• Contact us
  • About us
  • Digital edition
  • Online archive
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
  • News
    Arrest following violent disorder in Pooley Bridge

    Arrest following violent disorder in Pooley Bridge

    Work starts on multi-use games area in Penrith

    Work starts on multi-use games area in Penrith

    Penrith businessman bitten by dog

    Penrith businessman bitten by dog

    End of road for Cumbria Classic Coaches after 28 years

    End of road for Cumbria Classic Coaches after 28 years

    Farm diversification project set to blossom

    Farm diversification project set to blossom

    71-year-old cyclist gets on his bike to Rome

    71-year-old cyclist gets on his bike to Rome

    Appleby car park and road to close for flood work

    Appleby car park and road to close for flood work

    Road closure plans for essential bridge repairs

    Road closure plans for essential bridge repairs

    Penrith drug dealer jailed

    Penrith drug dealer jailed

  • Sport
    Teen golfer George Curry lines up with world’s best players

    Teen golfer George Curry lines up with world’s best players

    Ullswater Community College footballers make history

    Ullswater Community College footballers make history

    New management set to lead Appleby Football Club

    New management set to lead Appleby Football Club

    Success for fighting squad

    Success for fighting squad

    Penrith skipper Nicky Burns calls on team to keep winning

    Penrith skipper Nicky Burns calls on team to keep winning

    £100,000 target for new changing rooms extension

    £100,000 target for new changing rooms extension

    Medal success for Upper Eden tug-of-war team

    Medal success for Upper Eden tug-of-war team

    Eden man competes in Hyrox World Games

    Eden man competes in Hyrox World Games

    Double national triumph for Stuart Robinson

    Double national triumph for Stuart Robinson

  • Obituaries
  • Nostalgia
  • Online archive
  • Buy Photos
  • Buy your paper
  • North Lakes Living
No Result
View All Result
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
  • News
    Arrest following violent disorder in Pooley Bridge

    Arrest following violent disorder in Pooley Bridge

    Work starts on multi-use games area in Penrith

    Work starts on multi-use games area in Penrith

    Penrith businessman bitten by dog

    Penrith businessman bitten by dog

    End of road for Cumbria Classic Coaches after 28 years

    End of road for Cumbria Classic Coaches after 28 years

    Farm diversification project set to blossom

    Farm diversification project set to blossom

    71-year-old cyclist gets on his bike to Rome

    71-year-old cyclist gets on his bike to Rome

    Appleby car park and road to close for flood work

    Appleby car park and road to close for flood work

    Road closure plans for essential bridge repairs

    Road closure plans for essential bridge repairs

    Penrith drug dealer jailed

    Penrith drug dealer jailed

  • Sport
    Teen golfer George Curry lines up with world’s best players

    Teen golfer George Curry lines up with world’s best players

    Ullswater Community College footballers make history

    Ullswater Community College footballers make history

    New management set to lead Appleby Football Club

    New management set to lead Appleby Football Club

    Success for fighting squad

    Success for fighting squad

    Penrith skipper Nicky Burns calls on team to keep winning

    Penrith skipper Nicky Burns calls on team to keep winning

    £100,000 target for new changing rooms extension

    £100,000 target for new changing rooms extension

    Medal success for Upper Eden tug-of-war team

    Medal success for Upper Eden tug-of-war team

    Eden man competes in Hyrox World Games

    Eden man competes in Hyrox World Games

    Double national triumph for Stuart Robinson

    Double national triumph for Stuart Robinson

  • Obituaries
  • Nostalgia
  • Online archive
  • Buy Photos
  • Buy your paper
  • North Lakes Living
No Result
View All Result
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
No Result
View All Result
Home Latest

Helen Skelton signs up for Strictly Come Dancing live tour

by CWH
21 December 2022
in Latest, News
A A
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Picture: BBC

Cumbria’s Strictly Come Dancing star Helen Skelton will continue performing – but without her partner in crime Gorka Marquez.

The pair wowed judges and audiences alike in the Strictly final but lost out on the winner’s title – and the Glitterball – to Hamza Yassin.

It has been announced that she will be joining the Strictly Come Dancing live tour next year – but won’t be paired with Gorka, to the dismay of fans who loved the couple’s chemistry.   

Instead, she will be dancing with 27-year-old Kai Widdrington, who partnered Kaye Adams in the 2022 series. 

Visiting arenas across the country, it is directed and co-choreographed by judge Craig Revel Horwood. It will run from January 20 to February 12. 

