The Strictly Come Dancing Glitterball has been George Clarke’s for the taking but the last two weeks have been tough for the TikTok star – and it’s not his fault.

After riding high with some of the best scores of the series, peaking at third in Week Two with 30 points when Craig Revel Horwood said with a wink, ‘Watch your back, Lewis [Cope]’ – a nod to the competition’s frontrunner – the last fortnight has been disheartening.

And, in my opinion, extremely unfair, as Clarke has sunk to the bottom of the leaderboard.

I knew absolutely nothing about Clarke before Strictly. The world of TikTok and its stars is totally alien to me (and I can’t imagine that ever changing).

Very quickly, though, he became one of my favourites in this series.

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