BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Nick Knowles had to be sent for an MRI scan after revealing he suffered a knee injury. The celebrity, one of the contestants in the new series on BBC One, has had to withdraw from this week’s show.
He suffered the injury in rehearsals on Friday while working with his professional dance partner Luba Mushtuk. They had been due to appear in this week’s Movie Night show to dance the Charleston to Rain On The Roof from Paddington 2.
Nick says he sustained a “quite painful” knee injury after falling during rehearsals. They will “receive a bye” through to next week’s show in the hope he has recovered in a step allowed under Strictly rules. Speaking on the BBC show Strictly: It Takes Two in a pre-recorded video, Knowles said: “During our first dress rehearsal today, or run-through of the dance number on the stage, unfortunately I damaged my knee and it’s quite painful.
“So the physios have decided I need to go for a MRI.” Mushtuk added: “Unfortunately we will not be dancing tomorrow but we really, really hope that the knee will be better for the next week and we’ll be back on the dancefloor.
“Fingers crossed, we really hope that we’ll be back and see you guys very soon.” Knowles said that “even if we have to glitter up the crutches, I am determined to get back and try and dance for you next week”.
He later appeared in a video on X to confirm he had taken a “fall” during the rehearsals. The star is in the wars.
Only last week, he damaged his arm and shoulder while changing a tyre at the side of a motorway. He later received medical clearance to perform on last week’s show.
“So bad news again for me, I’m afraid,” Knowles said in the video. “After the tough week I had last week, everything was going really, really well this week, in fact training is going really well and I started, I think, and according to Luba, to dance very well.
“But during rehearsals today, the first run-through of the dance, this Charleston, the Paddington Bear 2 Charleston that we were doing, I managed to sort of fall and hurt my knee. “The medics were great, the physios were great, lots of ice on it … But after having a look at it, they decided that I need an MRI scan.”
Knowles said he was on his way to London for the scan, joking: “I’m starting to get frequent flyer points at this place, if I’m not careful.” He added: “I’m hoping that the injury is not too bad, and that I can take some days off to let it rest and maybe do some strengthening exercises, and I’ll be able to dance again next week.
“So, stick with me, we’re not calling time on it yet. We have to wait and see what the medics say.” On Friday, a post to Strictly’s Instagram page confirmed Knowles had sustained his latest inury.
It stated: “As per the rules of the competition, Nick and Luba (Mushtuk) will receive a bye through to next week when he is hopefully able to dance again. Everyone at Strictly Come Dancing wishes Nick a speedy recovery.” Strictly pros sent their best wishes in the comments.
Lauren Oakley said: “Get better soon.” Saturday’s show will see performances inspired by movies including Wayne’s World, Barbie and Rocketman. Strictly: It Takes Two airs weekdays at 6.30pm on BBC Two & BBC iPlayer.