Strictly Come Dancing’s Amber Davies was left in tears in a new behind-the-scenes video after performing during Saturday night’s show.

The former Love Island star, 29, has recently faced a wave of online trolling for securing a place in the semi-final – but her dance partner Nikita Kuzim issued a heartfelt plea to trolls last night after seeing her break down.

The pair wowed the audience and judges with a Couple’s Choice routine to RAYE‘s rendition of Fly Me to the Moon, marking their second performance of the evening.

Taking to the wings after their performance, Amber declared: ‘That was so nice. We can’t stop crying!’

‘That was just beautiful. That was the best, best moment of the season for me.’

Meanwhile, Nikita added: ‘I enjoyed it so much. Like, every single moment I could just… I could just see you shine in front of me.’

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Strictly Come Dancing’s Amber Davies was left in tears in a new behind-the-scenes video after performing during Saturday night’s show

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Taking to the wings after their performance, Amber declared: ‘That was so nice. We can’t stop crying!’

‘And I could just see you do your thing. Even when you were coming down, I was just… I was like – my tears started coming, I had to contain myself, because I could just see how much you deserve it.

‘Honestly, you’re just fantastic. Love you. And you deserve all the love in the world.’

Following their performance, Nikita used the moment to urge viewers to ‘be kind’ as he explained why Amber deserved to be in the final.

Turning towards his dance partner Amber, he said: ‘You have had so much hate every single day from the moment you joined.

‘You’ve had so much hate this week and yet, you came every single day into the training room with a big smile ignoring everybody.

‘And just giving me love, giving me a ginger shot as well. But you gave so much love, you always were kind, so caring, you care more about me when I’m supposed to care about you. You care about me every single day, you are such a lovely kind person.

‘And I think sometimes, and I speak to the audience at home, just please be kind because it costs nothing and you (Amber) don’t deserve none of it.

‘You only deserve love because without you I wouldn’t be here, and the show wouldn’t be as good as it is.’

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The pair wowed the audience and judges with a Couple’s Choice routine to RAYE ‘s rendition of Fly Me to the Moon, marking their second performance of the evening

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Nikita issued a heartfelt plea to viewers on Saturday evening after his dance partner Amber Davies faced a wave of online trolling for securing a place in the semi-final

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The pair earned an impressive 40 points from judges Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du Beke

It comes after Amber, who is also a professionally trained dancer, admitted that the backlash is getting to her on Wednesday’s episode of It Takes Two.

She was drafted in as a last-minute replacement for her fellow Love Island star Dani Dyer, 29, after she injured herself while preparing for the show.

But fans were not happy when Amber and her pro partner Nikita beat Lewis Cope and dance pro Katya Jones on Sunday to secure a place in Saturday’s semi-final and flooded social media with criticism.

Amber said: ‘I would like to think I have thick skin, but obviously the start of the week has been tougher than usual.

‘I would just like to remind everybody that I was never supposed to be here. I was a quick replacement. I’m just doing my best.’

Amber then took the opportunity to thank those who have been supportive of her Strictly journey and added: ‘The love is actually more overpowering than the hate, so if you’ve sent a message or a kind comment our way, then we really do appreciate it so much.’