler with her dance partner Vito. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans told to 'keep watching' for clue as couple's feeling 'run deeper than the dancefloor' READ MORE: Read more of today's top stories from the Manchester Evening News Anton Du Beke described the dance as "absolutely beautiful" but Craig Revel Horwood said it looked "a little bit too polite" before the pair were awarded 37 points from the judges.

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