{"id":148573,"date":"2025-11-22T19:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T19:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/148573\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T19:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T19:58:11","slug":"strictly-star-la-voix-forced-to-withdraw-completely-due-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/148573\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly star La Voix forced to withdraw completely due to injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Drag Race UK star La Voix has<\/a> had to withdraw completely from Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> due to injury.<\/p>\n

Due to an unfortunate injury to the 45-year-old<\/a>, only six of the seven remaining couples were able to compete on this week\u2019s show. It was later announced that the 45-year-old had to withdraw from the competition completely on medical advice. <\/p>\n

Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman<\/a> later confirmed that there would be no elimination this week and there would therefore be no dance off. <\/p>\n

Speaking the start of the episode, Daly said: \u201cNow, as you may have heard, Le Voix sustained an injury, meaning that she can\u2019t dance in Blackpool tonight, and following further advice from our medical team, we can now confirm she has very sadly had to withdraw from the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow presenter Claudia Winkleman said: \u201cWe will be speaking to La Voix on tomorrow night\u2019s show, we love you so, so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

This means that everyone will be back for next week\u2019s episode. However, there is still everything to play for as the scores from this week carry over to next week.<\/p>\n

\"La<\/p>\n

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La Voix is consoled after it was announced she had withdrawn from Strictly (BBC)<\/p>\n

Strictly Come Dancing arrived at its special Blackpool week with the remaining contestants competing at the prestigious Tower Ballroom. <\/p>\n

La Voix, real name Christopher Dennis, had previously said that she was \u201cdevastated\u201d by news of the injury adding: \u201cI\u2019ve been advised that I\u2019m unable to perform, and my heart truly breaks knowing I won\u2019t be dancing in such an iconic venue.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Strictly spokesperson had previously confirmed that La Voix <\/a>would have automatically make it through to the next round of the BBC competition had she been fit enough to continue.<\/p>\n

La Voix, who was paired with professional dance partner Aljaz Skorjanec, could be seen watching in the audience at Blackpool on Saturday, where the show\u2019s remaining six couples will perform.<\/p>\n

Speaking after their injury was first announced, La Voix said: \u201cIt is with immense sadness that I have to withdraw from this weekend\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing shows in Blackpool.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to an injury, I\u2019ve been advised that I\u2019m unable to perform, and my heart truly breaks knowing I won\u2019t be dancing in such an iconic venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cAljaz and I have worked incredibly hard, and we were so excited to share our routine with everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am devastated not to be joining the rest of the cast on that famous dancefloor, but my focus now is on recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be cheering on all the amazing couples this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"La<\/p>\n

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La Voix has become a fan favourite for her comedy infused approach to Strictly (BBC)<\/p>\n

The star is the second contestant to pull out of this year\u2019s competition due to injury, after Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis pulled out of Strictly after an injury to his calf in October.<\/p>\n

The Australian actor, 66, was paired with professional dancer Dianne Buswell, and said he was \u201cdevastated\u201d to leave the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-148573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}