Kate Garraway was the seventh person to be voted off
BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing tonight after failing to impress the judges in the dance off.

All the couples danced different numbers tonight, but once again one of those couples had to leave.

But it was Kate and footballing legend John Barnes who found themselves in the bottom two competing in the dance-off.

This was Kate’s first dance off – despite coming bottom with the judges five times – and John’s third time in the rematch.

Of Kate’s first performance, the Paso Doble, the judges said:

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Kate Garraway has sustained yet another injury on BBC TV show, Strictly Come Dancing. Kate was rushed to hospital from dance rehearsals yesterday after she suffered a suspected broken rib.

“The doctors are worried that Kate has either broken a rib or badly bruised them,” a source told The Sun. “She has really hurt her side.”

However, producers remained optimistic that the 39-year-old would still be able to compete on Saturday’s show. What a pity! Just when I thought we’d gotten lucky!

GMTV presenter, Kate Garraway, has given her thoughts on why the public are still voting for her in Strictly Come Dancing, and she doesn’t think it is merely down to sympathy.

“Look, I know I’m not the best dancer, but this show isn’t just about who is the best dancer. If it was, they would have invited 50 celebrities to audition, then picked the best 14,” Garraway told the Daily Mail.

“I honestly don’t know why people have voted for me. Is it the underdog thing? I don’t think so. I like to think that I had an unfortunate start, and the viewers understood this, and could see that I was getting better every week. Read more & comment »

Strictly Come Dancing insiders have revealed that after last weeks shock exit of Gabby Logan, nerves are running high in the SCD camp.

The contestants were prepared for the criticisms of the judging panel, but they weren’t ready for the fickle British public, who seem to be going all out to vote for lame ducks like Kate Garraway and Kenny Logan.

A show insider reveals: “This has undoubtedly been the toughest week of the series so far. Nobody expected Gabby to go. No one could have predicted that she and Penny would have been in the bottom two. It was a massive shock - there have been more than just a few nerves jangling since then.”

Reports have emerged that dancers and judges alike are shocked and disappointed by the fact that despite embarrassingly bad performances, GMTV presenter Kate Garraway has yet to be in the bottom two couples in the results show.

Judges, Arlene Phillips and Craig Revel Horwood are said toi be particularly angry at Kate’s persistance, Arlene told producers: “I can’t believe Kate Garraway is still on the show, she can’t dance.”

A source told The Sun: “All the celebrities and their partners are putting in hours of practice. It’s rather galling for them to work that hard and then see Kate sail through to the next round despite putting in an appalling performance. Things are starting to get catty.”

Kate Garraway has had her Volkwagen Beetle crushed over a failure to pay its road tax.

Since contracting tendonitis during her rehearsals for Strictly Come Dancing Kate was unable to drive the car and so parked it near her house, failing to realise that she had forgotten to pay its road tax.

A friend of Garraway said: “Kate has been in agony with tendonitis and was banned from driving by her doctor. She couldn’t even walk, let alone drive.

“So the car was just sitting around the corner. She didn’t even know it had been taken until a few days ago and really thought it was still at the pound. Read more & comment »

Due to a recent dance related injury, GMTV presenter Kate Garraway won’t be able to perform on tonights Strictly Come Dancing show.

Thankfully she is recovering from her tendon damage and at least she is off the crutches now!

TV presenter Kate Garraway may have to quit Strictly Come Dancing before she even dances on a live show!

Kate has injured her foot and has ended up on crutches after damaging some tendons during rehearsals.

Garraway revealed in her column for New magazine: “I am in so much pain. My feet just feel battered. I am really struggling.

“When people told me it would be hard I thought, ‘Get out of it - I have given birth. Strictly Come Dancing is just poncing about in a dress.’ Obviously I feel like a fool now.” Read more & comment »

Kate Garraway (professional partner is Anton Du Beke)

Kate is a presenter on GMTV and anchors both The News Hour and GMTV Today. Kate joined GMTV in September 2000. Her career started in BBC Radio as a reporter. She later moved to work as a production journalist and reporter with Central Television News, Meridian, BBC News 24 and Sky.

She has also presented the ITV cookery programme Too Many Cooks and has appeared on BBC Two’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks. This year Kate became a questioner grilling contestants for the BBC National Lottery show The People’s Quiz.

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