Strictly stars Tess Daly and Pasha Kovalev fight back tears in special tribute to Caroline Flack

Strictly stars fight back tears in special tribute to Caroline Flack Strictly Come Dancing, BBC

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00:00And then, when I was paired up with her,

00:02I realized that I would have to take her

00:05all the way to the final.

00:06And you know what?

00:07I can see you doing that in the final.

00:09Whoo!

00:10My personal favorite dance that they ever did

00:13was her show dance in the final.

00:15I sit and wait

00:18Does an angel

00:22Contemplate my fate?

00:28I had tears in my eyes watching her dance,

00:30and she actually had tears in her eyes dancing,

00:32and I think I felt that when I watched her.

00:35I always really look forward to a show dance,

00:38and Caroline and Pasha's was one of the best,

00:41I think, we've ever seen.

00:43It was so beautiful.

00:46It was ethereal and moving.

00:53She had so much ability.

00:55She was almost balletic, and I'll never forget it.

01:03It was so emotionally charged,

01:05and it just exuded out of her,

01:07but in a very natural,

01:09in a very almost mesmerizing way.

01:12It was stunning.

01:14Stunning.

01:15It was so rewarding for me to see the transformation.

01:19This is the best feeling in the whole world.

01:23This has been the best experience of my whole life.

01:26You start believing that she is the dancing queen.