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BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans 'obsessed’ as TV star spotted in the audience
by Liv Clarke · Manchester Evening NewsEastEnders fans were delighted when they spotted Ian Beale actor Adam Woodyatt in the audience during Saturday night’s Strictly Come Dancing. Adam was there to support his fellow soapstar Jamie Borthwick.
The dancing competition returned to our TV screens for the fifth week of live shows. This week 12 celebrities are taking to the dancefloor to battle it out in a bid to secure a place in next week’s Halloween special, and eventually lift the prestigious glitterball trophy.
Jamie Borthwick, who portrays Jay Brown on the BBC show, performed the paso doble with his professional dance partner Michelle Tsiakkas. The dance wowed judges who gave it a score of 39, the second-highest of the series so far.
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But it wasn’t just the judges who were impressed. Adam Woodyatt could be seen in the audience pumping the air with his fist when Jamie finished his routine. He was so happy that host Claudia even got the camera to pan on him and said there was “pride in his eyes”.
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Eastenders fans couldn’t get enough of seeing Adam in the audience and also spotted fellow EastEnders star Tanya Franks, who plays Rainie Cross. X user @Patty8862 said: “Obsessed with Adam Woodyatt and Tanya Franks in the audience hyping Jamie and Michelle up so special for us EastEnders fans! And 3 10s and 1 9 and 39 overall is amazing!”
@mlawelshwoman added: “Adam Woodyatt (eastenders Ian Beale) loving that dance co star Jamie did could also see tanya franks who played rainie there #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing Jamie was fantastic” and @strictlyenderss wrote: “tonights great already like outkast, billy joel and the king of the world ian beale ??? keep it going.”
One fan even speculated that Adam may take part in Strictly Come Dancing next year. @Pifflestuff said: “#Strictly @AdamWoodyatt in the audience. Sizing up his 2025 application? That would be great! He can blame them.”