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Georgia May Foote has pharyngitis.

The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star is one of the favourites to triumph in the BBC One show but is still feeling "under the weather" hours before she takes to the dancefloor.

Speaking on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’s sister show, ‘It Takes Two, she said: "My pharynx is just broken. I’m still generally feeling under the weather. I still sound weird.

"I am [worried]. Monday and Tuesday were a complete write-off. I couldn’t do anything. We only finished our Cha Cha yesterday so it’s been kind of a mix-up. We had to do the quickest, best way to do these dances."

Her professional dance partner Giovanni Pernice also admitted he’s not feeling too great, adding: "I’m starting to The former ‘Coronation Street’ beauty found herself in the dance-off on last week’s show and has joked that was what made her ill.

She shared: "I think that’s probably what brought [the illness] on. I was kind of expecting it this week because everyone is just so good.

"Everyone’s just good and nobody’s safe. It could be anyone in the bottom two."

Tonight (12.12.15), Georgia and Giovanni will fight for a place in next week’s final against rivals Kellie Bright, Katie Derham, Anita Rani and Jay McGuiness.

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