Ashley Roberts reveals Strictly has been an 'emotional rollercoaster' after ending up in three consecutive dance offs

The Pussycat Doll star has been heavily criticised throughout the series for her previous dance experience.

Despite wowing the judges and topping the leaderboard on a number of occasions, the 37-year-old has found herself in the bottom two for the last three weeks.

Ahead of Saturday's final, Ashley has admitted the show has been a lot harder in ways she hadn't expected.

She told The Sun Online and other media at the Strictly Finalists press conference in London: "The emotional rollercoaster ride, it is such a process throughout the week, what you go through.
"You start doubting yourself [and think] ‘how is this all going to come together on Saturday?’ but it does.

"I thought it would be physically challenging but also the emotional and mental strain that sometimes happens is whoa!
"But it’s all worth it when you look back; we’ve all done such amazing work."

Ashley was then asked how she has managed to stay motivated despite being in the bottom two with partner Pasha Kovalev three times in a row.

She said: "The motivation comes naturally, when I first got the call to do this show I was so excited and so grateful to be part of this amazing show.

"The first two times in the dance off I was like ‘OK this is a bit of a bummer’ but Monday hits, it’s a week, it’s a fresh start and you get in there and you get focused.
"By the third time I looked at Pash and said ‘OK hunny should we just give them a little show because we’re here’."

Last week, the couple found themselves in the dance off against Lauren Steadman and AJ Pritchard, with the judges unanimously deciding to put Ashley and Pasha through to the final.

Ashley added: "The amazing thing though is that we did have battle it out to get to the final but I’m so grateful to be here and just go out with these fabulous people and enjoy it."

The Strictly Come Dancing final airs at 6.30pm on Saturday December 15 on BBC One.

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