Nigel Harman has spectacularly quit Strictly Come Dancing just hours before he was due to appear in a live show.
Harman, 50, left the show with dance partner Katya Jones on medical grounds.
He was set to perform a Charleston to Step in Time from Disney’s Mary Poppins tonight on the BBC’s quarter finals.
A source said: “Nigel wasn’t in training this morning, and other dancers were informed later on in the day.
“He and Katya were really disappointed as they were hoping to stay in the competition.
“They hadn’t been in the bottom two so had a real chance of making it to the finals.
“Nigel has been training really hard and really threw himself into rehearsals.”
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