Clarke thanked people who had voted for him so far and added that – despite his laid-back persona – he “really cared” about his place in the competition, and would be “over the moon” to reach the final.
“Each week it feels like we are improving and obviously the dances are very different each week, but it’s something that is just very enjoyable. It has become our whole lives,” he said.
And what about the impact on him and his family back in Bristol?
Clarke agreed he was being recognised more in his home city, which was “very cool”.
He said: “[Strictly] is something that’s more tangible to my family. If it’s something like this, it’s like ‘oh, it is a job, I’ll stop nagging him’.”
