BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Sarah Hadland in tears after emotional moment with partner

Strictly Come Dancing star Sarah Hadland was left in tears as she shared an emotional moment with her professional partner Vito Coppola during rehearsals for the BBC show

Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Vito Coppola made a heartfelt promise to partner Sarah Hadland as she became emotional during rehearsals.

The fourth week of the renowned BBC dance competition kicked off this week, with the remaining celebrities hitting the dance floor to showcase their progress since last weekend.

Among the first to perform were actress Sarah and her dance partner Vito, who have been consistently strong performers, securing second place on the leaderboard each week.

After captivating everyone with a mesmerising performance to Hedwig's Song from Harry Potter for Movie Week, Sarah returned to the stage once more, this time performing a Foxtrot to Billie Eilish's Birds Of A Feather.

It wasn't long into the VT that Sarah began to show her emotions about the song, reports the Mirror.

During rehearsals, Vito asked Sarah: "What does this song mean to you?". In response, an emotional Sarah said: "It's about my family. And it's about me and my little one."

The Miranda star laughed through her tears, with her dance partner reassuring her that it was "fine".

Sarah went on to say: "And this song is special to us, because we sing it together and we also have a little picture of both of us as birds that we made together."

She showed a child's drawing of two birds adorned with feathers, which Vito described as "so cute".

"And there's a little heart in the middle", Sarah pointed out in the picture, before adding: "It would be really lovely to show how I feel in the dance."

Vito made a heartfelt promise to his dance partner, saying: "I promise you I will do my best in order to make sure the dance will represent your relationship."

During the performance, Shirley Ballas praised the celebrity's "flawless" spinning, while Craig Revel Horwood critiqued that she was "trying too hard". However, he acknowledged her talent, complimenting her as a "clean, clean dancer, that's spectacular", which contributed to a score of 27 points.

The question now is, where will Sarah and Vito rank on the leaderboard after this performance?

Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturdays and Sundays on BBC One

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