Strictly Come Dancing’s Ross King was left emotional as he performed a ballroom dance to Sunshine on Leith.
Edinburgh locals have reacted after the Waltz which brought the Scottish TV presenter to tears on Saturday night during the popular BBC competition.
The 63-year-old secured a score of 15 by the judges after the Lorraine star returned to his home country in his promotional video.
Jowita, his professional partner, revealed the pair would be dancing their waltz to the iconic Proclaimers’ tune, Sunshine on Leith and Ross took her to Loch Lomond.
Ross said the area was really special to him and branded himself a “very proud Scots person”.
After the teary performance, many fans of the show took to X, formally known as Twitter, to share their thoughts.
One person said: “I didn’t have Ross King to be the first to make me cry this year. That bloody song.”
Another wrote: “All the Hibees will be voting for Ross King.”
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“Ross King is such a sweetheart! He’s really captured my little heart”, a third commented.
The pair took a trip to Loch Lomond -Credit:BBC
Another fan of the show said: “Ross king. You have my vote from Scotland. Definitely what an improvement.”
When Jowita asked during the promotional video why the loch has such a special place in Ross’ heart, he became emotional as he said: “So many memories around here. My school friends, sister, yeah, I think about my mum and dad when I’m here. It’s special. It’s happy. It’s a happy cry.”
The tears continued on the dance floor, as the duo embraced, Ross wiped away tears before completing their routine.
While the judges were still keen to critique his performance, they did have some praise as they agreed that he is definitely the “most improved” dancer so far.
Ross replied: “I want to be the poster boy, poster older man for people who can’t dance but want to dance.”
His tentative Cha Cha with Jowita landed him just two points from both Craig Revel Horwood and Shirley Ballas.
While Motsi Mabuse and Anton du Beke gave him just three.