Strictly Come Dancing 2021: Nikita Kuzmin is ultimate Tilly Ramsay hype man as hidden dance floor conversation exposed

Strictly Come Dancing has revealed Nikita Kuzmin’s secret comments to his partner Tilly Ramsay on the dancefloor thanks to a hidden microphone, and they’re seriously cute.

The BBC show unveiled what the professional said the social media star as they performed her samba to Levitating by Dua Lipa before they were sadly eliminated.

In a video shared on the programme’s social media channels, Nikita can be heard gassing Tilly up like the ultimate hype man.

‘Woo! Yes, Tilly!’ he shouts. ‘Come on girl! Woo! Woo!’

At the end of their routine, Nikita then adds: ‘You’re Shakira!’

Elsewhere in the clip, Giovanni Pernice is seen embracing his partner Rose Ayling- Ellis while Rhys Stephenson cries to Nancy Xu.

Nikita had all the praise for his dance partner Tilly (Picture: BBC)

Tilly became the ninth celebrity to leave the series during Sunday’s results show after facing Rhys in the dance-off.

Judges Craig Revel Horwood, Anton Du Beke and guest panellist Cynthia Erivo, who was filling in for Motsi Mabuse, all opted to save Rhys and Nancy who were third on the leaderboard.

Head judge Shirley Ballas also said she would have opted to save the pair.

After hearing the news, Tilly told the programme: ‘I’d just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has made this an amazing, positive journey for me.

‘From everyone here to backstage, wardrobe, make-up and camera crew… It’s just been the most extraordinary time.

The pair were eliminated on Sunday night (Picture: BBC)

‘I found out something about myself that I didn’t know I could do, I didn’t know I could dance and have fun like this.

‘So, a massive thank you and, obviously, a huge thank you to Nikita who has guided me out of my shell and has just made this the most amazing experience.’

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Addressing Nikita, she added: ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you. It’s just been amazing. I really meant it when I said I made a best friend for life.

‘You’ve just been incredible. Thank you for the best couple of weeks.’

Strictly Come Dancing quarter-finals air on Saturday at 6.40pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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