Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne Buswell breaks down in tears as emotions run high on BBC show

Dianna Buswell broke down in tears during Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing, as the popular pro was overcome with emotion, moments after she and Chris McCausland got their highest score so far.

Since week two of the BBC show's new series, comedian Chris has been the clear favourite to win with bookies, as he makes history as Strictly's first ever blind contestant. Even the fact that Chris has been at the bottom of the leaderboard two of the last three weeks, didn't affect his position at the top of the betting, as his position as frontrunner continues to strengthen.

In the lead up to Saturday night's Strictly Blackpool special, Chris and Dianne were 3/5 to win, well ahead of Sarah and Vito in second on 10/3 and they certainly did their chances no harm at all, when they opened Saturday's live show with a brilliant American Smooth, to a big band version of Van Halen classic Jump. Craig Revel-Horwood was the only judge to find fault with the routine, with the notoriously hard to please judge booed by the audience inside the Tower Ballroom as he gave pointed out a number of things he thought were wrong with the routine.

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Fortunately for Chris and Dianne, the other judges had nothing but good things to say, with Anton Du Beke telling Chris his American Smooth would be hard to beat, as both he and Shirley then gave a 10. With Craig giving 8 and Motsi awarding a 9, Chris and Dianne ended up with a total of 37 out of 40, their best score to date.

And, absolutely elated with how things went, an emotional Dianne ended up in tears, something immediately picked up on by Strictly host Claudia Winkleman. Even, after two queens from Funny Girls had gone through the voting terms and conditions, Dianne was still crying, with several of her colleagues also looking visibly moved, recognising how much it meant to her.