Strictly Come Dancing's Ellie Leach has revealed a worrying injury just days before the second live show of the series.
Ellie's dance partner, Vito Coppola, shared a short video on Instagram of Ellie nursing her struggling body.
The former Coronation Street actress made her Strictly debut on Saturday, 23 September, and managed to finish quite high up on the leaderboard, scoring 29 out of 40.
She managed to score just three points less than actor Nigel Harman and Katya Jones, who topped the leaderboard with an impressive 32 points.
Despite the strong start last week, it appears that the 22 year old has hit an issue as she prepares to perform a Foxtrot.
This weekend is also the first time that the public will be able to vote for their favourite couple, and one pairing will leave the show for good.
With that in mind, Ellie will be looking to shake off her injury quickly, and Vito filmed her sitting on the sidelines applying cream to treat an injury on her foot.
Later in the day, Ellie reposted the clip to her own Instagram story, and wrote: "Gearing up for the day!"
She then revealed more about the issue, as she said: "Two pink toes and counting, these blisters aren't messing!!!!"
It wasn't long before she was back on the dance floor though, doing a run-through of her dance, which will be performed to the song Perfect by Fairground Attraction.
She was seen wearing a black crop top, with a pair of black leggings and a floaty orange skirt.
Ellie appeared to be in good spirits as she joked around with her 30 year old partner, but it didn't go down too well as Vito joked: "I didn't teach that!"
Before the series started, Ellie explained that she had always wanted to take part in the BBC dancing show.
She said: "I've always wanted to do Strictly, always! Ever since I was younger, I've been obsessed with dancing and watching dancing. I used to do tap and ballet when I was younger, but I'm not trained. I think just coming out of Coronation Street, it's amazing to have a new experience and do something that I have never done before."
Ellie also added that the best part of going on the show is getting the Strictly glam on.
When she was asked if she was excited for the makeover she said: "I can't wait, I cannot wait! Give me the tan, give me the sequins, give me the make-up, the hair, the glitter, everything. That's the best part about it."
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