Helen, who grew up in Appleby, said: “Strictly has been the adventure of a lifetime and I’m so happy that it will continue next year on the live tour.” 

According to the Daily Star, Hamza will join Helen on BBC show Countryfile and according to the title, a source said: “It’s unlikely to be the only project they both get. Helen is expected to get her own vehicle based around her adventurous and bubbly personality.”

After the final, Helen said: “The man of the hour for me is Mr Gorka Marquez. I will forever be proud of how hard we worked, how we carried ourselves and how far we went. For me the reaction in that ballroom said everything we didn’t need to. 

“I will forever be grateful for Gorka’s friendship and how he kept my counsel. We didn’t take the ball, but we did blow the roof off that place and that is a feeling I will never forget.” 

Helen and Gorka were immensely popular with Strictly fans and grew huge fanbases during their time on the TV show.  

Cumbria showed its love for the star, with Team Helen T-shirts, limited edition milk bottles, video messages of support and posters urging people to vote.  

Rehearsing in Penrith, Helen and Gorka became regular faces in the town. They were regular visitors to Karen Radcliffe’s coffee stand Caffeine Rush and Costa, where the stars took pictures with fans and chatted with them about the show. 

In response to the support, the star said in her column for The Telegraph: “The messages that we have had from the public have been overwhelming. It’s not lost on us that Strictly brings people together and it has been a privilege to be zoomed into people’s living rooms on a Saturday night.”  

On her Radio 5 Live show, the star added that despite being happy for Hamza, all the professional dancers had been rooting for Gorka to win the competition.  

She said: “Every pro on the show was desperate for him to win and that says everything about him. He’s my hero of the week.  

“Obviously we’re delighted for Hamza because he put in some amazing dances through the season. But Gorka and I, our reaction, you could tell how gutted we were.”  

Gorka added that he wasn’t ‘fuming’ with the result, but wanted Helen to finish the season with a cherry on top. 

Related Posts

Arrest following violent disorder in Pooley Bridge
Latest

Arrest following violent disorder in Pooley Bridge

26 July 2025
Work starts on multi-use games area in Penrith
Latest

Work starts on multi-use games area in Penrith

26 July 2025
Penrith businessman bitten by dog
News

Penrith businessman bitten by dog

25 July 2025
End of road for Cumbria Classic Coaches after 28 years
Latest

End of road for Cumbria Classic Coaches after 28 years

25 July 2025
Farm diversification project set to blossom
Farm and Countryside

Farm diversification project set to blossom

25 July 2025
71-year-old cyclist gets on his bike to Rome
News

71-year-old cyclist gets on his bike to Rome

25 July 2025
No Result
View All Result

Stay connected

Facebook Twitter Instagram

Most popular

Ullswater Community College footballers make history

Ullswater Community College footballers make history

25 July 2025
Penrith drug dealer jailed

Penrith drug dealer jailed

22 July 2025
Man who damaged Penrith’s Paddington Bear appears in court

Man who damaged Penrith’s Paddington Bear appears in court

22 July 2025
Teen golfer George Curry lines up with world’s best players

Teen golfer George Curry lines up with world’s best players

25 July 2025
Work starts on multi-use games area in Penrith

Work starts on multi-use games area in Penrith

26 July 2025
Road closure plans for essential bridge repairs

Road closure plans for essential bridge repairs

22 July 2025
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald Logo

33 Middlegate
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 7SY

Phone: 01768 862313
Email: news@cwherald.com

Registered in England as Barrnon Media Limited. No: 12475190
VAT registration number: 343486488

Explore

  • News
  • Sport
  • Farming
  • Property
  • Obituaries
  • Nostalgia
  • Your view

Useful links

  • Contact us
  • Photosales
  • Online archive
  • Buy your paper
  • Digital edition
  • North Lakes Living
  • Advertise
  • About us

Follow us on

© Barrnon Media Limited 2025

Terms & Conditions / Privacy Policy / Cookie Policy

This website and its associated newspaper are members of the Independent Press Standards Organisation
Review Your Cart
0
Discount
Add Coupon Code
Subtotal
Total Installment Payments
Bundle Discount
Checkout

 
0
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Obituaries
  • Nostalgia
  • Online archive
  • more
    • North Lakes Living
    • Buy Photos
    • Buy your paper
    • About us
    • Contact us

© 2020 Cumberland & Westmorland Herald