Zara McDermott proudly shared a video of her Strictly Come Dancing journey so far following her first live performance to the Cha Cha Cha on Saturday.
The former Love Islander, 26, has been busy rehearsing in the last few months preparing for the live shows with her partner Graziano Di Prima, 29.
And after scoring 19 points, Zara took to Instagram to document her Strictly process so far with clips and pictures of her and Graziano dancing.
She wrote: ‘How it started… vs how it went. I look at this video and realise how far I came from day 1.
‘Having never danced in front of anyone before in my entire life (no exaggeration!), walking into that studio a few weeks ago with less than zero dance experience and no confidence whatsoever, using a broomstick as a prop to help me… to doing what I did last night.
How it started: Zara McDermott proudly shared a video of her Strictly Come Dancing journey so far following her first live performance to the Cha Cha Cha on Saturday
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‘I am so proud of myself. I am proud of myself for doing my absolute best, for going out there even though I know I have so much work to do, and being the most nervous I’ve ever been in my life.
‘My mouth was so dry I could barely talk after, thank you all so much again for all your kind messages.
‘I appreciate every single one of you and I am going to keep pushing myself week on week to get better and better.’
Former Islanders and Strictly stars congratulated Zara in the comments and praised her performance.
Love Island’s Chloe Burrows wrote: ‘SMASHED IT GIRL!!!!!!!!!’.
Former Strictly star and YouTuber Saffron Barker wrote: ‘Yesssss’.
Made In Chelsea’s Tiffany Watson commented: ‘So amazing!!’, while fitness fanatic Courtney Black wrote: ‘Smashed it’.
Zara was supported from the sidelines by boyfriend Sam Thompson, 31, and his pal and former TOWIE star Pete Wicks, 35, who both donned quirky shirts with her face.
Reflecting: And after scoring 19 points, Zara took to Instagram to document her Strictly process so far with clips and pictures of her and Graziano dancing
Supportive: Former Islanders and Strictly stars congratulated Zara in the comments and praised her performance
