Bobby Brazier was emotional over his family’s messages of support (Picture: BBC)
Strictly Come Dancing’s Bobby Brazier was left in floods of tears as he received messages of support from his loved ones – but there was one noticeable absence.
The Freddie Slater actor, 20, and Australian pro partner Dianne Buswell, 34, made it all the way to the semi-final, where they performed two dances: a quickstep and a paso doble.
Ahead of their second routine, Dianne surprised Bobby with video messages from his nearest and dearest to give him a much-needed boost as the competition reaches its hottest point.
Dad Jeff Brazier was, of course, included, as he told Bobby: ‘The best Christmas gift you can give me is getting to the final.’
‘Good luck, Bobby!’, he added sweetly.
Bobby was also emotional listening to a video from his uncle, who joked: ‘Shake those hips into the final, come on!’
Dianne Buswell surprised her celeb partner with a sweet video compilation (Picture: BBC)
The Aussie pro couldn’t hold back her own tears! (Picture: BBC)
‘Good luck, Bobby! Love you!’, added his ‘nanny G’.
After a message from his three godmothers, Bobby blew a kiss at the screen and said proudly: ‘These are my women.’
‘You forget how many people are rooting for you,’ Bobby added with a smile.
‘Watching that was inspiring, motivating, lovely, heartwarming… now I feel really motivated to go and reach the final because this is about all of us, not just Dianne and I.’
While Bobby certainly wasn’t short of messages of support from his relatives and pals, one person was missing.
Bobby didn’t receive a video message from his grandmother, who has reportedly been ‘banned’ from the Strictly studios.
Bobby beamed as he received messages from his three godmothers (Picture: BBC)
Dad Jeff Brazier said getting to the final would be the ‘best Christmas gift’ Bobby could give him (Picture: BBC)
Bobby said he didn’t realise how many people were rooting for him (Picture: BBC)
The 66-year-old mother of the late Jade Goody has been unable to secure seats to watch her grandson perform, it has been claimed.
This comes amid a feud with TV presenter dad Jeff.
Sources have claimed that Jackiey and Jeff, 44, who is also the father to her other grandson, Freddie, have not been able to make amends after falling out several years ago.
However, she is said to be desperate to put their rocky relationship behind her and support Bobby in the final if he makes it.
Speaking about Jeff and Jackiey’s ‘feud’, a friend told MailOnline: ‘Jeff and Jackiey haven’t got on for a long time and it has been hard.
‘It has meant that Jackiey hasn’t been able to be in the audience to watch Bobby, things are just too bad between her and his father. He and his brother Freddie are her only grandchildren and she adores them, there is nothing she would love more than to be there to watch him live.
‘Jeff has been a brilliant father to those boys and has tried to navigate through many difficulties. It is a very, very sad situation. There is nothing Jackiey would like more than to go to the final but there is very little chance of that.’
The star’s grandmother has reportedly been banned from watching him in the studio (Picture: PA)
In tonight’s semi-final, Bobby and Dianne received glowing praise from the panel, with him even being named the ‘King of Ballroom’ by Shirley Ballas following their quickstep.
The routine scored 38, including two 10s, one from Shirley and another from Anton Du Beke.
As for their fiery paso, Bobby and Dianne danced to Run Boy Run by Woodkid and were awarded 35 points.
They’re now fighting for one of three places in the final next week, where either Bobby, Layton Williams, Ellie Leach, or Annabel Croft will lift the trophy.
Strictly Come Dancing’s semi-final results air tomorrow on BBC One and iPlayer.
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There is said to be a ‘feud’ in the family.