BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans 'heartbroken' as Amy Dowden move spotted before tears over JB Gill and Lauren Oakley

Strictly Come Dancing viewers spotted Amy Dowden's sweet move before she was left fighting tears over JB Gill and Lauren Oakley's performance.

The Welsh dancer was forced to miss performing with her JLS star celebrity partner during the latest live show on Saturday night (November 2) after she fell ill following her and JB's Halloween week performance last weekend.

Lauren, who does not have a celebrity pairing on this year's series of the BBC One dance competition, stepped in to rehearse with JB before stepping in to perform the live couple's choice routine to a Bruno Mars medley during Strictly's first-ever 'Icons Week'.

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But watching on from the studio with presenter Claudia Winkleman, Amy could be seen wearing an all-black outfit and poppy as she applauded the couples up the stairs.

Turning to Amy, Claudia asked: "You three did this together this week, didn’t you?" to which the she replied: "Yeah, it’s been a real dream team, even to the point where Lauren put in on chat: ‘J, do you want a coffee?’ To which I replied: 'Yes, you’ll have a vanilla latte.'"

Later, JB took to the dance floor with Lauren and viewers watching from home spotted Amy with her fingers crossed as she watched from the balcony above. Sharing a screengrab of the sweet moment, @scddevereaux said on X, formerly known as Twitter: "Amy’s crossed fingers #strictly."

Others, meanwhile, flocked to show their support as Amy was seen fighting tears while praising JB and Lauren's performance, which saw the singer and presenter bag his first 10s of the series, with the judges awarding 39 out of a possible 40 points.

@EurovishPaul said: "Amy breaks me. I sincerely hope