Alexandra Burke got emotional as she was awarded a near perfect score on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ on Saturday night (14.10.17).
The ‘Broken Heels’ singer and her professional partner Gorka Márquez wowed with an amazing Jive to ‘Proud Mary’ by Tina Turner, earning her 39 points out of a possible 40.
Craig Revel Horwood told the pair: "I have no idea where all that came from darling. You were out there dancing to split the atom, you created a nuclear reaction. Incredible."
Whilst Darcey Bussell added: "You give your all. It was absolutely stunning. It was an all round performance."
Shirley Ballas admitted she was "left speechless" by the performance whilst Bruno Tonioli said it would have been a performance Tina Turner would have been proud of.
He told the singer: "Alexandra, I had the privilege of working with Tina Turner. Tonight you really captured the quality of Tina Turner and I’m sure she would have loved that."
Reflecting on the dance and the wonderful comments from the judges, Alexandra said she "wished her mother was there" before she broke down in tears, only managing to murmur a thank you as Gorka held her close.
Elsewhere in the show, Gemma Atkinson and Aljaž Škorjanec impressed with their Paso Doble, where Craig praised Gemma for taking "ownership" of the dance, adding that he "really and truly loved it".
Aston Merrygold and Janette Manrara’s Quickstep earned them mostly good comments, but with his high scores in the previous week, the judges were expecting more from him.
Bruno, though, told them: "The sky’s the limit for you! I don’t know what footwork they [the other judges] were watching because I thought it was amazing. The speed, timing and ease of movement was great."
Whilst both Charlotte Hawkins and Simon Rimmer received the lowest scores, their performances were praised by the judging panel.
Darcey told Charlotte – who danced the Jive with Brendan Cole: "For you to enjoy it, it was a revelation. And that made us feel better. For keeping it alive and keeping it fun, welldone!"
Whilst speaking about Simon and Karen Clifton’s samba, she added: "You gave it your all. I thought the concentration and focus was great."
‘Strictly Come Dancing’ continues with the results show on Sunday (15.10.17).
Alexandra Burke gets emotional on Strictly Come Dancing
