Molly Rainford delivered a gorgeous performance to Adele’s hit (Picture: BBC)
Molly Rainford was feeling all the emotions after her American Smooth in Strictly Come Dancing’s tense semi-final.
The former Britain’s Got Talent star, 21, scored a respectable 36 points for her dance, but it was all about Adele for Molly and pro partner Carlos Gu.
Fangirling over the Grammy-winning star after gliding around the floor to power ballad Easy On Me, the CBBC actress described her performance as a ‘moment’.
‘We should say that you are both massive Adele fans,’ Claudia Winkleman began.
‘Yes,’ Molly began, before teasing Carlos: ‘I mean, some more than others.’
‘You have the same tattoo as Adele, you fly anywhere to go and see her,’ Claudia said to Carlos, before he revealed a tattoo on his wrist dedicated to Adele.
Pro Carlos Gu even has a matching tattoo with Adele (Picture: BBC)
‘It must have been wonderful to dance to her song,’ the presenter added.
The professional dancer replied: ‘Yeah, absolutely. It was a dream come true.’
‘Proper moment for us,’ hailed Molly.
The child star, who has been in the dreaded dance-off four times during the competition, will be hoping she’s done enough to make it through to next week’s grand final.
The judges weren’t all singing from the same hymn sheet, though, as, unsurprisingly, Craig Revel Horwood was left ‘a little bit disappointed’ by her performance.
Other members of the panel were on hand to lift Molly’s spirits, though.
Judge Motsi Mabuse said: ‘She has been giving from day one, she has been in that dance-off, and today she is still giving that quality, that class, that technical skill, that performance level, everything you would love to see Molly gives.’
Head judge Shirley Ballas said Molly displays something that is ‘hard to explain.’
She added: ‘There is an inner magic about you. It is quite beautiful for me to watch. There was magic between the two of you today.’
Meanwhile, Anton Du Beke said the star is an ‘old fashioned goddess of the silver screen.’
He added: ‘You carry yourself so remarkably well in this style of dance. It is unspeakably beautiful. That was perfect, wonderful.’
Viewers at home were also Team Molly, with one tweeting: ‘Molly should go pro. She’s honestly that good.’
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‘I really hope Molly isn’t in the dance off again today. She really doesn’t deserve it. What more does she need to do?’, asked another.
‘Molly’s dance was so beautiful tonight and underscored honestly, I really hope people vote because she deserves a place in the final for sure,’ another tweeted.
Time will tell whether Molly has done enough to make it through.
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Monday on BBC One.]
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‘That was a proper moment for us.’
