Head judge Shirley Ballas was reduced to tears during Simon Rimmer's performance on last night's Strictly Come Dancing.
Dancing the waltz to You'll Never Walk Alone, Simon, who is a lifelong Liverpool FC fan and a Hillsborough survivor, bought emotion and tears to his performance.
'Can I have a hug?' Shirley asked him when it came to hear the judges comments, as she embraced Simon.
Shirley and Simon are both from Wallasey in Liverpool, so she too has a close connection with the song, and its connection to the Hillsborough disaster which left 96 people dead.
'I'm not going to go with the technique today, I'm going to go with the emotional feeling,' she continued. 'It's a very, very special piece of music that you danced to today, and that piece of music means so much to so many for different reasons. And I felt that you felt that music today, and it was very moving and I really enjoyed it.'
In 1989 Simon witnessed the tragedy first hand during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, which saw a human crush form in the stand allocated to Liverpool supporters.
Speaking to the Mirror prior to his performance he said: 'It will probably make me feel emotional, I feel it now just talking about it. It’s not only Liverpool’s theme tune before every game but it’s got that association with Hillsborough. I was at Hillsborough that day, so it has an even more poignant meaning to me.'
A boy from Simon's school, Graham Roberts, was among the victims, and his friend Jenni Hicks also lost her two daughters Sarah and Vicki on the tragic day.
Strictly Come Dancing continues tonight (1 October) on BBC One.
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