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Strictly Come Dancing bosses have drawn up contingency plans if Nick Knowles is pressured to withdraw from this weekend’s present.
The DIY SOS presenter broken his bicep on Sunday whereas altering a tyre and his left arm has been positioned in a sling.
Producers are determined to not lose their most-profile star from the twentieth anniversary sequence.
They’ve made plans to offer the 62-year-old a ‘free go’ to week three whereas he recovers, as a substitute of forcing him to withdraw from the competitors utterly.
A supply stated: ‘They’re all anxiously ready to get the all clear from the medical crew about Nick with the ability to compete this weekend, however are decided to not lose him from the present.
Strictly Come Dancing bosses have drawn up contingency plans if Nick Knowles is pressured to withdraw from this weekend’s present
Producers are determined to not lose their most-profile star from the twentieth anniversary sequence
‘He’s such a preferred determine with viewers, and if he wants time to recuperate he’ll get a free go to return the next week, all being nicely.’
‘If that bothers different contestants, then so be it. The bosses need him again.’
Yesterday, Knowles was underneath the medical supervision of medical doctors and physiotherapists in a determined bid to remain within the contest.
He’ll return to Strictly rehearsals on Wednesday, the place medical doctors will make a remaining resolution on whether or not he is ready to proceed.
This weekend, the primary movie star contestant can be voted off the dance present.
After visiting Harley Avenue for an emergency MRI scan on Monday, Knowles instructed Strictly spin-off present It Takes Two that he remained ‘actually hopeful’ he might proceed on the present.
However host Janette Manrara instructed viewers: ‘At this stage, we don’t know if you happen to’ll be capable of dance on Saturday.’
He is because of dance an American Clean to Blur’s Parklife along with his skilled accomplice Luba Mushtuk, offering he will get the all-clear from medics.
After visiting Harley Avenue for an emergency MRI scan on Monday, Knowles instructed Strictly spin-off present It Takes Two that he remained ‘actually hopeful’ he might proceed on the present
He’ll return to Strictly rehearsals on Wednesday, the place medical doctors will make a remaining resolution on whether or not he is ready to proceed
Mushtuk joked that they’re going to make Knowles’s sling ‘sparkly’ and stated that he ‘nonetheless has excellent place on the proper arm.’
She stated the pair can work on doing ‘excellent footwork’ for the foxtrot aspect of the dance and can nonetheless hopefully do a elevate, noting that they may ‘work round’ the damage.
Knowles added: ‘Fortunately I’m very huge, and Luba may be very gentle, so one-arm lifts.’
A BBC insider stated: ‘No agency resolution has been made. We’re nonetheless very a lot hopeful that Nick will dance this weekend.
‘Between everybody we’re managing the damage. Nick very a lot needs to bop, his well being comes first and all of us have our fingers crossed.’
Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One on Saturday at 6:15pm.