Paralympian Will Bayley and professional dancer Neil Jones were forced to pull out of this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing after suffering injuries during training.
The official BBC Strictly Twitter account tweeted a statement which read: "Sadly, Will Bayley was injured during training and medics have said he cannot dance in the show this weekend.
"Under the rules of Strictly Come Dancing, Will has been granted a bye to next week.
"Separately, Alex Scott's partner Neil Jones received an injury whilst training this morning. Kevin Clifton has stepped in to partner Alex in tonight's show."
Sadly Will Bayley and Neil Jones are injured and unable to perform on #Strictly tonight: pic.twitter.com/gbl8GnGzke
— BBC Strictly ✨ (@bbcstrictly) October 26, 2019
Bayley tweeted that he was "gutted" not to be taking part in Saturday's show.
In a pre-recorded video message, he explained that he injured himself by jumping off a table during rehearsals.
He said: "I jumped off a table and as I landed, I landed with straight legs. I thought I had broken my legs as I had never felt anything like it before. But luckily, it's not as severe as what I thought when I first did (it).
"To hear the words that I absolutely can't dance, it was just really gutting for me, but I need to recover now and come back even stronger next week."
Hi everyone, I am absolutely gutted I cannot be performing tonight on strictly with Janette, sadly I'm injured and not fit to dance. I hope to be back on the dance floor next week. Good luck to everyone tonight. Thanks for all your messages guys, ill be back!! 🎃👻💃❤
— Will Bayley MBE (@WillBayleytt) October 26, 2019
His professional partner Janette Manrara said Bayley was at home "taking care of himself, icing, resting and fingers crossed he comes back next week".
Strictly Come Dancing's Halloween special kicked off with a group dance styled after the film Night At The Museum, to the song Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles.
A rare collection of priceless exhibits... It's our #Strictly stars, of course! pic.twitter.com/je1AWaX5ug
— BBC Strictly ✨ (@bbcstrictly) October 26, 2019
Sunday's results show airs at 7:15pm on BBC One.
