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Former Love Island UK <\/i>winner Amber Davies<\/strong> was a last-minute substitute on the BBC\u2019s Strictly Coming Dancing<\/i>, starting rehearsals just one day before the premiere.<\/p>\n \u201cGuys, this day could go one or two ways. I might get a call to say, \u2018You\u2019re going to be on Strictly Coming Dancing <\/i>on Saturday,\u2019\u201d Davies, 28, said in a TikTok<\/a> video posted on Thursday, September 26. \u201cOr I might be going to Swansea to spend the weekend with my niece for her first birthday, so a win is a win. What the hell-e?\u201d<\/p>\n Davies, who won season 3 of <\/a>Love Island UK<\/a> <\/i>with now-ex Kem Cetinay<\/strong>, received a phone call from the dance show\u2019s production team just eight hours later.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, I\u2019m doing it,\u201d she said in a later clip of her TikTok video. \u201cPlease be kind, and vote for me if you can. I\u2019m doing this for Dani Dyer<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n Dyer, 29, was an original member of the Strictly <\/i>\u2014 the British precursor<\/a> to Dancing With the Stars <\/i>\u2014 lineup. She was slated to dance with pro Nikita Kuzmin<\/strong> but broke her ankle ahead of the Saturday, September 27, premiere.<\/p>\n \u201cI had a fall on Friday in rehearsals and landed funny,\u201d Dyer, who won season 4 of Love Island UK<\/i> with ex Jack Fincham<\/strong>, wrote in an Instagram<\/a> statement earlier this week. \u201cI thought I had rolled my foot, but it swelled up badly over the weekend. After an MRI scan yesterday, it turns out, I have fractured my ankle.\u201d<\/p>\n The craziest 24 hours of my life. Not a phone call I was expecting at 9pm at night with my pjays on and a cuppa in hand! So let\u2019s learn some ballroom shall we\u2026. \ud83e\udea9 #Stricly2025<\/a> <\/p>\n \u266c original sound \u2013 amber_davies7<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n