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Delta Goodrem to miss Strictly’s Icons Week after rib injury
Australian singer Delta Goodrem will miss this weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing after injuring a rib.
Doctors have advised her to rest.
Her professional dance partner, Kai Widdrington, will also sit out the show.
Under the competition’s rules, the pair receive a bye and move through to next week.
The show hopes Goodrem will be able to dance again then, but her return is not confirmed.
This weekend is Icons Week, when the remaining couples perform routines inspired by well-known recording artists.
It begins on Saturday 17 October on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Delta Goodrem will miss Strictly Come Dancing’s Icons Week after injuring a rib.
Doctors advised the Australian singer to rest, according to a Strictly spokesperson.
Goodrem and her dance partner, Kai Widdrington, will receive a bye through to next week.
Goodrem said she was “absolutely gutted” and would focus on resting and recovering.
- Who
- Delta Goodrem and her dance partner, Kai Widdrington.
- What
- Goodrem will miss Icons Week after a rib injury. The pair will receive a bye through to next week.
- When
- Icons Week takes place on Saturday 17 October 2026.
- Where
- Strictly Come Dancing, which airs on BBC One and streams on BBC iPlayer.
- Why
- Doctors advised Goodrem to rest because of a rib injury.
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A Strictly spokesperson announced that Goodrem would miss the weekend’s show on medical advice.
Icons Week is scheduled to begin on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
- Injury
- Rib injury
- Partner
- Kai Widdrington
- Show
- Strictly Come Dancing
- Bye
- Goodrem and Widdrington receive a bye through to the following week
- Icons Week
- Scheduled to begin 17 October 2026
What people are saying
Due to injury, Delta Goodrem has been advised by doctors to rest and, as a result, will not dance on this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing.
I’m absolutely gutted that a rib injury means I won’t be able to dance on Strictly this week.
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