Strictly chaos as Tasha Ghouri struggles with technical difficulties as final kicks off
STRICTLY Come Dancing descended into chaos this evening as Tasha Ghouri was left without a working microphone.
The Love Island star was unable to communicate after her first dance of the evening – leaving bosses scrambling to sort out the issue.
Tasha was handed a handheld microphone so viewers at home could hear her.
The glitch appeared to be fixed as she put down the mic for the final part of her conversation with host Claudia before the judges’ scores were revealed.
Despite the issues afterwards, Tasha was hailed as “quite possibly” the best Strictly dancer the show has ever seen after she performed a couple’s choice routine to What About Us by P!nk.
She and dance partner Aljaz Skorjanec were given 39 points from the judges following Craig Revel Horwood saying he would have liked “more from the pair”.
Head judge Shirley Ballas praised Ghouri for getting “on top” of her emotion, and getting that to come through in the routine.
Anton Du Beke said “are you the best dancer on Strictly Come Dancing? Quite possibly”.
Tasha was born without hearing and has had a cochlear implant since she was five years old, making her only the second deaf person to have appeared on Strictly.
Rather than hide her implant behind her hair or something else, she’s had it covered in jewels and has made it an integral part of her costumes, winning praise from fans.
Speaking about the chance she’s had to raise awareness on Strictly, Tasha said: “The messages I’ve got from younger women, younger children, teenagers, have said ‘I felt represented because I’ve seen you on TV, I started decorating mine as well’.
“I feel like it’s just been such a special year to be a part of because representation is so important to have and I feel so passionate about it, honestly.”
Tasha and her pro partner Aljaz Skorjanec clinched the first 10 of the series and the first full score of 40.
She added: “To me, I feel like I’ve already won with me by doing that.
“We’ve created such amazing magical dances, the waltz, the American Smooth, the Couple’s Choice.
“I feel like people have known I’ve wanted to do this for such a long time and I’m so proud that we’ve left a footprint there.”
All your Strictly Come Dancing winners
Strictly first kicked off back in 2004, and over the years has crowned 21 winners.
Here is a full list of who has been lucky enough to win the famous Glitterball Trophy:
- 2004 – Natasha Kaplinsky
- 2004 – Jill Halfpenny
- 2005 – Darren Gough
- 2006 – Mark Ramprakash
- 2007 – Alesha Dixon
- 2008 – Tom Chambers
- 2009 – Chris Hollins
- 2010 – Kara Tointon
- 2011 – Harry Judd
- 2012 – Louis Smith
- 2013 – Abbey Clancy
- 2014 – Caroline Flack
- 2015 – Jay McGuiness
- 2016 – Ore Oduba
- 2017 – Joe McFadden
- 2018 – Stacey Dooley
- 2019 – Kelvin Fletcher
- 2020 – Bill Bailey
- 2021 – Rose Ayling-Ellis
- 2022 – Hamza Yassin
- 2023 – Ellie Leach