Overview

• Hours before broadcast, Vicky Pattison posted on Instagram that she felt unwell, shared cold and flu remedies, and apologised for missing the programme.
• It Takes Two confirmed Ross King and Jowita Przystal filled the slot originally scheduled for Pattison and Kai Widdrington.
• The updated lineup aired alongside Lewis Cope with Katya Jones and the series' first departing pair for their initial post-exit interview.
• Pattison and Widdrington received 24 points for their Foxtrot over the weekend, and she told fans they aim to return to training as soon as possible.
• The BBC Two spin-off implemented a last-minute switch to keep the show running, a common contingency for health-related absences.