One Direction show sensitive side shedding tears for poorly youngsters on Let's Dance for Comic Relief

One Direction show sensitive side shedding tears for poorly youngsters on Let's Dance for Comic Relief

Millions of TV viewers saw the One Direction boys break down in tears tonight as they visited the poverty-hit city of Accra in Ghana.

A collection of clips of the 1D lads' visit to Accra was shown during the final of Let's Dance For Comic Relief, won by actor Antony Cotton.

One Direction's Harry Styles previously said of the visit to Ghana: "We all had moments. If you get involved in it and you don’t cry you’re superhuman."

The boys also filmed scenes for their charity single, a fusion of Blondie’s One Way or Another and The Undertones’ Teenage Kicks, while they were out in Africa.

Emotional: Harry Styles

In the dancing, Corrie star Antony stormed to victory with a dazzling display of jazz hands and tap dancing.

The actor - best known for his role as Sean Tully in Coronation Street - said he was "speechless" after he was announced as the winner of the BBC charity dance contest.

Cotton brought a touch of old-fashioned showbusiness to proceedings with a dance to Anything Goes set in an old people's home.

Judge Greg Davies described it as "incredible" and "amazing", while Jo Brand remarked: "I thought it was brilliant and it made me desperate to be in an old people's home."

Beaten into second place was West End star Jodie Prenger who impressed the judges with a flamboyant performance to Cameo's '80s classic Word Up!

Winner: Antony Cotton

Meanwhile, the four-strong Soap Stars group - made up of Claire Sweeney, Natalie Cassidy, Ricky Groves and Dean Gaffney - recreated a lively scene from the hit musical Hairspray.

Funny woman Katherine Ryan poured herself into an extra-curvy body suit for a dance to the Nicki Minaj number Starships.

Davies joked: "The last time I saw a body like that was when I was lying in front of a full-length mirror."

 

Comedian Lee Nelson mixed ballet with hip-hop, with Davies admitting he had been to a ballet recently and had found it "boring", but thought Nelson's Swan Lake performance was great.

There were also performances by Harry's ex Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars.

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