Amy Dowden shone on Saturday when she made her long-awaited return to Strictly Come Dancing. In a special celebratory welcome dance, Amy swept across the dance floor with her fellow pros for a dramatic number, including a dance with new dad Aljaž Škorjanec, who also returns to the series after a two-year absence .

Amy Dowden was hoisted aloft on to the shoulders of her fellow pro dancers tonight in a rousing celebration of her return to Strictly Come Dancing in the series opener. Following her cancer battle, the Welsh pro dancer, 34, was partnered by Aljaz in a pulsating dance routine among the glitter and sequins of Elstree Studios.

Amy Dowden receives standing ovation after first dance on Strictly since cancer diagnosis Strictly Come Dancing, BBC