Kym Marsh had a "dodgy confidence day" ahead of closing out week five of 'Strictly Come Dancing.'

Kym Marsh was feeling nervous ahead of Week 5 of Strictly Come Dancing

Kym Marsh was feeling nervous ahead of Week 5 of Strictly Come Dancing

The former 'Coronation Street' actress, 46, is currently taking part in the BBC ballroom competition alongside professional partner Graziano Di Prima and admitted she wanted to "come out fighting" after landing in the bottom two last week.

Speaking immediately after the performance on Saturday (22.10.22), she told host Claudia Winkleman: "I felt pretty confident going in. I've had a dodgy day when it comes to confidence levels today but the team and everybody here has just picked me up so I can't thank you all enough for that. It's really lovely to have everyone's support. We honestly can't thank anyone enough and being in the dance-off last week was horrible but we wanted to come out fighting."

The dancing pair eventually received a total of 27 for their Quickstep to Sweet hit 'Ballroom Blitz' TV themes week - which was done as part of the 100 Years of the BBC celebrations- with Motsi Mabuse describing the number as a "ray of sunshine."

She said: "It felt like a ray of sunshine lighting everything up again. You both look beautiful. There was some places where I felt like the posture was a bit loose and then I could see the uncertainty in your eyes. But there's no need for that, you know you've improved and you know that you work hard."

Head Judge Shirley Ballas thanked the pair for the "memory" of recreating the classic dance programme as they danced to theme tune of 'Strictly Come Dancing' predecessor 'Come Dancing' - which first aired 1949 on the BBC - but remarked that it "wasn't their best dance" and eventually scored them a six.

She said: "Thank you for the memory, I was 17 when I first went on 'Come Dancing.' so that was lovely and I had a dress like that so I had a trip down memory lane, it was beautiful. I think stamina lacked a bit today. You will often get away with a foot error, you will not get away with a collapsed frame. Grazia - you were encouraging but it wasn't your best dance today."

Elsewhere, former 'Blue Peter' presenter Helen Skelton and her partner Gorka Marquez took joint first place on the leaderboard by dancing the Charleston to the theme tune to the flagship children's TV show with a score of 35, along with 'Countryfile' star Hamza Yassin

and his partner Jowita Przystał, who impressed with their Quickstep to 'On Top of the World.'

Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe danced the Tango to the theme tune of long-running BBC medical drama 'Casualty' and scored a total of 29, and filled out the lower end of the leader board fellow comedienne Jayde Adams and Karen Hauer, who danced the Charleston to 'The Ballad of Barry and Freda (Let's Do It)', by late BBC comedy legend Victoria Wood.

Footballer Tony Adams and partner Katya Jones crashed into last place on the leaderboard, having only managed to score 19 points for their performance of the Cha Cha to the theme from 1980s BBC sports classic 'Grandstand.'

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