Strictly's Nikita Kuzmin fights back tears on camera for emotional message to Dani DyerStrictly Come Dancing pro Nikita Kuzmin was visibly emotional as he spoke about Dani Dyer who was forced to quit the showView Image Strictly's Nikita Kuzmin and new partner Amber Davies (Image: BBC)Nikita Kuzmin fought back tears on camera during Saturday night's Strictly Come Dancing, with the pro visibly emotional as he spoke about Dani Dyer, who was forced to quit the show due to injury this week. And the emotional moment came as her replacement, Amber Davies, made an impressive debut. ‌After last weekend's Strictly launch episode, Nikita and Dani cemented their position as second favourites to win the BBC show this year, with them closing in on early frontrunners Lewis Cope and Katya Jones. However, things took a took for the worse when Dani went over on her ankle in rehearsals, with a scan then revealing she'd suffered a fracture. And it was when reacting to how things went that Nikita took the time to talk about Dani and send her a message.