Meet Kaye Adams: Strictly Come Dancing 2022 contestant

Since last week's performance, the star has suffered an injury. Ahead of Saturday night's Strictly Come Dancing live show, Kaye revealed she sustained injuries on her ribs in a new video on Instagram.

In the clip, Kaye tells fellow Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha that she's suffering with bruising to her ribs from "energetic" training with Kai, and is now wearing a protective tape over her injury.

Strictly Come Dancing 2022 songs and dances for Week 2 were recently announced, and Kaye and Kai will be performing the Charleston to Music! Music! Music! By Dorothy Provine.

Despite her bruising, Kaye remains in high spirits.

The results show on Sunday will see the first celebrity contestant being eliminated from the show.

Here’s everything you need to know about Kaye Adams, from her career so far to just how she’s feeling about taking on the Strictly challenge.

Who is Kaye Adams?

Age: 59

Job: Broadcaster

Instagram: @kayeadamsofficial

Twitter: @kayeadams

Adams is a broadcaster best known for anchoring ITV's Loose Women, and for hosting the morning show on BBC Radio Scotland. She was also previously a regular panellist on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff.

She started her career working as a news journalist and has presented for channels including STV, the BBC and Channel 5. She also started her own podcast this year entitled How to Be 60 with Kaye Adams.

Kaye Adams's Strictly Come Dancing injury

Kaye Adams has revealed she's suffered an injury during rehearsals in a video posted on Instagram. In the clip, Kaye tells fellow Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha that she's sustained bruising to her ribs, and shows off her torso which has been covered with tape to protect the injury during training.

"It's because [of a] bruise on my rib because I've been too energetic getting thrown around," she explained to Nadia.

"And you’ve been enjoying it!" Nadia added.

Nadia then asks Kaye if she's enjoying it more after making her debut last weekend, to which Kaye replied: "I’m enjoying the fear!"

Kaye's Strictly journey

Scoreboard

Week 1: (6+5+5+5) = 21

Alongside her professional partner Kai Widdrington, Kaye scored a respectable 21 points out of 40 on the Strictly Come Dancing 2022 leaderboard for her Tango to Voulez-Vouz by ABBA. Apologising to her partner, she said: "I mucked up lots of the steps, I’m so sorry. This man has worked so hard and has been so patient."

But Kai added: "The times we have got tough in training and you have dusted it off, you’re a trooper in training... It’s only a minor mistake!"

What has Kaye Adams said about joining Strictly 2022?

Adams said of joining the show: "I said I wanted to make the last year of my fifties memorable and I can’t think of a better way of doing it than showing the world my two left feet. Pray for me!"

Adams announced that she was taking part in Strictly while on Loose Women, where she said: "Actually it’s quite funny because I’m terrified, I’m absolutely terrified. As Nadia [Sawalha] very kindly says, as a supportive friend does - 'Let’s face it, you can’t dance', which is true. It’s true!

"It’ll be a journey. I’ll be honest with you, I can think of a million reasons not to do this and when these gorgeous dancers came on, I nearly exited from both ends of my body, honestly.

"But I thought, 'Am I going to be thinking at the end of September, I wish I’d done this?' I’m 59, 60 at the end of this year and I was like, 'Well, why not?'"

Strictly Come Dancing 2022 continues on BBC One on Saturday 1st October and Sunday 2nd October. Check out more of our Entertainment coverage or visit our TV Guide to see what's on tonight.

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