STRICTLY Come Dancing star Chris McCausland received a standing ovation from the audience for his foxtrot on tonight’s show. In moving scenes Chris, the show's first blind contestant, listened to the crowd go wild and landed a score of 29 after gliding across the dancefloor and performing bench work with his partner Dianne Buswell . 4 Chris and Dianne had everyone on their feet 4 The pair wowed with their performance 4 The audience were on their feet for Chris 4 Shirley was full of praise for Chris Clearly very impressed, head judge Shirley Ballas praised him as "an example to every celebrity upstairs when it comes to footwork".
Fellow judge Motsi Mabuse said the slow foxtrot is one of the most difficult dances but she felt he made it look "so easy" while Anton Du Beke said "you are just wonderful". Chris joked with Craig Revel Horwood that he had to think of an original comment which was not about his frame, to which the judge countered by critiquing his finger positioning but said he "loved" his spirit in the dance and musicality. Earlier in the show Chris also poked fun at Revel Horwood following some of his critiques to other contestants, joking: "By the sounds of the way things are going, I think Craig's blinder than I am.
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