BBC Strictly's Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola issue emotional joint statement about their 'happiness' ahead of final

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Strictly Come Dancing stars Ellie Leach and her partner Vito Coppola have been flooded with support from their co-stars after issuing an emotional joint statement on social media about their time on the BBC competition.The former Coronation Street star and professional dancer thanked fans for their outpouring of support during the 2023 series as they prepare to battle it out for the glitterball trophy this weekend.Italian dancer Vito wrote on Instagram to his 262k followers: "We don't have words to describe our happiness and the words "thank you" are not enough to describe our gratitude to all of you beautiful people."He continued: "We promise to you all that we will give as always our best, and we will give triple the energy, effort, commitment and everything we can do to express our gratitude.

We are super grateful from our hearts. While writing this post the tears are in the eyes." Vito also paid a touching tribute to Ellie, saying: "You are my warrior!

You are really blossoming and now you can show to the entire world how amazing you are, but mostly you will prove to yourself that you are an amazing butterfly. "So for this week just spread your wings and let's fly I promise to give you my best of the best for this next week, because I want it to be forever memorable in our memories." Ellie was full of praise for her partner as she responded: "Couldn't do this without you partner, let's enjoy our final week dancing together." Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. Her Corrie co-star Sally Dynevor and Fleur East were among the celebs who shared messages of support.