Strictly's Amy and Tom return to training following Covid-19 isolation

The pair were given a free pass to Week Three

Author: Alex RossPublished 7th Oct 2021

It's safe to say McFly singer Tom Fletcher and his professional partner Amy Dowden didn't get off to the best of starts on this year's Strictly Come Dancing!

Despite impressing with his first routine on Saturday 25th September, just one day later both Tom and Amy tested positive for Covid-19, meaning the pair have been self-isolating ever since, missing last Saturday's show.

However, after the pair were given a free pass to Week Three, Tom and Amy are now out of isolation and back in the dance studio, ready for their big comeback performance on Saturday night.

Sharing a snap of the pair back in rehearsals, Welsh dancer Amy told fans: 'I can’t tell you how happy and grateful team #mcflowden was to be back in the training room today! We smiled all day even when are legs were exhausted from all those jive kicks! Super proud of @tomfletcher and can’t wait to be back on the dance floor Saturday night! @bbcstrictly #teamcflowden #jive #movieweek #backtothefuture'. (sic)

Fans were over the moon to see the pair back, with one writing: 'Missed you guys!! Super excited to see you on ITT tomorrow!! Break a leg on Saturday night 👏😍❤️'.

Another wrote: 'Yay😍😍 soooooo excited to see you both Saturday night xxx', with a third commenting: 'glad to see you both back together. excited to see you on it takes two tomorrow and can’t wait for saturdays performance ❤️❤️❤️'. (sic)

The pair arrive back into the competition during Movie Week, with Tom and Amy set to perform a Jive to 'Johnny B Goode' from the movie Back To The Future.

Check out all of the pairings on this year's Strictly Come Dancing below:

Judi Love and Graziano Di Prima


Nina Wadia OBE and Neil Jones


Katie McGlynn and Gorka Márquez


Dan Walker and Nadiya Bychkova


Tom Fletcher and Amy Dowden


Tilly Ramsay and Nikita Kuzmin


Greg Wise and Karen Hauer


Ugo Monye and Oti Mabuse


Adam Peaty and Katya Jones


AJ Odudu and Kai Widdrington


Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu


Sara Davies and Aljaž Škorjanec


John Whaite and Johannes Radebe


Robert Webb and Dianne Buswell


Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice - WINNERS


After missing a week, Tom and Amy will have to work incredibly hard to get back up to speed with their competitors, especially due to the amazing standard on this year's show.

Despite it being so early in the competition, already the judges have handed out huge scores, with the likes of AJ Odudu, John Whaite and Rhys Stephenson emerging as early favourites to lift the Glitterball trophy.

Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One at 6.45pm on Saturday 9th October.

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