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Caitlin Arlow

Strictly Come Dancing Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu 'diverse and great' ballroom dance to Michael Buble

Children’s TV presenter Rhys Stephenson danced the American Smooth with his dance partner Nancy Xu.

The 27-year old who's presented children's show's such as Blue Peter and Newsround, swung his way to dizzying heights on the leaderboard during last week’s Strictly Come Dancing.

Inspired by Spider-Man, Rhys came to movie week as the Miles Morales version of the web-shooting super hero, while Nancy was dressed up as Spider-Woman.

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This week we saw the couple give a classic and timeless performance of the American Smooth to the song, I’ve Got The World On A String by Michael Bublé.

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Rhys Stephenson will be dancing the American Smooth (PA)

Shirley Ballas loved the performance,she said:"Your enthusiasm is amazing, your footwork is defiantly improving, you are a rising star but there are just few things you need to get hold of."

Backstage Nancy said how proud she was of Rhys and what he's learnt.

The couple scored a total of 32 points with a judges scoring an eight.

Last week, the couple finished second in the standings after receiving an impressive score of 37, including that perfect 10 from Motsi Mabuse.

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