Strictly Come Dancing: Chris McCausland reveals Dianne Buswell kicked him during rehearsal

Chris McCausland has detailed a mishap he and Strictly Come Dancing’s Dianne Buswell suffered forward of the sequence’ first reside present.

The comic, 47, who’s the present’s first blind contestant, carried out a cha cha along with his skilled associate to “Twist and Shout” by The Beatles on Saturday evening (21 September).

Strictly’s judges, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke, had been in awe of what McCausland had achieved and scored the efficiency 23 out of 40 factors.

However McCausland, who misplaced his sight aged 22 as a consequence of a hereditary situation known as retinitis pigmentosa, later revealed to the Strictly presenter Claudia Winkleman that coaching had not been with out its difficulties.

“[Dianne] kicked me within the head at some point,” he admitted. “I didn’t keep away from or anticipate it. I stood there and took a foot proper to the face.”

Detailing how she has been educating McCausland their Strictly routines, Buswell defined forward of their efficiency: “I can’t present [Chris] what one thing must appear to be.

“However I’ve discovered that Chris locations his hand on my physique or he feels what my arms are doing after which he immediately will get an thought of what he needs to be doing.”

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McCausland added: “Working with Diane, her power by no means wavers. She’s actually actually affected person and he or she’s positively bringing the most effective out of me.”

He continued: “It’s a great partnership and I couldn’t be happier.”

The comic informed The Unbiased forward of his first Strictly efficiency that he and Buswell are “winging it” in the case of their coaching method.

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“We’re simply gonna must determine it out as we go alongside,” he stated.

“The manufacturing crew are simply being actually versatile. My dance associate is determining learn how to train me. And we’re winging it. That’s one of the simplest ways I believe.”

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McCausland obtained a standing ovation from Strictly’s studio viewers for his first efficiency on the present on Saturday evening.

“It was probably the most unbelievable issues I’ve ever seen in my complete life,” choose Anton Du Beke praised. “Simply good.”

In the meantime, Shirley Ballas added: “I didn’t know what to anticipate… you had nice expertise listening to your associate.

“I’m fairly shocked and really emotional.”