Strictly Come Dancing star Katie Piper beams as she arrives at rehearsals after making it through first vote-off
The TV presenter, 34, looked ready to tackle a new routine after escaping the dance-off last night
KATIE Piper beamed as she arrived at dance rehearsals alongside her Strictly Come Dancing partner, Gorka Marquez.
The 34-year-old presenter appeared ready to take on her next ballroom routine after avoiding the dance-off on last night's show and making it through to this weekend's movie-themed instalment.
Katie, who took on the Paso Doble on Saturday, donned a pair of black capri leggings, a casual T-shirt and grey marl hoodie in preparation of her rehearsal.
The TV star left her hair loose in a straight style while she draped her black sports bag over her shoulder and carried an oversized jacket in her arms.
Following her lead, Spanish hunk Gorka, 28, looked equally casual in his grey joggers, red flannel shirt and shearling-lined denim jacket.
Katie's happy appearance comes after fans were up in arms on Saturday night when she was almost reduced to tears by the harsh criticism and low scores from the judging panel.
Viewers tuning in to watch the long running BBC One dance show were left shaken as the broadcaster received “harsh” comments and scores from Darcey Bussell, Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel-Horwood and Bruno Tonioli.
Katie and her dance partner Gorka were one of the earlier couples to dance on Saturday evening – putting on an energetic Paso Doble to the sound of Demi Lovato’s single Confident.
However, the judges were far from impressed with Craig, 53, slamming the performance as "very, very stompy".
He added: "There was no real shaping in there. I thought the whole thing was very plank-ish."
While 49-year-old Darcey said Katie could find improvement, Bruno sniped that Katie needed to "play the part more"
Some viewers watching at home felt the judges were being unduly harsh on Katie’s performance.
"The judges scoring were a bit harsh on Katie Piper, her confidence is not fantastic, so what a way to bring it even lower," one viewer tweeted– with others noted that Katie looked close to tears as the scores came in.
"Poor Katie, she did well to hold back the tears. It’s only the second week, the judges are so harsh sometimes," one fan wrote – with another tweeting: "Poor Katie she looked so sad. She did just great it’s only week 2."
Fans were quick to rally around the mum-of-two with one Strictly sharing: “I feel so sorry for Katie she looks like she wants to cry. 😢 Please save her she deserves to stay in the competition."
Another tweeted: “Oh don’t cry Katie. We loved you,” while another sent support, writing: “Don't be sad #katie you are amazing #YouCanDoIt.”
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At the end of the show, Katie and Gorka found themselves second from the bottom – just above Susannah Constantine and Anton Du Beke.
And while worried about her fate on the series, Katie avoided the dance-off and sailed through to this weekend's movie-themed show.
However, Susannah and Anton didn't fair the same luck and lost out on a spot in the competition to Blue's Lee Ryan and his partner Nadiya Bychkova.
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