Kelvin and Oti have only gone and bagged the first 10s of #Strictly 2019! pic.twitter.com/fFcysbLp2v
— BBC Strictly ✨ (@bbcstrictly) October 5, 2019
Strictly Come Dancing’s Kelvin Fletcher has earned the first 10 of the series with a whopping score of 38 – in week three.
In the words of Bruno Tonioli, ‘Everyone’s talking about Kelvin.’
The Emmerdale star and his partner Oti Mabuse performed a spectacular Charleston to Trip A Little Light Fantastic from Mary Poppins returns.
The judges were stunned, with Craig Revel Horwood dubbing the routine ‘fab-u-lous’. No lies detected.
While Craig and Motsi gave the performance a score of nine each, head judge Shirley Ballas joyfully declared ‘it’s never too early’, giving them a 10, with Bruno following suit.
The 35-year-old seemed shocked by the judge’s comments, as he spoke about how the tune is his daughter’s favourite song.
Tearing up, he admitted he couldn’t even watch the VT before the dance.
So sweet!
It’s not the first time in the series Kelvin has shot to the top of the leaderboard, after he rocked the room with an amazing Samba for week one.
Scoring 32 out of 40 in week one with their performance to La Vida Es Un Carnaval, bookmakers Ladbrokes revealed that a flurry of interest made him an odds on favourite to win.
While he didn’t wow everyone in week two, it seems his flair is well and truly back.
And his talent hasn’t passed his Emmerdale co-stars by, with Laura Norton admitted she knew his ‘hips worked’.
This Charleston is lit !🕯 Mary Poppins Returns to #Strictly in the best way thanks to @kelvin_fletcher and @OtiMabuse. pic.twitter.com/rfhNwKUtOm
— BBC Strictly ✨ (@bbcstrictly) October 5, 2019
The 36-year-old told Lorraine Kelly: ‘Me and Kelvin have had many nights out so I knew how those hips worked, but it’s a different ballgame with this, it’s the technicalities.
‘I knew he was going to be good but I didn’t know he would be that good.
‘He’s such an amazing person, I think everyone would just fall in love with his personality.’
She’s definitely right there.
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