Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden collapses backstage after Saturday's performance with JB Gill
by David Huntley · ChronicleLiveStrictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden collapsed backstage following Saturday's performance.
An urgent 999 call had to be made after the professional dancer fell ill backstage. The 34-year-old is believed to have fallen ill minutes after her performance with JLS star JB Gill.
A representative for Amy stated: "Amy was feeling unwell and so an ambulance was called as a precaution. She is feeling much better and would like to thank the Strictly family for their love and concern. We request Amy's privacy in matters of health is kindly respected."
Amy had returned to the series full time this year after battling cancer, The Mirror reports. A spokesperson for the East of England Ambulance Service confirmed: "We were called just after 9pm on Saturday to attend a medical emergency at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood. An ambulance was dispatched to the scene and one patient, an adult female, was taken to Barnet Hospital for further care."
Earlier, Amy and JB Gill had danced their way to a score of 32 with their foxtrot to Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader. Judge Anton Du Beke thought it was a "super duper performance" while Craig Revel Horwood thought Gill could have gone further with the scarecrow character, reports the Mirror.
Amy was delighted to return to Strictly full time this series after receiving treatment for breast cancer. In an August interview with Prima magazine, Amy Dowden reflected on the impact of Strictly Come Dancing on her life, saying: "Strictly has changed everything, from the opportunities it's given me – I've got to do tours, travel the world, buy a house, open a dance studio – to the people it's brought into my life... I've been in life-or-death situations, so dancing a one-minute-30-second routine for entertainment isn't quite the same as walking into chemotherapy."
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