Strictly's Aljaž Škorjanec appears nervous as he gears himself up to dance with Delta Goodrem after Kai Widdrington was forced to pull out last minute due to illness

Strictly's Aljaž Škorjanec has expressed his nerves just hours before he is due on the dancefloor with Delta Goodrem after Kai Widdrington was forced to pull out.It was confirmed on Friday that Kai, 31, would miss week eight due to illness, with fellow professional dancer Aljaž, 36, set to dance with Delta, 42, instead.Aljaž was previously partnered up with Gavin and Stacey star Melanie Walters, with the pair being eliminated from the competition in week two.And ahead of temporarily rejoining the competition this week, Aljaž took to Instagram on Saturday morning to share a clip while motivating himself for the day ahead.He said: 'Good morning Instagram, what a morning, what a day! Let's do this!'Aljaž then told how his three-year-old daughter Lyra gave him her Jack Skellington toy as a token of 'good luck'.With a somewhat shaky voice, the Slovenian dancer added: 'So here I am, it's my little pumpkin, I think his name is Jack, he's gonna be with me all day for good luck. We got this!' Strictly's Aljaž Škorjanec has expressed his nerves just hours before he is due on the dancefloor with Delta Goodrem after Kai Widdrington was forced to pull out It was confirmed on Friday that Kai, 31, would miss week eight due to illness, with fellow professional dancer Aljaž, 36, set to dance with Delta, 42, insteadA statement shared to Strictly's Instagram page on Friday read: 'Due to illness, Kai is unable to dance on tomorrow night's show.'Instead, Aljaz will step in to dance the Argentine Tango with Delta. We're sending Kai all our love and hope he feels better soon.'The post was met with a plethora of comments wishing Kai well, with head judge Shirley Ballas leading the charge as she wrote: '@kaiwidd hugs get well soon ❤️.' Kai's illness follows Delta's previous rib injury which forced the duo to miss out on Icons Week. The Sydney-born star managed to perform a Salsa during week three of the competition, keeping her top of the leaderboard for the second consecutive week.But it was only hours after the live broadcast that she was brought to hospital as she struggled to sleep through her pain.Doctors ordered Delta to rest, as well as sleep upright to aid her recovery.It comes as Jaime Winstone confirmed she will be back on the dancefloor alongside her partner Carlos Gu on Saturday night. Kai's illness follows Delta's previous rib injury which forced the duo to miss out on Icons Week The actress, who has survived three dance-offs so far in the competition, was forced to pull out of last week's show after suffering an injury during training when she tore an abdominal muscle. And after being left 'devastated' as she was unable to dance, Jaime took to Instagram on Tuesday as she revealed she and Carlos are officially back in the rehearsal room. Admitting it had been a 'hard and frustrating week', she told fans: 'Hey guys! We are back. We are back. We are back in the rehearsal room today.'It's been a hard week, and it's been very frustrating not being able to dance and join everyone else in the ballroom, especially you [Carlos].'She explained: 'I just wanted to let you know that we are intending to dance. We have been given the all clear under certain rules by the doctors. 'We've just done our wonderful Charleston with amazing choreographers and Carlos. How to work around the injury, and we are just feeling so grateful and privileged to be back here and to be able to be back in the ballroom on this Saturday.'Thanking fans for the support she continued: 'So we just want to thank everybody for your amazing support, all the love and all the messages that I received about my injury. It's been very beautiful and quite overwhelming. 'So yeah, just want to say, so happy to be back in the rehearsal rooms, working extra hard now. Starting gently and slowly working up to hopefully an amazing, amazing performance on Saturday.'Carlos added: 'Yeah, and exciting to see you guys on Saturday. Wish us luck. Love you guys.'